Mark G0MGX wrote:
> The only thing I cant get to work is the frequency reading
> from the 2nd receiver in the radio, I read with interest the
> SO2V article about the Elecraft, that suggests that you can
> set two entries in the ports tab both using the same COM port
> - as soon as I try that I get a message saying that I have
> the same com port too many times.
The WriteLog rig driver for the Elecraft K3 does have more SO2V (and other)
functionality compared to most of the other rig drivers. So, while the two
receivers in the K3 can share the same COM port, this is not true of most
other rigs. I think the Flex radios may use the K3 rig driver, however.
> I have the two receivers with frequency via CAT working fine
> in Logger32, so I am sure it must be possible in Writelog -
> but I am not sure I am clever enough to understand the real details.
It may be possible, but I'm not aware. In other words, other than the K3
and perhaps Flex, I don't think the other rig drivers provide a way to
command the second receiver VFO into its own Entry window. That is needed
in order to be able to click on that window and put the radio into SPLIT
mode so it transmits on the second receiver frequency and facilitates a QSO.
This is the same way SO2R works in WriteLog, but in this case for two
receivers in the same radio. In SO2R you simply have unique COM port CAT
interfaces going to each radio. With one radio, to do full SO2V, the rig
driver needs to feed the sub-RX VFO into a second Entry window.
For RTTY, however, you can at least set up a Clone receive-only window that
looks at the audio stream from your sub-RX simply by choosing the other
soundcard channel. Then to work a station you have tuned in on the sub-RX,
simply command your radio into SPLIT. (You could also swap Voss which is
what people usually do, but that also swaps the audio streams between your
two Rttyrite windows which makes a mess of your receive text. You would end
up with text from each VFO interleaved in each window. And, at least I
would have a hard time sorting it all out!)
>
> Ed, I note you mention "I don't believe there is SO2V
> capability in the Yaesu/FT5K rig driver in WriteLog", but I
> am not sure I understand exactly what the "rig driver" is as
> far as WriteLog is concerned.
Part of the WriteLog code is software to communicate with various brands and
models of radios. These code segments are called "rig drivers" in the Help
file. When you choose a radio on a COM port in the Setup/Ports window, you
are telling WriteLog which one of its rig drivers to use.
Ed W0YK
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