Opening Dialogs
You will need to select
the serial port to which your transceiver is connected. This
screen capture shows the ports on one of my Linux systems.
Windows would list the COM ports that are installed (and not currently
in use).
Select TEST if you want to test drive the program without actually connecting to the 505. The program will require you to select the serial port each time it is used. |
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You will see this set of dialogs if you are successful in connecting the program to the transceiver. The program will attempt to read the firmware serial number of the transceiver and will also set the transceiver to receiver mode. The Rx Sig Level and the transceiver temperature will be updated by the telemetry bytes sent from the transceiver. You can enter a serial number into the "Serial #" control. If your transceiver has lost it's serial number due to a bad SRAM battery it is possible to write the correct value to the transceiver. Read All - reads Serial #, Smeter, FreqRef, Phase, and Carrier values from the transceiver. Files / Save Files / Save As - save all of the tables values to a disk file. Files / Open - read the disk file and populate the tables and serial # values. |
  S-Meter Measurement |
The
S-meter calibration table is a set of 16 8-bit signed values that was
generated when the transceiver was originally factory tested. Read - read values from the transceiver Write - write values back to the transceiver Calibrate - TBD |
  Frequency Reference |
The frequency reference table consists of 32 8 bit values. Read - read values from transceiver Write - write values back to the transceiver Calibrate - TBD |
  Phase Measurement |
The phase table consists of 16 8-bit signed values. Read - read values from transceiver Write - write values back to transceiver Calibrate - TBD |
  Carrier Balance Measurement |
The phase value is a 16 bit signed value. Read - read value from transceiver Write - write value back to transceiver Balance - TBD |