[WriteLog] writelog + Orion

Tue Sep 6 14:31:10 EDT 2005

Hi Pat,
thank's for your answer. I will post this in the reflector.
Wayne, can you implement this?
73 de Bernd, DC3HB
 ----- Original Message ----- 
 From: Howard Patterson 
 To: dc3hb at freenet.de 
 Sent: Tuesday, September 06, 2005 8:31 AM
 Subject: Orion RIT with WriteLog
 Hi Bernd,
 I don't know how Wayne, W5XD implements the %O macro but I'm guessing he is sending the string *RMR0<cr> to the Orion to set the RIT to zero offset. When that command is sent to the Orion it actually turns RIT off. I suppose that is the most direct way to set it to "0"! If you alter the command to show 1 Hz of offset (*RMR1<cr>) RIT is not turned off. I think Carl, N4PY uses this scheme in is Ten Tec rig control software. He implements a "set RIT to zero" by actually setting it to 1 or 2 Hz offset. What's a couple of Hertz between friends! He uses the *RMR0<cr> to actually turn RIT off. There is no RIT On/Off command. Perhaps Wayne could do the same in WriteLog? I used HyperTerminal to "connect" to the Orion com port to test this.

 I sent this to the reflector yesterday but it hasn't appeared. I just enrolled so perhaps I'm not authorized to post yet.

 73,
 Pat, W5VY
 North Little Rock, AR
 ppattrsn at swbell.net 

 -----Original Message-----
 From: writelog-bounces at contesting.com
 [mailto:writelog-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Bernd DC3HB
 Sent: Saturday, September 03, 2005 12:16 PM
 To: writelog at contesting.com
 Subject: [WriteLog] writelog + Orion
 Hello folks,
 I use the macro %O in a buffer. Everything works at my YAESU FT-1000 very 
 well.
 But there are problems at my Ten Tec Orion. The RIT is backed zero but the 
 RIT switched off simultaneously. Can switching off be prevented? Any ideas?
 73 de Bernd, DC3HB 