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Re: CAT Interface

 

Hi Dave,

I talked to HRD support and they caught one setup detail I have overlooked: the USB interface I bought on eBay contained the Prolific chip, which has a long history of protocol non-compliance and driver problems.? So I bought another USB to serial adapter that has the FTDI chip in it (apparently authentic) and built my own cable.? But having a genuine chip and proper USB driver did not cure the problem.? The radio is still not talking.? I am investigating.? I have a service call with HRD on Monday and they will run the diagnostics remotely on my PC.? I will send a summary once the progress is made.

73, Wald N4PL

On Friday, August 28, 2020, 3:46:45 PM EDT, Dave Thompson <thompson@...> wrote:


Wald,

Any luck on the CAT interface for the FT-980.? Sounds like you may need an interface before you can hit the PC.
Dave K4JRB

-----Original Message-----
From: "Wald N4PL via groups.io"
Sent: Aug 24, 2020 11:14 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [Yaesu-FT-980] CAT Interface

I recently bought on eBay a USB interface cable that claims to be compatible with FT-980 (among other radios that use the same CAT connector style).. Connected it to the latest version of HRD running on Windows 10, on a modern computer.? The virtual port is created correctly, HRD configured to work with it but there is no communication with the radio.

BTW, HRD claims to support FT-980.? It appears in their pull? down list.

Do you guys have any suggestions on how to troubleshoot this?? There are two variables here:? the HRD and the cable.? I think I can rule out the radio as I tried three different ones.? The computer should not be a suspect as I tried two different laptops (both i7).

Are there any programs that would run on WIn10 that I could use for diagnostics?

Thank you and 73,
Wald N4PL

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