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Radioddity Updates #Digital

 

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?

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Mike NN3I
 

Try adding a On The Go (OTG) adapter in the output of your computer. You go from USB-C to USB-A on the OTG. Cured my X6100 interface problems.?

Paul F Beeman
W2PB


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?

--
Mike NN3I
 

Paul, thanks for responding. What brand of OTG did you use and specifically what cable did you use to run from the adapter to the X6100?
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Mike NN3I
 

I have two configurations. One, simplest, the second with most options.

1. Cable one USB Cable for the USB port on your computer to USB A MALE. The seconds is the OTG Cable with USB A female to Type C ?male to the 6100.

2. Cable two uses a 4 way USB OTG adapter with USB C, USB Mini, APPLE Lightening, uSB A Female. Then just a ?USB A male USB Type C male to connect to X 6100. (See adapter on left side of attached picture)

There are other cable combinations available. But I can not tell you by name brand what cables I have use because Thames are not on the cables.

Good luck!

Paul F Beeman
W2PB?


On Tue, Apr 15, 2025 at 21:00 Mike NN3I via <winebike=[email protected]> wrote:
Paul, thanks for responding. What brand of OTG did you use and specifically what cable did you use to run from the adapter to the X6100?
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Mike NN3I
 

I was frustrated trying to use a USB-C to USB-C cable to connect from my laptop to the X-6100.
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There are a lot of current electronics where the manufacturers have not implemented the USB-C interface correctly. It's getting better as so many consumers have complained. But the X-6100 was one of them that did it wrong.
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I know for most items it was a trace that wasn't pulled to ground for PD power detection. The solution was to use a USB-C cable that was also wired wrong, which were common. Same with data. For my drone flight-controller I had to use a non-PD cable.
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The workaround for the X-6100 is pretty simple. Use a common USB-C to USB-A (male) cable, then a USB-A female to USB-C pigtail. I have a lot of these pigtails, since my laptop only has USB-C ports, and I needed the pigtail often to connect any USB-A cable (or USB-A thumb-drive). That worked perfectly for me with the X-6100, but as a USB-C purist, it really girds. ?\_(¥Ä)_/?
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Pigtail
Cheap 3-pack that works fine
or more expensive one with various certifications

For the USB-A to USB-C cable, instead of the cheap kind you get with so many devices at the Dollar Store, I got a good one with ferrites to help with any stray RF entering the cable (a very common proglem).
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Hope this helps.
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I had the same issues and this solution worked for me too.? The solution was recommended to me by Grok.
 

Ordered cables and found that they work!
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Mike NN3I

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