SDRUNO, OMNIRIG and TS990

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SDRUNO, OMNIRIG and TS990

Post by raven4640 » Sat May 05, 2018 7:22 am

Trying to get omnirig, sdruno, and ts990 to play together, usb port works fine as in there is no problem running HRD or the Kenwood software all working as it should, all setting are identical, baud rate com port number etc etc, sdruno is connecting to omnirig so good there, but the rig connection just keeps alternating between online and rig is not responding, been at this for a few days now, tried just about every suggestion that others have tried that I read on forums, watch vids, tried old silicon labs drivers as was suggested on one forum, anyone had this problem and fixed it, a lot seem to have this problem with various rigs and have fixed it but the settings don't work for me on the TS990,

Thanks, SA4MDN
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Re: SDRUNO, OMNIRIG and TS990

Post by raven4640 » Sat May 05, 2018 7:48 am

update,,,sdruno will control the radio but the radio wont control sdruno, so got half a connection
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Re: SDRUNO, OMNIRIG and TS990

Post by raven4640 » Sat May 05, 2018 8:16 am

update to the update, with sdruno controlling the radio but not the radio controlling sdruno problem, no buttons on the radio work nor will it TX, the only way to get the radio operating normal is to click the RSYN1 button and unsync it,
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Re: SDRUNO, OMNIRIG and TS990

Post by raven4640 » Sat May 05, 2018 8:21 am

just about to throw in the towel on this nonsense, patience is getting very thin.
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Re: SDRUNO, OMNIRIG and TS990

Post by someYguy » Sat May 05, 2018 3:57 pm

I would ditch SDRUno and use HDSDR instead for this. Far simpler, easier to connect to Omnirig, etc.

Give it a try and see if it works.

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Re: SDRUNO, OMNIRIG and TS990

Post by raven4640 » Sat May 05, 2018 4:44 pm

I think the sdr uno and omnirig are ok together, uno says connected to omnirig,, not sure but the problem i think is the omnirig to TS990 connection not working together.
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Re: SDRUNO, OMNIRIG and TS990

Post by raven4640 » Sat May 05, 2018 5:11 pm

right have HDSDR running, working ok syncing both ways, nothing on the waterfall except a solid wide bar in the center and nothing either side, been through the settings, bandwidth etc nothing changes it, what am i missing, its like nothing is coming in from the sdrplay rsp1a

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Re: SDRUNO, OMNIRIG and TS990

Post by someYguy » Sat May 05, 2018 5:58 pm

Connect the RSP1A directly to your antenna and see if it receives signals. If it does, then make sure that the RX signal path from your TS-990 is reaching the RSP1A.

Also, check the gain settings in the device control panel - in HDSDR, click on the "EXtIO" button to open said panel. From there you can turn auto gain (AGC) on/off, manually adjust IF gain & preamp gain, etc.

Sounds like you have good communication among devices, but maybe little or no signal into the RSP1A.

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Re: SDRUNO, OMNIRIG and TS990

Post by raven4640 » Sat May 05, 2018 6:16 pm

ok thanks for the reply's, given up on it now, just watched a vid from the sdr guys, done everything the same, nada, gonna uninstall the lot from this pc and forget about using it with the 990, and just use it on my ts830s and laptop as a panadapter, which was the original plan anyway until i saw a post about using it on the 990 for a better display, not worth the headache anymore, at least i know it works with the 830 as a standalone display

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Re: SDRUNO, OMNIRIG and TS990

Post by RSP2user » Sat May 05, 2018 9:23 pm

SA4MDN,

Very nice choice on the TS990. It sounds like you have most of your setup working, but there is a serial port communication path issue in the serial port transmit path from the TS990 to SDRuno. First, double check the serial port cable between the TS990 and PC to ensure that your hardware is operating properly. If the cable is operating properly, then the issue could be something as simple as a data flow control setting or that the serial port you have chosen has a conflict with another application. I am assuming you already have the baud rate, data bits, and parity matched and have the Kenwood compatibility settings in SDRuno already turned on. The only issue I have experienced in setting up SDRuno with Kenwood compatible receivers is in the configuration of the serial port on the PC and ensuring there is not a conflict with another application. If you are running a PC based application between the TS990 and SDRuno, then you may need serial port translation or port configuration software, such as VSPE. I am using VSPE. VSPE will let you use software virtual COM ports and allow for creating branches to/from multiple COM ports and a single COM port and will also allow for bidirectional use on a single COM port. To determine what is going on with your serial port communications, the freeware Realterm is very helpful. You can transmit and receive data strings on the COM ports directly to see what is being transmitted and received so you can tell what is and is not working in your COM port data path.

RealTerm: https://sourceforge.net/projects/realterm/

Virtual Serial Port Emulator (VSPE): http://www.eterlogic.com/Products.VSPE.html

TS990 document for the serial port data: http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q= ... WaoicaYLig

BY using RealTerm, you can determine what your TS990 is sending towards SDRuno and determine if the issue is a signaling issue (hardware control vs Xon/Xoff) or a data issue. Some programs want one COM port for transmit and one for receive and other programs will work bidirectionally on a single COM port. Once you know how the data is being sent out and what you need for compatibility on signaling, then you can set up VSPE to translate, if needed. Once you can see what is happening in the data path from the TS990 to SDRuno, then you should be able to determine how to ensure that a proper connection between the two is made.

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