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FT-747GX FLrig OSX

 

Look up "RIGcat" and how to load it and use with Fldigi suit of programs =)?? I do not have a Apple product to try out the OS .... but have used Linux OS and Windblows OS without problems =)??? The other is your interface cable .... I use real DB-9 and real serial cards that were open source =)


On Sun, Jan 28, 2024 at 11:43?PM Adrian Fewster, VK4TUX <vk4tux@...> wrote:
Does anyone have the FT-747 connected to FLrig ok on macbook ?
I have tried many versions with no luck.
wsjtx connects cat/catptt ok, but has the poll read issue with x100 jump in frequency with 048 tail.
I thought using FLrig as the radio interface may solve the issue, esp when using split.

73

vk4tux



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Edit the file src/rigs/yaesu/FT747.cxx and change these lines

bool RIG_FT747::check()
{
??????? init_cmd();
??????? cmd[3] = 0x01;
??????? cmd[4] = 0xFA;
??????? int ret = waitN(28, 100, "check", HEX);
??????? if (ret >= 28) return true;
??????? return false;
}


to

bool RIG_FT747::check()
{
??? ??? return true;
??????? init_cmd();
??????? cmd[3] = 0x01;
??????? cmd[4] = 0xFA;
??????? int ret = waitN(28, 100, "check", HEX);
??????? if (ret >= 28) return true;
??????? return false;
}

Recompile and test.? Let me know your results.

David, W1HKJ

On 1/29/24 06:15, Adrian Fewster, VK4TUX wrote:

I spent about 3-4 hours going through all FLrig archive macos dmgs from earliest to latest today. Loaded vcp ftdi drivers etc,?

however with FT-747, 4800 bps, 2 stop bits, RTS/DTR high, selected in FLrig, it would not connect to my FT-747GX and same port

that works with wsjtx 2..5.4, and can set freq, and cat ptt etc.

I thought I read somewhere that there are two versions of FT-747 CAT protocol ?, perhaps the GX is not supported ? No play here.

HRD does not seem to support it either.., tried it under crossover on the Catalina MacBook.


73


vk4tux

On 29/1/24 17:49, Adrian Fewster, VK4TUX via groups.io wrote:

Yes I know rigcat and fldigi, however neither provides a wsjtx radio interface like flrig,

which is what I need. I may have to run HRD in crossover/wine/bottles etc.


73


vk4tux

On 29/1/24 17:14, N5VMO Pat wrote:
Look up "RIGcat" and how to load it and use with Fldigi suit of programs =)?? I do not have a Apple product to try out the OS .... but have used Linux OS and Windblows OS without problems =)??? The other is your interface cable .... I use real DB-9 and real serial cards that were open source =)

On Sun, Jan 28, 2024 at 11:43?PM Adrian Fewster, VK4TUX <vk4tux@...> wrote:
Does anyone have the FT-747 connected to FLrig ok on macbook ?
I have tried many versions with no luck.
wsjtx connects cat/catptt ok, but has the poll read issue with x100 jump in frequency with 048 tail.
I thought using FLrig as the radio interface may solve the issue, esp when using split.

73

vk4tux


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73's Pat? N5VMO
 

Thank you David so very much =)??

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73's Pat? N5VMO
 

Hi

Those radio's (like many other Yaesu rigs of that era) uses TTL (0/+5V) serial levels, and inverted from "normal" RS232 sense.

So, Mark = +5v, Space = 0V.

Unlike RS232 where "Mark" = -3V or more, and Space = +3V or more.

So you need one of the cheap USB to TTL serial adapters popular with the Arduino crowd..? I use such a thing with great success with my FT-736r.?? (Or, a RS232 <> TTL level translator/inverter...)

See page 26 of the user manual, where it also specifies 4800bd, 8 data and two stop bits.? You may also need a delay (50 to 200mS) between transactions.? Again, like others of that era, the internal CPU's in the radios were not endowed with much processing speed.

Take care with the PTT line on the CAT socket.? I suspect it is intended more as an output to any controller, so it's aware if the rig is placed into TX by the operator using the Mic PTT, or front panel MOX button.? (Or from a CAT command.)? It's a TTL signal level line.

I found a manual at If your paper one has gone missing.

73.

Dave B.



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