Tip for Kenwood TS-590S/fldigi Users

[Dick Kriss]

I am a little red-faced regarding a TS-590S/fldigi issue encountered today. Fldigi-3.21.49 loaded fine and I had good RigCAT control; however, the fldigi QSY button worked on the waterfall but was not changing the frequency on the rig. I rebooted the iMac OS X 10.8, re-initialized the RigCat and still could not get the fldigi QSY function to change the frequency on the TS-590S. I could mouse on a RTTY signal but could not center it to the sweet spot using the QSY button.

After recovering from my (senior moment) brain freeze, I noticed a small "B" next to the frequency display on the face of the TS-590S indicating VFO-B was the active VFO. I used the A/B button and the "B" changed to an "A" saying VFO-A was the active VFO. The fldigi QSY button came alive and worked normal again. Fldigi works with VFO-A as the active VFO and not all functions are supported for VFO-B. Yes, I know it would have been easier to spot the issue if I was using flrig with fldigi.

Tip: If you are using a Kenwood TS-590S and notice the rig does not respond to the fldigi QSY button, check that you have the TS-590S set to VFO-A as the active VFO. The TS-590S will work fine on either VFO but fldigi assumes VFO-A is the active VFO.

73 Dick AA5VU




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[Holger Schurig]

Maybe some fldigi/hamlib configuration file could be changed so that it
turns VFO-A automatically on when it connects to the TS-590 ?

[Dick Kriss]

Re: Tip for Kenwood TS-590S/fldigi Users
Mon Jul 30, 2012 11:52 pm (PDT) . Posted by:"Holger Schurig" dh3hsMaybe some fldigi/hamlib configuration file could be changed so that it
turns VFO-A automatically on when it connects to the TS-590 ?

This is not a new thing. From an earlier discussion I think the problem is Kenwood failed to provide a software call showing the active VFO. Fldigi is working correct but it has no way to know the setting on the TS-590. Fldigi is fine the way it is and this is not an issue for flrig users.

[w1hkj]

Re: Tip for Kenwood TS-590S/fldigi Users
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"Holger Schurig" dh3hs
Maybe some fldigi/hamlib configuration file could be changed so that it
turns VFO-A automatically on when it connects to the TS-590 ?

Try adding the following to the TS590S.xml rigCAT definition file:

<!--
Initialization command
FR0; sets receive vfo to vfo-A
FT0; sets transmit vfo to vfo-A
-->

<COMMAND>
<SYMBOL>INIT</SYMBOL>
<SIZE>8</SIZE>
<STRING>FR0;FT0;</STRING>
</COMMAND>

You could add other commands as well. Just be sure that the
<SIZE>nn</SIZE> and the <STRING> length are in agreement.

73, Dave, W1HKJ