If you want to confirm the interface is working you might try using SATPC32. I
seem to recall helping the developer test some functionality on my FT736 approx
10 years ago. It worked well for me when I used to work satellites.
73
Mark S
VE7AFZ
mark@alignedsolutions.com
604 762 4099
> On Jul 8, 2017, at 9:49 AM, Terry Signature <terry@directivesystems.com>
> wrote:
>
> Partially correct - yes the FT736 only takes commands, there is no feedback
> or polling. I wrote a program on an old CP/M system back in 1983 when I got
> my FT736 but without polling, it's not very useful. Most modern software
> doesn't support the rig either. The only items you can poll is the s-meter
> (pretty useless) and the status of the squelch (almost as useless!!). You
> could also set up the duplex for crossband operation. The radio came with the
> CAT interface but it's a DIN connector and operates at TTL levels so you need
> to use a MAX232 or similar chip to get RS232 levels. I think Yaesu's
> incarnation was a FIF-232 but the Kenwoood unit for a TS850 worked with the
> correct pinout on the DIN.
>
> Hope this helps!
>
> Terry Price, W8ZN
>> On 2017-07-08 09:48, Peter Laws wrote:
>>> On Sat, Jul 8, 2017 at 8:26 AM, Ethan Miller K8GU <ethan@k8gu.com> wrote:
>>> If I recall
>>> correctly, the 736 has an unusual computer control arrangement in that
>>> frequencies may be commanded to it, but it has no facility to read
>>> back the frequency.
>> And that the computer "control" card was optional - not all radios had
>> them. I thought I read that on this group - if there are archives for
>> this list, it might be worth a grep.
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