

To OFF (menu item 30 on the FT2K pep or menu 27 on older firmware). If you are using a 3 wire cable (2-rx, 3-tx, 5-gnd) then you MUST set Mc to Handshake OFF and your rig with RTS Select the proper handshake from the Serial Protcol frame.N.28 (FT2K pep) or 27 for FT2K pre pep firmware). To check your rig baud rate, enter menu and check the item Select the speed (baud rate), this MUST match the same speed as in the rig (4800, 9600, 19200, 38400).) from the frame in the upper right (Port Setup) Select the pc serial port where the cat cable is connected (COM1.) from the frame in the upper left Select RTX) Select the RTX type (FT-2000 PEP or FT-2000D PEP.Only for the first time, we now need to configure the connection parameters.Follow the wizard (OK, Next, Accept, Next, Next, Install, Next, End).

NET Framework 3.5 Service Pack 1 from here :Ĭonnect the RS232 cable and power ON your RTX (you can later do it from the software once you know that it's working). !!!Īlmost all the computers with windows have this library already installed. IMPORTANT : Master Commander require dot net library vers. Select Custom and check high priority, software and hardware option. Windows Vista must be patched with SP1 (or later).įor any Windows O.S, is always suggested to check for the latest update here : Windows XP must be patched with SP3 (or later). Note : some friends are able to run MC under Macos or Linux using the now available "virtual machine" and loading Windows inside (look at VmWare or VirtualBox or similar). Windows Vista SP2 32 bit (all versions).Mc needs the Microsoft Dot Net Framework 3.5 (see below) if you find problems, don’t get upset.report them. The only thing to remember is that it's still a beta version, mean that it may have some bug. It's totally freeware (and will always be a free tool). Give it a try and found if there is any usage which fit with your needs. Someone else is using it as a cat rig controller. Someone else use it only when need to perform a firmware upgrade on the rig, to save and reload the Many friends use it for quick setting of some parameters or to print out the menu list. It's also a way to share experience and find new friends ! The primary goal is to allow the users to learn a little bit more of their RTX and the way it's working. Then MC evolved adding controls of some other function which are available into the rig but not easy to use or set. The project has been started to only allow an easy setting of the internal microphone parametric equalizer. This is done from a non programmer (me), and the challenge was to learn how to code something with the now freely available development tools (Microsoft Visual Express). AWH Master Commander is a simple and small utility (about 2 mb).
