FT8 randomly stops transmitting

Tjerk Lammers

My 6300 is still in the box while I am waiting for my dedicated Lenovo M93e with W10, i3, 8GB & 250 SSD. Meanwhile, I am furiously studying for my B.Flex degree.
I have been using WSJT-X with my Icom 7600 with only a USB cable between the radio (no interface) and the laptop. CAT is used for PTT.
The problem often crops up and WSJT-X returns a "Rig Control Error" and then I have to go through the whole routine to get started again by either shutting down or using Taskmaster.
At times the IC-7600 goes into transmit but with no output; thus receiving no sound from WSJT-X.
Do I set up the Flex for WSJT-X as per Michael's video but set the radio as a Kenwood and not as a Flex in WJST-X?
Tjerk ZS1J

Gary Sheridan

I set my 6500 up with the kenwood settings, it works perfectly. I couldn’t get it to work with the settings described in the video. I can send you some screen shots of my settings to your email if that would be helpful. 73, Gary

K5CG

You can set the radio up in WSJT-X as a Kenwood and use a serial com port in CAT. Or you can setup the radio as a Flex in WSJT-X and setup a network port in CAT. I think there is a default one already on port 5002. It works either way, they just have to be compatible.

Tjerk Lammers

K5CG

Mark_WS7M