Hello,
i'm new to Vara and VarAC and i encountered a problem with it that i can't fix.
First of all, i run Windows 10 22H2 (3 months old installation), VaraHF 4.7.7 and VarAC 7.3 on an Icom IC-7400 with a microham usb interface 3. I also tried older versions of VarAC, same error there.
I just installed Vara, setup the soundcard, configured the Transceiver settings.
What works:
Cat commands work (there is a minor bug that i will explain later).
Clicking on "Tune" works.
Calling a station directly works.
Calling CQ, using the Beacon and Broadcasting does not work..
I tried to reinstall everything, went through the settings multiple times but it won't work.
I then installed all of that software on my 2nd pc which runs windows 7, used the same settings, transceiver and microham usb 3 interface and it DOES work.
I then copied the content of the "Vara command" window when calling cq on both pc's and pasted it into a text file.
Here is what happens in Windows 7 where it works normally:
Win 7:
00:59:11 - BUSY ON
00:59:15 - BUSY OFF
00:59:19 - CMD: CQFRAME DH8DL-3 500
00:59:19 - OK
00:59:19 - PENDING
00:59:19 - PTT ON
00:59:19 - BUSY ON
00:59:24 - BUSY OFF
00:59:24 - PTT OFF
00:59:24 - CANCELPENDING
00:59:24 - ENCRYPTION DISABLED
00:59:24 - ENCRYPTION DISABLED
00:59:29 - CMD: CQFRAME DH8DL-3 500
00:59:29 - OK
00:59:29 - PENDING
00:59:29 - PTT ON
00:59:29 - BUSY ON
00:59:35 - PTT OFF
00:59:35 - CANCELPENDING
00:59:35 - ENCRYPTION DISABLED
00:59:35 - ENCRYPTION DISABLED
00:59:35 - BUSY OFF
00:59:44 - BUSY ON
And this is what happens on the Windows 10 pc:
01:01:12 - CMD: CQFRAME DH8DL-1 500
01:01:12 - OK
01:01:22 - CMD: CQFRAME DH8DL-1 500
01:01:22 - OK
No "pending, ptt on, ptt off" etc.
It won't transmit at all.
Similar things happen when i try to use Beacon or Broadcast.
But again, calling a station directly works, also the Tune button.
The minor setting up the Cat control problem is that the IC-7400 switches to RTTY instead of to USB-D.
The IC-7400 is the european version of the IC-746Pro, so i copied the line from the 746Pro cat command file and pasted it into the 7400 line and it works (after i saw that you fixed that bug already in the 746pro cat commands but not in the 7400)
Best regards, DH8DL
I did. No change.
I ran the Vara modem as admin too, no change.
I moved the programs to another drive, no change.
I tried to run them in windows 7 compatibility mode, no change.
I made sure the ports are open in the firewall, no change.
I deactivated the windows firewall / defender, no change.
Seems like its best to reinstall your VARA modem on your Windows 10. it doesn't seem to provide the right messages. the ENCRYPTION DISABLED message seem to be something that I am not familair with. With VarAC this message should never comeback from the modem.
Hast du im VarAc evtl. Disable PTT markiert? Das ist im Programm oben links ungefähr.
Hallo Jochen,
ich habe das gleiche Setup here: Windows 11, IC-7400 und mircoham interface III.
Es funktioniert hier problemlos.
Du darfst kein anderes Logprogramm auf der seriellen Schnittstelle zum transceiver zur gleichen Zeit verwenden.
73 de Maik, DL4DTL