[drats_users] Rig Control & D-RATS

[Gordon Dick]

Hi Dave:
Can you explain the tweaking, warm up, and pipeline settings in brief  
for me.  I'm starting to get a few more people involved in D-Rats  
here in metro Vancouver and I would like to be a little more  
knowledgeable when they ask me those questions.
Thanks
Gord - VE7FKY
On Feb 5, 2009, at 4:18 PM, Dave Cooley wrote:

>
> Nail on the head!
>
> ICOM needs to incorporate rig control into their mobiles!
>
> Just as a side note; We have been doing D-RATS (all aspects and
> functionalities) through the gateway and after some tweaking of the  
> warm up,
> delay and pipeline settings have gotten it to be very efficient and
> reliable. With 5 gateway systems (7 total) here in the Tampa Bay  
> Area, hand
> held use is pretty much contiguous. I have been able to do D-RATS  
> with the
> 91 just about anywhere I have been. (Most places on Low power) Very  
> Handy!
>
> Thanks for the info on the mplxrs. I had not tried one and was  
> wondering if
> anyone had been attempting to use one with DRATS.
>
> 73
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:drats_users-bounces at lists.danplanet.com] On Behalf Of Dan  
> Smith
> Sent: Thursday, February 05, 2009 6:23 PM
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> Subject: Re: [drats_users] Rig Control & D-RATS
>
>
>> Is there a way to use the RS-91/92 software and D-RATS  
>> simultaneously?
>> This seems to be a port issue with Winders as I have heard of some
>> apps that provide a workaround for gps usage.
>
> Not in the sense you would expect, no.  Even if you use a serial port
> multiplexer, it's not really safe.  Since you control the radio  
> through the
> same port you use for data, you have to send a special sequence to  
> put it
> into clone mode.  You wouldn't want D-RATS sending data to the  
> radio when it
> was in the middle of a memory write operation, for example.
>
>> Currently the 91/92 software seems to be the only rig control  
>> software
>> for DSTAR and it would be very handy to be able to integrate some of
>> these function into D-RATS .
>
> You're not the first person to bring it up.  I realize that it  
> would be nice
> to be able to have D-RATS program the proper callsign in the radio  
> before
> transmitting so that you could automatically reply to a gateway  
> user, etc.
>
> The logic and libraries are there in CHIRP, and are importable by D- 
> RATS.
> The only problems are:
>
> 1. Figuring out the proper control bits to get the radio to do what  
> you
>    want, and
> 2. Figuring out how to integrate that into D-RATS in a meaningful way.
>
> It's not technically hard, but the second item opens up a can of  
> worms.
>
> I don't really like using my handheld for lots of continuous duty  
> because I
> figure it's probably more delicate than a mobile radio and more  
> susceptible
> to decreased component longevity due to excessive heat buildup  
> (which we
> know the 91 suffers from).  I'd be much more excited about the  
> possibilities
> something like this would open up if ICOM included rig control in  
> one of
> their mobile radios.
>
> Since we have yet to use the gateway for any real-life data  
> operation in my
> local area, I guess I'm not fully convinced of the usefulness of  
> this when
> limited to a 5W radio.  I'm sure plenty of people will step in to  
> argue with
> me, so let the comments fly... :)
>
> -- 
> Dan Smith
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> www.danplanet.com
> KK7DS
>
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