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[TenTec] Fw: Omni VI+ commands revisited

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Subject: [TenTec] Fw: Omni VI+ commands revisited
From: "Dave W7DPW" <w7dpw@comcast.net>
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Date: Sun, 8 Apr 2007 11:04:13 -0700
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Ihope this helps..

David J Drew  --  W7DPW
Over 50 Years with Same Call


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dave W7DPW" <w7dpw@home.com>
To: <ditzian@alltel.net>; <Tentec@contesting.com>
Sent: Wednesday, August 01, 2001 9:21 PM
Subject: Re: [TenTec] Omni VI+ commands revisited


>
> Good work,
>
> I have CAT564 and tried as you suggested and found the following to be
true:
>
> 06 works for N1 filter and and change it to an 07 works for N2 filter
in 9
> Mhz lineup.
>
> Dave W7DPW
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <ditzian@alltel.net>
> To: <Tentec@contesting.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, August 01, 2001 9:01 PM
> Subject: [TenTec] Omni VI+ commands revisited
>
>
> >
> > I thank the Omni VI+ users for their responses to my query about
> > operating the narrow filters through computer commands.
> >
> > I regret that the Omni VI+ manual says that the narrow filter
> > is not available through commands.  However, for an Omni VI,
> > despite the fact that it is not mentioned in the documentation, the
> > command
> >
> > FE FE 04 E0 06 00 06
> >
> > implemented in Zakanaka as
> >
> > $hexcommand FE FE 04 E0 06 00 06 FD$
> >
> > will toggle the 9 mHz. narrow filter.  Why don't you Omni VI users
> > try this out and see if it works on one of the narrow filters (watch
> > the lights)?  If it does, try 07 as the last digit and see if it
toggles
> > the other narrow filter.  This is a toggle, by the way, which is not
> > the nicest way to implement this function.  That is, each time you
> > send the command, it switches back the other way, i.e., on, off,
> > on, off, .....
> >
> > The final digits 02 thorugh 04 operate the 6.3 mHz. filter
selections,
> > and these are not toggles.  Each choice turns the others off (only
> > one filter is in line).  The 00 in the 6th byte from the left
operates
> > the mode (00=LSB, 01=USB,....).
> >
> > By the way, I am using an Omni VI with the cheapskate VI+
> > upgrade, which is a new ROM chip but no extra filter position.  My
> > software should be the same as the VI+, so I think that Ten-Tec is
> > hiding something from you guys.  If so, this is the place to talk
> > about it.  I have this thing about operating manuals.............
> >
> > Please let me know if you stumble across a way to get the narrow
> > filters working remotely, I want to add it to the Zakanaka
> > documentation.  Try the stuff above and let me know.
> >
> >
> > 73,
> > Jan Ditzian
> > KX2A
> > kx2a@arrl.net
> >
> >
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