HRD DM780 Anomalies with new Flex 6600M

Mike Peron

Mike-VA3MW

A few things.

For the Flex going into TX, there is only 1 way that can happen and that is something in DM780 is probing your Com PTT ports and the DTR or RTS levels, or it is the radio part of HRD doing a search for the radio resulting in the same thing.  To test, **** your PTT ports in SmartSDR CAT and see if it still happens.  This is an HRD configuration issue.  

Now, the delays.  Sadly, Ping is a great tool, only if something is failing.  It isn't very good for networks that are already working, even slowly.  It is easy to make a LAN network work.  It is hard to make it work well.  And, WiFi being the party line it is, don't rule it out.  I would recommend that you buy a USB/LAN adapter for your computer for about $20 and test it hardwired and with  no WiFi.    This may help to  isolate the CW issue.  I would be very surprised to find the delay in the HRD or the Radio, so that only leaves the pieces in the middle to focus on first.

If you are using SliceMaster, make sure you don't have duplicate PTT methods (CAT or Hardware keying).  

If it was me, I would clean out all my HRD settings and start over for CAT and PTT control.    Also, you don't really need the radio part of HRD if you are using SmartSDR.  You can use MiniDeluxe to handle the SmartSDR CAT to DM780 https://github.com/krisp/MiniDeluxe/wiki.  In fact, using MiniDeluxe might help to debug things.

Try changing some things and let us know how you make out.

Mike va3mw

K1DBO

...also, if you are using Slice Master, there's no need for MiniDeluxe.  When Slice Master launches DM780 for you it will also establish the "rig control" connection between it and the radio via Slice Master's implementation of the HRD TCP protocol. 

Slice Master can also provide rig control for HRD Logbook by enabling it's HRD TCP TX Listener.  This implementation of the HRD protocol has the added advantage of following your TX slice. But since Slice Master doesnt launch Logbook for you, you'll have to make a minor change to Logbook's configuration so it will know to connect to Slice Master.