I tried turning off the FIFO buffers on my main computer, and using the real 9 pin serial cable on Com 1, I got the following in the bedug file:
Log initialized Clone thread started 000: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ........
-- Exception: -- Traceback (most recent call last): File "chirpui\clone.pyo", line 217, in run File "chirp\yaesu_clone.pyo", line 178, in sync_in File "chirp\yaesu_clone.pyo", line 69, in clone_in File "chirp\yaesu_clone.pyo", line 44, in chunk_read File "serial\serialwin32.pyo", line 212, in read CloneCancelledException ------ Clone failed: Clone thread ended
That is slightly different than the one on the laptop with the USB cable, but not much. Again it is progress over just "Log initialized".
Thanks.
73,
Ken, W8EK
Ken Simpson, W8EK wrote, On 7/4/2011 3:23 PM:
I MAY be making progress.
I turned off the buffers on the laptop (as outlined below), and reinstalled ver 0.1.11 to use with the VX-3 (you will recall I had switched to ver 0.1.10 on the laptop, just to try it to see if any difference).
I now have something in the debug file!
Here is what it says:
Log initialized Clone thread started
-- Exception: -- Traceback (most recent call last): File "chirpui\clone.pyo", line 217, in run File "chirp\yaesu_clone.pyo", line 178, in sync_in File "chirp\yaesu_clone.pyo", line 69, in clone_in File "chirp\yaesu_clone.pyo", line 44, in chunk_read File "serial\serialwin32.pyo", line 195, in read CloneCancelledException
Clone failed: Clone thread ended
Hopefully that will mean something to you.
At least the log says something more than "log initialized".
Thanks very much for your help.
73,
Ken, W8EK
D. Daniel McGlothin KB3MUN wrote, On 7/4/2011 2:33 PM:
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Any other ideas?
By the way, I am using Win XP with SP3.
You might try disabling the COM port buffers. We find this necessary at times to do serial communications with certain machine tools so that any pacing requirements are not upset.
How to: Right-click MyComputer and choose Properties then click Hardware tab (Alternately, from Control Panel, double-click System); click Device Manager button. Expand the Ports(COM&LPT) and double-click the COM port in question. Choose PortSettings tab; click Advanced button. After making sure that the expected COM port number is selected on the "Advanced Settings" window, either uncheck the 'Use FIFO buffers'; or leave it checked and experiment with lower values in the Receive & Transmit buffers.
Since I wrote this, I also got an older serial cable (as in 9 pin D connector and not usb) that I had for a VX-5, and tried it. Same result (although it is on Com 1).
Does either of the cable setups work with the VX-5 and Chirp? Do you have any other radio that does work with Chirp and the computer(s)? If so, what are the differences in cabling?
73 de Daniel KB3MUN
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