[Trlog] IC751/Piexx/TR - Golden now

[Tony AI9X <ai9x@arrl.net>]

All,
 Thanks for the help with this problem. Also, sorry if I sounded a bit 
angry when I wrote the original post - it was late and after almost 
three frustrating hours, I gave up for the night.

OK, here's the scoop:

Main problem was a COM port wiring mistake on the PC. Since I never used 
them (and this was a free PC) I didn't have anyway to check them. Turns 
out they were switched internally. OK now.

The PIEXX UX14PX board, for those that don't know, is a board that 
installs inside the 751 and provides the UX14/CI-V functionality. A nice 
product that provides both the 1/8" CI-V and a serial connection to the 
PC. The serial speed is selectable at 9600/4800 where the CI-V is 
9600/1200 (as some of you recommended I try). Both the TRLog's serial 
port speed and the PIEXX need to be set at 4800 - and it works now.

Third issue was that once the interface worked, it would give "RADIO ONE 
COMMUNICATION WARNING" errors when I sent it commands too quickly. 
Upgrading to version 6.74 and setting LEGACY RADIO IO MODE = TRUE fixed 
that.

Fourth issue was the Sound Blaster DVK was intermittent with all the 
above. Upgrading to 6.74 fixed everything under DOS 622 and Win95. I was 
having mixed results will all of this under 6.68, 6.70, 6.72 and 6.73.

This is my first run at using computer control, so a new world just 
opened up. I also have plans to build an interface when my new ICE 
antenna switches get here to further automate the station. Hopefully now 
someone else who wants to go this route can find all the information 
needed. I had a difficult time since the 751/751A is not supported by 
TRLog anymore and didn't have much to go on.

Settings are like this:
RADIO ONE CONTROL PORT = SERIAL 1
RADIO ONE ADDRESS = 28  (the original 751 address BTW)
RADIO ONE TYPE = IC765
LEGACY RADIO IO MODE = TRUE

The RADIO statements have to be entered each contest, but the LEGACY 
parameter is in the STDCFG.DAT file.

73's
Tony, AI9X

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