Log4OM

Hi
Firstly I would like to congratulate you on a fantastic program, easy to use and full of great features. I have set up the program and got the cluster working fine, I entered my rig details and purchased a lead to connect the rig to USB. When I plug and unplug the USB I am getting the chimes ok but the program does not see the rig, I have tried changing the comm ports to no avail, though the 2 comm buttons on the bottom string turn green. I am running XP where am I going wrong!!

Regards

John

Hi John,
You must identify some information before you begin

In the device manger of Windows you will see Ports (Com & LPT) see image below

With your rig turned on and the cable from the rig to the computer connected make a note of all of the com port numbers (COM1, COM2 etc)

Unplug the cable and check which port disappeared

Plug the cable back in and check that the COM port has reappeared

You have now ascertained what com port the rig is connected to

Next in the rigs menu find what 'Baud' rate is set - In an Icom menu its probably called CI-V Baud Rate.

Once armed with the correct COM port number and Baud rate you can now set up Log4OM

Please install Omnirig because I find it works best for Icom rigs, then follow the instructions in the Log4OM user guide on page 26 >> relating to Omnirig

User guide is available in the help menu or from http://www.pisto.it/wordpress/log4om-en/

Your Omnirig set up window should look like the second screenshot below but of course with your COM port number and Baud rate

If you still can't connect please let me know what interface cable you purchased

Hi Terry

Many thanks for the info all taken on board set the rig to 9600 from auto only problem now is finding the device manager in XP as I think mine is an older version

Regards

john

Hi Terry

Got it managed to find the port and also changed the port number still nothing the port is Prolific USB to Serial Comm Port ( com1 ) and the model of the cable is a RPC-117-U if that helps at all

Regards

John

Have you ensured that the baud rate is correct?

The only other suggestion is have you done a factory reset of the rig? If not I suggest that you do so

Hi Terry
Just got a replacement cable and trying to get the rig talking to the pc got the omni rig client open all is configured right though I have tried the baud rate higher and lower to no avail all the other settings are the same as the screen shot, so when I open a dialog all that comes back is rig is not responding

so it is in the ci-v settings which are

Baud rate 9600
Address 64h
Tranceive On
With IC 731 OFF

Is this correct?

Regards

John

Hi All

Just a footnote to let you know that thanks to Martin Lynch and Son professor Steve got it going and now it is working a treat

Thanks all who tried to help

John

EA7JRI wrote:Hi All

Just a footnote to let you know that thanks to Martin Lynch and Son professor Steve got it going and now it is working a treat

Thanks all who tried to help

John

John,
Sharing the way you resolved your problem helps others, please explain what the problem was.