Re: [Tlf-devel] Troubles with radio control

[Bob Nielsen]

On Sat, Jul 30, 2005 at 08:24:25PM +0200, Martin Kratoska wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> just trying to enter IOTA contest and came into really big trouble. If 
> grabbing cluster spot or just switching bands on my radio (Kenwood 
> TS-950 with standard MAX 232 interface) the response is enormously slow. 
> The radio tunes immediately but TLF 0.9.23 stays on previous band for 
> long time. I need to press Ctrl-G at least twice, third press of this 
> stroke forces to display correct frequency. If switching bands using the 
> button on front panel, the situation is the same, if trying to correct 
> it by typing the frequency into call window, all seems OK.
> 
> I believe it is a serious bug because there is an immediate risk to get 
> false band into log. My hamlib is 1.23, all runs under Slackware 10.1.
> 
> Do we need an adjustable poll rate?
> 
> Any ideas?

If you switch bands using TLF (left or right arrow key), is the response 
better?  It seems to be faster on my Kenwood TS-570D than using the 
band up/down keys on the radio..

Bob, N7XY