Re: [TenTec] N4PY Orion Control Program Version 1.12 Released

["Tommy" <aldermant@alltel.net>]

Just a small observation...the speed of the CPU has very little, if 
anything to do with the speed of the serial port. If your need 
faster I/O speeds, it's probably best to look at using USB 2.0 ports 
instead of serial ports.

Tom - W4BQF

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Joe Giacobello" <k2xx@swva.net>
To: <tentec@contesting.com>
Sent: Tuesday, November 09, 2004 7:07 PM
Subject: Re: [TenTec] N4PY Orion Control Program Version 1.12 
Released


> Jerome, I've observed this same problem with the O(rion control 
> software.  It's sometimes difficult to fine tune a station because 
> one tends to overtune or overshoot the signal.  Carl has said that 
> it's because of the speed bewteen the radio and the computer 
> serial port.  I recently upgraded from a 450 MHz to a 2.2 GHz 
> machine and there was little, if any, improvement, suggesting that 
> Carl's assessment is probably accurate.
>
> 73, Joe
>
> jerome schatten wrote:
>
> > Hmmm... sounds like a computer rather than the control software 
> > problem. I've used the Pegasus software on four different 
> > computers from a P100 up to a P4/3gig machine and never noticed 
> > that kind of a lag.
> >
> > I have noticed, using Task Manager, that large frequency 
> > excursions tend to be the most cpu resource intensive --  
> > sometimes up to 80% for a split second, but I never could 
> > correlate that with a visible/audible lag. It's interesting that 
> > HRD behaves exactly the same with a large change in vfo 
> > frequency.
> >
> > I would bet that a 486 might show the kind of behaviour you 
> > describe.
> >
> > Best,
> > Jerome - VA7VV
> > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Vince Santis" 
> > <vsantis@earthlink.net>
> > To: <roncasa@verizon.net>; <tentec@contesting.com>
> > Sent: Tuesday, November 09, 2004 1:18 PM
> > Subject: RE: [TenTec] N4PY Orion Control Program Version 1.12 
> > Released
> >
> >
> > > Hi Ron,
> > >
> > > Unless you are using an Orion what you want is the Pegasus 
> > > software from
> > > N4PY. I use it and it works fine with one exception. Because of 
> > > a port
> > > speed issue tuning the radio lags the screen display on the 
> > > computer.
> > > However, if yu are into cw, the keyboard keying is great and 
> > > also the
> > > ability to scan a range of frequencies.
> > >
> > > 73,
> > >
> > > Vince Santis, N1VS
> > > Winsted, CT 06098
> > >
> > >
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