On Tue, Apr 15, 2025 at 16:10 Mike NN3I via <winebike=[email protected]> wrote:
My X6100 came with Mar 7, 2023 APP V1.1.6 and BASE V1.1.6. Currently, Radioddity has 2024-09-23 APP V1.1.9 and BASE V1.1.8 available for download. I'm thinking about loading these. Are there any cautions I need to be aware of? If these updates go well, I¡¯d like to try the great-looking APP software being developed by contributors to this group.
On another subject, my biggest issue right now is getting WSJT working. It worked okay with my old laptop. My new Dell laptop has USB-C ports only, and my X6100 doesn't seem to like a USB-C cable connection alone. Using a USB-A to USB-C adapter at the laptop interface, and then a USB-A to USB-C cable, allows my Dell to recognize the two USB ports on the X6100. I¡¯m using data cables. Sometimes it will receive FT8 but not transmit. Other times, it doesn't work at all.
I've tried various cables and adapters. Is it a driver issue with the X6100 not being compatible with USB-C standards? Reversing the cable with the adapter apparently also reverses which unit is acting as the host, so it's a one-way data path. In my case, things only worked when the USB-C to USB-A adapter was used on the laptop end¡ªnot on the X6100 end. This is all very frustrating for an old analog ham who doesn¡¯t have any hair left to pull out.
Has anyone successfully gotten their X6100 to interface with WSJT using only a USB-C cable between the DEV port and their laptop? If so, what firmware/software were you using?
