Data mode on TS890

Bugs
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Brief summary of problem (put in title as well): Data mode not possible to switch on.
Radio Model: Kenwood TS890
Connectivity (USB/Ethernet/Wifi/Other): Ethernet
Operating System: Windows 11
wfview version (press “About”): 2.24
Checked the wfview manual (Y/N): Y
Checked the wfview FAQ (Y/N): Y
Tried to google it (Y/N/NA): Y

What I did: Switch on data mode in wfview.

Expected behavior: Data mode to switch on on TS890.

Observed behavior: Data mode is not switched on on TS890. However if i switch on data mode on TS890, it can be switched off in wfview.

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Hello,

This is sort of a known bug. The issue comes from how wfview started very Icom-centric. The data mode switch is handled slightly differently and not really curated correctly by our back end. We will probably get that fixed up in v3.

Do let me know what else you find on the 890,

–E
de W6EL

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Hello Elliott,

Thanks for your quick response.

As a new user of wfview i found an other bug.

It has to do with the if-filter settings and has already reported at 9 febr. by Martin DL3KMS.

My suggestion is to read the if settings and knob functions when starting wfview.

After reading from TS890 displays the settings and knob functions on the wfview screen,

and after this make it possible to change these things.

Dolf PA1RW

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​Hi Dolf

It’s actually more complicated than that, there are a number of commands that only work with certain modes (data/if-filter etc), in order to avoid lots of errors back from the radio, v3 will introduce a mode-specific query/periodic command to fix this.

Phil

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O.k. Phil,

It was only a little suggestion from a non-software guy.

I like the program and i am available for testing.

Dolf PA1RW