Yaesu FT-100 and FT-990 with Rumlog--Issues
Posted: Sun 21. Sep 2014, 21:59
I have noted that the Yaesu FT-100 works with Rumlog using the FT-990 selection with one exception: the frequency field in Rumlog reads the FT-100 at 1/32 its actual value. For instance, 10 MHz on the radio results in a display of 312.5 kHz in Rumlog. I do not know what happens on the FT-990.
What actually happens is the Rumlog populates the frequency field with the correct value and tunes the radio appropriately. Then, when Rumlog polls the radio, the frequency in the window changes.
Because Rumlog polls the radio at the rate selected in the Preferences, between 0.2 and 5 seconds, the frequency field cannot be manually corrected. If the value in the frequency window is changed, the incorrect value reappears as soon as the radio is polled by Rumlog. Unfortunately, the polling cannot be turned off or set to some high value far outside an ordinary operating period.
Has anyone discovered a work around? Or, might it be possible to add FT-100 support? Provisionally, turning off the polling would work, although there is obviously a binary data shifting issue (five places) in the protocol. I note that the control for the TS-2000 does not feature polling of the radio.
(I have confirmed correct operation of the FT-100 with three other Macintosh logging programs, and directly with CoolTerm.)
James Todd, WB0KWJ
What actually happens is the Rumlog populates the frequency field with the correct value and tunes the radio appropriately. Then, when Rumlog polls the radio, the frequency in the window changes.
Because Rumlog polls the radio at the rate selected in the Preferences, between 0.2 and 5 seconds, the frequency field cannot be manually corrected. If the value in the frequency window is changed, the incorrect value reappears as soon as the radio is polled by Rumlog. Unfortunately, the polling cannot be turned off or set to some high value far outside an ordinary operating period.
Has anyone discovered a work around? Or, might it be possible to add FT-100 support? Provisionally, turning off the polling would work, although there is obviously a binary data shifting issue (five places) in the protocol. I note that the control for the TS-2000 does not feature polling of the radio.
(I have confirmed correct operation of the FT-100 with three other Macintosh logging programs, and directly with CoolTerm.)
James Todd, WB0KWJ