Re: Xcat-2022 proposal
This wasn't exactly a question, but:
I'll point out that for the X, one of the very handy things about having
an Xcat is that you don't need to unbutton the radio to fish out its
code plug unit.
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Dennis Boone
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Re: Has anyone fully decoded the X9000 memory mapping?
Good points. We really need to figure out how to get something usable from
this LA data.
I assumed for whatever reason, the radio just iterated over the mode data
again and again refreshing itself to
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Casey Crane
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Re: Xcat-2022 proposal
Hi Skip,
I wrote the Doug Hall RBI-1 firmware support for the S-COM 7K controller. I still get requests for RBI support on the S-COM 7330 -- I'm in the middle of implementing that now.? I have an
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Dave WA1JHK
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Re: Has anyone fully decoded the X9000 memory mapping?
The Xcat does this with a fly-lead from the xcat to a point inside the
radio, since the switching on the X is all mechanical.
Note that the radio may or may not just read addresses n through
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Dennis Boone
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Re: Xcat-2022 proposal
The M6 mode line is used, as you would expect. It basically ends up
selecting which moby of the EPROM to access. The ways that 64 modes
aren't really supported are largely related to the control
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Dennis Boone
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Re: Has anyone fully decoded the X9000 memory mapping?
@ Casey,
Unless your LA tests determined otherwise, I imagine the refresh is from data stored in the uC for that mode to the divider.
Infact, that might explain a lot of the buss activity you were
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swguest
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Re: Has anyone fully decoded the X9000 memory mapping?
Since the programming for this is a computed divisor, you can set any
frequency you want within the range. On the X, the ranges are different
for tx vs rx, or at least, since it uses different
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Dennis Boone
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Re: Xcat-2022 proposal
64 modes is what the Syntor X could support (sort of, two independent
banks of 32) from what I recall.
As for the mad scientist in you ... no problem!
73's Skip
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Skip Hansen
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Re: Has anyone fully decoded the X9000 memory mapping?
OK. I didn't know if the COS was in software or hardware.
A limit search would be a great feature.
I wish the scan could be made fast enough to emulate a GE MVS scan. It has Priority sampling so
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Joe M.
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Re: Has anyone fully decoded the X9000 memory mapping?
I'll have to check my code again but I was able to drive the synthesizer
very quickly across the band. Definitely fast enough for a good limit
search function.
The channel activity input to the
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Casey Crane
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Re: Has anyone fully decoded the X9000 memory mapping?
If scan is external you would also need a squelch
indication in order to stop scan (for active channels).
I would check to see how fast the synth can lock at maximum change (and lowest decode rate
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Joe M.
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Re: Has anyone fully decoded the X9000 memory mapping?
As for the synthesizer the radio updates it every 20 milliseconds
regardless of mode change to maintain stability in the event some transient
voltage or whatever corrupted something. My thought was a
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Casey Crane
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Re: Xcat-2022 proposal
I agree with the baby step process, It is easier to interface to the X's hardware. Not that it matters with the Pico, but it runs a bit slower too. No SB9600 commands to deal with. Wirelrss UI and no
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swguest
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Re: Xcat-2022 proposal
I have a Doug Hall unit and radio(s) if you need for testing.
Jeff - KD6GDB
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kd6gdb@...
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Re: Has anyone fully decoded the X9000 memory mapping?
We had to have the black walnut tree removed from the back yard earlier
this year, for Reasons. Significant reduction in Sciuridae. Might be
worth a try. :)
De
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Dennis Boone
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Re: Has anyone fully decoded the X9000 memory mapping?
Good points! I had forgotten about needing to get the radio to
re-read the mode info, ugh. In reality it might be worth taking this
approach just to solve the refresh problem.
An EXTERNAL to the
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Skip Hansen
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Re: Has anyone fully decoded the X9000 memory mapping?
Going back to Skip's comment, a couple of thoughts, devil's advocate:
1. But you don't have to find a hack/slash way to get your control path
out of the radio, because it's already there, and it's
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Dennis Boone
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Re: Has anyone fully decoded the X9000 memory mapping?
@ Skip,
True. Hand assembling a few basic commands like volume and mode select inc/dec, scan on/off etc might not be a major undertaking. I'd like to see a macro of commands that get you control of
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swguest
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Re: Has anyone fully decoded the X9000 memory mapping?
After re-reading the txt a few additional thoughts....
The CE for the data line 245 must be an undefined (in the information presented) outboard connection to the host, probably an expansion window
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swguest
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Re: Has anyone fully decoded the X9000 memory mapping?
I think the CPU *could* do it, but why bother? Plus playing with the
state machine will be the fun part of the project for me.
The "page zero" ram stuff really doesn't apply to the Teensy, it's a
32
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Skip Hansen
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