Radio Panel

The radio panel displays and controls the VFO of the connected radio. The check box shows/controls the connection status. The VFO frequency text edit field will display the frequency in MHz and can be edited directly to change the VFO frequency. The VFO stepper up/down arrows will change the radio VFO 10 Hz up or down with each click of the keyboard up/down arrows, or you can set up the Griffin PowerMate to send up/down arrow clicks.

• With the Shift Key Pressed the frequency will change 100 Hz up or down.
• With the Control Key Pressed the frequency will change 1 KHz up or down.
• With the Option Key Pressed the frequency will change 10 KHz up or down.
• With the Command Key Pressed the frequency will change 100 KHz up or down.

The VFO slider will change the frequency continuously as well.

Radio Prefs

Connecting the computer to your radio

• Most radios will require a USB/Serial adapter, cables and possibly a level converter - check your radio manual for specifics.
• Dog Park Software Ltd. does not sell, support or recommend any hardware but here are some of the devices our customers are using:
  http://dogparksoftware.com/DogParkLinks.html
• Install the correct driver from the manufacturer of your USB/Serial adapter. There is usually one for OS 8-9 and for OS X there will be one for PPC and one for Intel or else a Universal Binary (both PPC and Intel). If the port doesn't show up in the "Port" popup in the MacLoggerDX Radio Prefs Panel - it won't work.
  USB/Serial adapters/cables that work on a PC will not work on a Mac unless the manufacturer provides the appropriate Mac OS X driver for it.
• Select Port Type microHAM Virtual Port for microKEYER, digiKEYER, CW KEYER devices and "Serial Port" for all others.
• Set the baud rate in the MacLoggerDX Radio Prefs to be the same as the baud rate in the radio.
• If you are using an Icom make sure that the CI-V address in the MacLoggerDX Radio Prefs agrees with the one set in the radio, turn "Transceive mode" off and use the actual baud rate rather than "AutoBaud".
• If you are using DTR and RTS to key the radio un-check the DTR and RTS check boxes in the MacLoggerDX Radio Prefs - otherwise leave them checked. RTS is used for PTT and DTR is used for CW.
• Check the Radio VFO check box. "Radio Not Connected" will change to "YourRadioName available". "YourRadioName" will be set to the radio driver you have selected.
• If you hear the disconnect buzzer there is a communications problem.
  Please enable the Debug Log check box in the Radio Prefs Panel, click the VFO check box on and off a few times and copy and paste the relevant Console Application Console Messages into an email as well as a screen shot of your Radio Prefs.
  Note: The Console Application is in /Applications/Utilities.
  Note: <command> <shift> 4 then pick your corners, and the screen shot is placed on your desktop.
  
  

Keyer Window

The PTT and CW popups in the Radio Prefs will determine how the radio is set to transmit and how CW is generated.

PTT

• Radio Command PTT
  Supported on: TenTecOrion, TS_480, TS_50, TS_60, TS_440S, TS_450, TS_570, TS_670, TS_690, TS_790, TS_850, TS_870, TS_940S, TS_950S, TS_2000, ElcKIO2, ElcK3, IC746, IC751, IC756Pro, IC746Pro, IC756ProII, IC756ProIII, IC703, IC706, IC706MkII, IC706MkIIG, IC718, IC737, IC775, IC781, IC970, IC910, IC7000, IC7200, IC7400, IC7600, IC7700, IC7800, FT2000, FTdx9000, kFT950, FT450, FT1000MP, FT1000D, FT990, FT920, FT900, FT890, FT840, FT100, FT897, FT857, FT847, FT817.

• DTR/RTS PTT
  Supported where the DTR and RTS lines in the RS-232 interface are connected to the radios PTT and CW lines.

• uH Router PTT
  Supported where uH Router is used with a microHAM device.
  
  

CW

• Radio Generated CW
  Supported on: case kFT1000MP, FT1000D, TS_480, TS_570, TS_870, TS_2000, ElcKIO2, ElcK3, TenTecOrion.

• DTR/RTS CW
  Supported where the DTR and RTS lines in the RS-232 interface are connected to the radios PTT and CW lines.

• uH Router CW
  Supported where uH Router is used with a microHAM device that includes a K1EL keyer chip.

The Keyer Window is activated with the Keyer button in the VFO Panel or with the Shortcuts menu Keyer menu item.

The Type Ahead check box will send the CW as you type instead of waiting for a return or CW button.

CW and Text-To-Speech Macros:

To customize the keyer macros, edit cwmacros.dat In the downloaded Sample Files folder, place it in ~/Documents/MLDX_Logs/ and restart MacLoggerDX.

The Speed text edit area allows you change the send speed for both Radio generated CW and DTR/RTS CW (with USB Keyers this field is not editable but shows the setting of the Keyer Speed pot).

The Dit Interval: text edit area allows you change the 'dit' intervals between words in DTR/RTS CW.

The CW button cause the CW in the text edit area to be sent by toggling the DTR, RTS or both lines on the radio serial port or by sending the text to the radio or Keyer.

The Speak button cause the text in the text edit area to be converted to speech and sent.

The Play button will send the selected pre-recorded audio file. The audio files are loaded from ~/Documents/MLDX_Logs/recorded_voice_files/

The Cancel button will stop CW or speech transmission immediately (you can also use the escape key for this).

Rotor Panel

The Rotor check box displays/controls the connection status of the rotor controller. The circular slider allows you to manually control the rotor heading. Normally you would use the Beam button or the Log Menu Goto Beam Heading and Goto Reverse Heading menu items to rotate the beam to the calculated heading of the last station lookup. You may also type in a beam heading and press return.

To configure the rotor controller you must select the serial port it is connected on, the baud rate and number of stop bits that it is expecting (check the controller manual for this information), the controller type (ie hy-gain DCU-1 Pathfinder) and the command delay.

A number of third party rotor controllers use the DCU-1 proptocol for communication, check your controller's user manual for the driver, baud rate and stop bit settings.

The Auto Rotate Beam check box will rotate the beam automatically, short path to the location of the station lookup. The bearing calculation accuracy depends on the accuracy of your latitude and longitude entered in the Station Prefs and the accuracy of the geo-location data returned by your look up.

If you are having problems with the connection check the Debug Log check box and copy and paste the relevant Console Application Console Messages into an email as well as a screen shot of your Rotor Prefs.

Note: The Console Application is in /Applications/Utilities.
Note: <command> <shift> 4 then pick your corners, and the screen shot is placed on your desktop.