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Conference cvg::hamradio_iii

Title:	Amateur Radio
Notice:	Classifieds in #8, please register in #3
Moderator:	CVG::EDRYM

Created:	Wed Jun 15 1994
Last Modified:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	504
Total number of notes:	3678

501.0. "Help with PC interface" by NUBOAT::HEBERT (Captain Bligh) Tue Apr 22 1997 14:00

I got my birthday present a little early. A Yaesu FT-8500. What a lot of
technology in a small package.

I can't get the PC interface to work. I'm connected to the external comm
port jack on the back of my PC -- note that I have an internal modem that
uses COM2. I've tried COM1 and several others. I don't know what kind of
handshaking I should have set up: XON/XOFF, hardware, or none??

Have any of you had any experience with Yaesu's PC interface?

Thanks,

Art
K1EYE

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501.1 On the air NUBOAT::HEBERT Captain Bligh Thu Apr 24 1997 12:45 31

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501.1	On the air	NUBOAT::HEBERT	Captain Bligh	`Thu Apr 24 1997 12:45`	31
	Answered my own question. For the possible benefit of other hams, here's the fix - and explanation. The back of the DECpc 450ST has (among others) three connectors: 9-pin D with two arrows drawn over it; manual describes it as "Serial Comm Port" 9-pin D with a printer drawn over it; manual describes it as "Serial Printer Port" 15-pin D Labeled "Parallel Printer Port" I've been trying to make the "Serial Comm Port" talk to my radio. Last night out of desperation I connected to the Serial Printer Port and my radio software took off. The FT-8500 is completely programmable by your PC, using the Windows program that comes with the ADMS-2 PC interface kit. Last night, in just a few minutes I programmed in various VHF repeaters, UHF repeaters, marine frequencies and public service freqs, all arranged in memory banks by specific classifications. Splits, subaudible tones, even specific transmitter power out settings (the 8500 lets you pick from three different output power levels); alphanumeric names for repeaters and ps freqs; nine telephone numbers to autodial, with alphanumeric names; spectrum analyzer range, spacing, spread... Neat stuff. Art K1EYE

Answered my own question. For the possible benefit of other hams, here's
the fix - and explanation.

The back of the DECpc 450ST has (among others) three connectors:

        9-pin D with two arrows drawn over it; manual describes it as
        "Serial Comm Port"
        
        9-pin D with a printer drawn over it; manual describes it as 
        "Serial Printer Port"
        
        15-pin D Labeled "Parallel Printer Port"
        
I've been trying to make the "Serial Comm Port" talk to my radio. Last
night out of desperation I connected to the Serial Printer Port and my
radio software took off. 

The FT-8500 is completely programmable by your PC, using the Windows
program that comes with the ADMS-2 PC interface kit. Last night, in just
a few minutes I programmed in various VHF repeaters, UHF repeaters,
marine frequencies and public service freqs, all arranged in memory banks
by specific classifications. Splits, subaudible tones, even specific
transmitter power out settings (the 8500 lets you pick from three
different output power levels); alphanumeric names for repeaters and ps
freqs; nine telephone numbers to autodial, with alphanumeric names;
spectrum analyzer range, spacing, spread...

Neat stuff.

Art
K1EYE