Re: Windows Serial Port Problem
I switched to using Parallax USB to Serial RS-232 adapters after having problems with ones from Prolific!
Started having problems with Prolific adapters when I switched to Windows 10.
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Re: Different Tuning Steps
#ubitx
I think Jack got it. The way Ian coded it you can't save that large of a value. It would probably be a good idea if there was some error checking in the uBitX Manager program where it wouldn't let you enter an invalid value. Or at least some warning about it.
Suggestion...to hop between WWV freqs, or any other freqs for that matter, put them in the channels...use the 'VFO to Channel' function in Ian's firmware. Then you can select which one you want using the 'Channel to VFO' function. I have the 5, 10, 15, & 20 MHz WWV freqs saved so I can check propagation. It's a lot faster than spinning the tuning knob.
Mark AA7TA
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On 7/14/18 5:49 PM, Lee wrote: Yes, it is KC8CEC 1.08.?? Changing those values does change my step size but the 100000 displays funny while setting it or using it.
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Re: Different Tuning Steps
#ubitx
Or you could punt, and manually store the freqs for WWV in the memory channels available in the? KC8CEC 1.08 software ... I did that - it's arguably easier than dial twiddling, hi.? Sorry if this is no help - I know this doesn't address the coding issue and I haven't tried the step you're attempting.?? With arduinos though, I have had gnarly formatting issues displaying numbers on a tiny LCD display.?? You may have to mess with the LCD formatting code for the screens that are giving you display problems? to get a readable display. assuming the long int used? for arTuneStep and associated variables remain sane.? v/r pete? kh6dk
On Sat, Jul 14, 2018 at 2:49 PM, Lee <mr.olson@...> wrote: Yes, it is KC8CEC 1.08.?? Changing those values does change my step size but the 100000 displays funny while setting it or using it.
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Re: Basic board test: 130ma @ 12.5 volts
#ubitx
Jerry - as the original "not stupid" guy, thank you VERY much for the detailed analysis of a mainboard w/o raduino. ?
This is kit has been so much fun to build. I've loved every minute of it.?
The receiver and audio are really fine. I'm using an efficient clossed-back 5" midrange, and the CEC software. ?On a strong signal, the volume is "sweet" and ample. Nice to listen to. ?Weak signals & inefficient speaker could easily be a problem. But not here.?
Amazingly the basic cat control (freq change) works great from WSJTX!! ?I jumped out of my seat when I clicked on a freq within WSJTX and the uBitx changes to that freq. ?How cool is that!!! ?And for us liberal arts majors, that means we figured out how to load up the required apps, get the configurations and ports and a thousand other technical details right, and not screw it up. A slap on the back for a non-EE. Hahahah.
The transmit half is not working yet. ?I built the mic in a pill bottle in honor of the Dr. ?But, there is not enough audio modulation to make a signal. ?So I'm using the keyer generated tone, but even that gives me next to no RF output. ?So I have to keep working at that. ?I'll double check my work and see if I can stumble on the problem and careen into a fix. That normally my problem solving methodology.?
More work to come, with crossed fingers. ?I can't tell you all how much I want to make a contact with a transceiver I build.?
Thanks.
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Re: Basic board test: 130ma @ 12.5 volts
#ubitx
Jerry,
Very much appreciated for your detailed explanations.
// hiro, JJ1FXF
2018/07/15 3:18¡¢Jerry Gaffke via Groups.Io < jgaffke@...&²µ³Ù;¤Î¥á©`¥ë:
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Not stupid. It's not in the instructions. Also, the photo clearly shows no Raduino plugged in. ? ?? Seems Farhan wrote that 7 months ago, and this has all since slipped his mind. There's nothing?that would be damaged if a uBitx main board were powered up without a Raduino plugged in.?? Looking at the Raduino connector on the uBitx main board schematic near the bottom of this webpage: ? ?? there are signals for??T/R, TXA,TXB,TXC,?CLK0,CLK1,CLK2, CW-KEY, and CW-TONE. The relay driver at Q15 for T/R won't have any current going into the base, so that transistor won't be on.? The rig will not be trying to transmit. Likewise for the LPF band-switching relays at TXA,TXB,TXC. Though if some of them were on we don't really care. Perfectly fine that the three clocks are dead, that won't hurt anything. CW-KEY won't be unbalancing the first mixer because there's no current going in there. Doesn't really matter anyways because T/R does not have us in transmit mode. CW-TONE is fine if there's no current going in.? And would be fine if 5v was applied there anyways. You might think we could have damage if T/R was somehow injecting current into Q15, which would power up the transmit amp with inappropriate LPF filters selected by the relays. However, with all clocks dead, won't have any RF energy going out anyway. And if there was RF, the IRF510's powered at 12v would be fine (at least for awhile) with the high SWR. I'd recommend you follow the WireUp instructions as originally written up. Follow the example in the photo, and do not plug in the Raduino. I don't see anything wrong with that. If it were a problem, then we would probably have lots of failures when blowing new firmware with the rig powered on, no reports of such failures. I'm much more concerned with the false sense of protection from reversed supply leads? provided by the recommended reverse diode and no inline fuse, that's a recipe for disaster. We have several threads on this, search for "reverse polarity" here:?? /g/BITX20/messagesJerry, KE7ER? On Sat, Jul 14, 2018 at 08:51 AM, Don - KM4UDX wrote:
Hum.....the build instructions say NOTHING about plugging in the raduino BEFORE the current test. ?So I didn't plug the board in -- and did the test per instruction.?
If if this is an important caution, why not just say..."plug in raduino then do test". ?Why leave us to guess and be stupid??
So so I was stupid.?
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Re: Windows Serial Port Problem
I think it¡¯s FTDI that windows likes.
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Sometimes if you are not using a Profilic (probably spelled way wrong) original driver but a 3 rd party driver, you have to delete the driver and install the 3rd party driver.? This seems to happen to many almost? every time win 10 updates.
This may explain it.
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Re: Different Tuning Steps
#ubitx
Yes, it is KC8CEC 1.08.?? Changing those values does change my step size but the 100000 displays funny while setting it or using it. -- Lee - N9LO? "I Void Warranties"
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Re: Different Tuning Steps
#ubitx
Lee
Are you editing KD8CEC sketch?? If so, this won't achieve what you
want.? These values are only the initial values when the programme
first runs.? They won't apply once values have been saved in
EEPROM.
You can change the step values in UBitx Manager software in
Windows (easiest method), or (I think) in the setup menu.
Mike ZL1AXG
On 15/07/18 11:29 AM, Lee wrote:
Is something
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Re: Different Tuning Steps
#ubitx
Is something missing???? -- Lee - N9LO? "I Void Warranties"
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Re: Windows Serial Port Problem
Sometimes if you are not using a Profilic (probably spelled way wrong) original driver but a 3 rd party driver, you have to delete the driver and install the 3rd party driver.? This seems to happen to many almost? every time win 10 updates.
This may explain it.
On Sat, Jul 14, 2018 at 5:09 PM, Albert Woodhull <n1aw@...> wrote: A few days ago my Windows 10 installation got updated, without asking me, of course.? I stepped away from the computer for a while and when
I came back updates were being installed.
I think my USB port drivers were changed.? When I try to run the KD8CEC Memory Manager or to upload a newly compiled? ubitx_20 version
I do not see the COM4 port any more. The Windows Device Manger shows an "Unusable Parallel Port (LPT3) where I previously saw a COM4
Serial Port.
Does anyone know what happened or how to undo it?
- Al N1AW
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Hello Derek, ???????????????????? I firstly fitted the normal lcd display so the hole was cut for that the 2.4 screen just covers the hole I am mounting mine on the front panel with small standoffs.I am also running a version 3 with KD8CEC 1.07 and have today worked most of Europe on 40 mtrs with my dipole.regards dave g0ayd
On 14 July 2018 at 18:03, derek via Groups.Io <derek.g4vwi@...> wrote: Hi Dave and others using the Nextion display.
Nice to know all is running well.
However, did you do anything about the 3mm inactive strip along the RHS or did you mount the screen with a slightly smaller cut-out to the screen size? Perhaps you have not bothered about this at all?
I take it you got everything up and running using the supplied display first. I have the 2.8 and 3.2 displays available here.
Any issues with transferring the firmware?
Any tips would be welcome.
Derek G4VWI.
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Re: Windows Serial Port Problem
I am not an expert but try unplugging the device then back in and also check device manager to see-if the device is active
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On Jul 14, 2018, at 4:09 PM, Albert Woodhull < n1aw@...> wrote: A few days ago my Windows 10 installation got updated, without asking me, of course.? I stepped away from the computer for a while and when
I came back updates were being installed.
I think my USB port drivers were changed.? When I try to run the KD8CEC Memory Manager or to upload a newly compiled? ubitx_20 version
I do not see the COM4 port any more. The Windows Device Manger shows an "Unusable Parallel Port (LPT3) where I previously saw a COM4
Serial Port.
Does anyone know what happened or how to undo it?
- Al N1AW
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Windows Serial Port Problem
A few days ago my Windows 10 installation got updated, without asking me, of course.? I stepped away from the computer for a while and when
I came back updates were being installed.
I think my USB port drivers were changed.? When I try to run the KD8CEC Memory Manager or to upload a newly compiled? ubitx_20 version
I do not see the COM4 port any more. The Windows Device Manger shows an "Unusable Parallel Port (LPT3) where I previously saw a COM4
Serial Port.
Does anyone know what happened or how to undo it?
- Al N1AW
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Re: Different Tuning Steps
#ubitx
A signed int on a Nano is a 2-byte number. Because the Most Significant Bit (MSB) is the sign bit, you only have 2^15 = 32,767 Anything after that sets the sign bit and appears as a negative number. I would guess that's what happened here, since it only happens on the largest value. Since you are working with frequencies, in Hertz, you should use the unsigned long data type. When you are assigning constant like below, it's good practice to use the data type specifier (in yellow below).
Jack, w8TEE
On Saturday, July 14, 2018, 4:48:17 PM EDT, Lee <mr.olson@...> wrote:
I want different tuning steps.?? I wanted larger steps to, for example, to help moving from one WWV to another.?? Below is what I changed.? When I try to set it to 100000 the display reads -31072 and when I accept it the display now shows 00000 ST? I under stand it will only display 5 digits but I could get by with just an S instead of the ST or take the M from the upper frequency display.?? I am just a barely an Arduino hobbyist and I know there are some Arduino Pros here. ? Does anybody have any ideas??? Thank you for the help. ? //Check Value Range and default Set for new users ? if (findedValidValueCount < 5) ? { ??? //Default Setting ??? arTuneStep[0] = 10 UL; ??? arTuneStep[1] = 100 UL; ??? arTuneStep[2] = 1000 UL; ??? arTuneStep[3] = 10000 UL; ??? arTuneStep[4] = 100000 UL; ? } -- Lee - N9LO? "I Void Warranties"
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I want different tuning steps.?? I wanted larger steps to, for example, to help moving from one WWV to another.?? Below is what I changed.? When I try to set it to 100000 the display reads -31072 and when I accept it the display now shows 00000 ST? I under stand it will only display 5 digits but I could get by with just an S instead of the ST or take the M from the upper frequency display.?? I am just a barely an Arduino hobbyist and I know there are some Arduino Pros here. ? Does anybody have any ideas??? Thank you for the help. ? //Check Value Range and default Set for new users ? if (findedValidValueCount < 5) ? { ??? //Default Setting ??? arTuneStep[0] = 10; ??? arTuneStep[1] = 100; ??? arTuneStep[2] = 1000; ??? arTuneStep[3] = 10000; ??? arTuneStep[4] = 100000; ? } -- Lee - N9LO? "I Void Warranties"
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On Wed, Jul 11, 2018 at 08:10 AM, Arvo KD9HLC wrote:
This article mentions using WSPR to get information about your TX actual frequency.? You can use the WSPR website data about your transmissions to find out what the receiving stations think your frequency is.? Could you simply average the receiving stations' frequency reports and use that as the actual frequency?
This seems to have worked.? I did some WSPR transmissions, averaged the error, applied the change to the calibration factor per Ian's direction, and now the WSPR data looks better.? I was off by about 52 Hz on 40 M.
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Re: Soft for mBITX transceiver
Ian (KD8CEC) made it super easy to (re)install the original soft (firmware) for the ubitx.
Follow his instructions and download 'xloader' and the original soft/firmware in his website page and simply 'upload' it into the ubitx.
You will now have the original software, as shipped in your ubitx.
Nigel.
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Re: Basic board test: 130ma @ 12.5 volts
#ubitx
Not stupid. It's not in the instructions. Also, the photo clearly shows no Raduino plugged in. ? ?? Seems Farhan wrote that 7 months ago, and this has all since slipped his mind. There's nothing?that would be damaged if a uBitx main board were powered up without a Raduino plugged in.?? Looking at the Raduino connector on the uBitx main board schematic near the bottom of this webpage: ? ?? there are signals for??T/R, TXA,TXB,TXC,?CLK0,CLK1,CLK2, CW-KEY, and CW-TONE. The relay driver at Q15 for T/R won't have any current going into the base, so that transistor won't be on.? The rig will not be trying to transmit. Likewise for the LPF band-switching relays at TXA,TXB,TXC. Though if some of them were on we don't really care. Perfectly fine that the three clocks are dead, that won't hurt anything. CW-KEY won't be unbalancing the first mixer because there's no current going in there. Doesn't really matter anyways because T/R does not have us in transmit mode. CW-TONE is fine if there's no current going in.? And would be fine if 5v was applied there anyways. You might think we could have damage if T/R was somehow injecting current into Q15, which would power up the transmit amp with inappropriate LPF filters selected by the relays. However, with all clocks dead, won't have any RF energy going out anyway. And if there was RF, the IRF510's powered at 12v would be fine (at least for awhile) with the high SWR. I'd recommend you follow the WireUp instructions as originally written up. Follow the example in the photo, and do not plug in the Raduino. I don't see anything wrong with that. If it were a problem, then we would probably have lots of failures when blowing new firmware with the rig powered on, no reports of such failures. I'm much more concerned with the false sense of protection from reversed supply leads? provided by the recommended reverse diode and no inline fuse, that's a recipe for disaster. We have several threads on this, search for "reverse polarity" here:?? /g/BITX20/messagesJerry, KE7ER?
On Sat, Jul 14, 2018 at 08:51 AM, Don - KM4UDX wrote:
Hum.....the build instructions say NOTHING about plugging in the raduino BEFORE the current test. ?So I didn't plug the board in -- and did the test per instruction.?
If if this is an important caution, why not just say..."plug in raduino then do test". ?Why leave us to guess and be stupid??
So so I was stupid.?
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Hi Dave and others using the Nextion display.
Nice to know all is running well.
However, did you do anything about the 3mm inactive strip along the RHS or did you mount the screen with a slightly smaller cut-out to the screen size? Perhaps you have not bothered about this at all?
I take it you got everything up and running using the supplied display first. I have the 2.8 and 3.2 displays available here.
Any issues with transferring the firmware?
Any tips would be welcome.
Derek G4VWI.
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Re: Basic board test: 130ma @ 12.5 volts
#ubitx
Hum.....the build instructions say NOTHING about plugging in the raduino BEFORE the current test. ?So I didn't plug the board in -- and did the test per instruction.?
If if this is an important caution, why not just say..."plug in raduino then do test". ?Why leave us to guess and be stupid??
So so I was stupid.?
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Lee
Albert Woodhull
Arvo W0VRA