After searching every thread, youtube video, d-rats related website, and numerous PPT and PDFs (some in foreign languages that needed translating), I am still stumped. Even so I still feel terribly foolish asking this question:
To use D-RATS on an Icom ID-51A, does the 2.5mm plug of the USB-RTS05 cable go into the MIC port or the DATA port?
What's happening:
In the?DATA port, nothing seems to happen. No messages transfer in or out. However, CS-51 programming software does connect and transfer.
In the?MIC port, the radio keys up whether D-RATS is running or not and remains keyed until unplugged but no messages transfer in or out.
Configuration:
Windows 10 (build 19041.867) 64 bit
D-RATS v0.3.9 with lzhuf_1 for 64-bit OS
WiFi manually disabled. Otherwise, even when net: settings are unchecked in D-RATS, messages get sent.
Installed the latest driver from RT Systems (2.12.8.0)
Tried COM ports 3, 7, and 17; 9600 baud, 8-N-1, flow control auto or off -- no differences here
GPS>GPS TX Mode = OFF, GPS>GPS Auto TX = OFF, GPS>GPS Set>GPS Out = OFF, DV Set>DV Data TX = Auto
Tried LOW1 and LOW2 power (recommended from another post) and high. The repeater trips but no messages transfer.
--Dan KJ6KEU Hayward CA
