More info, learning as I go
Hey Cowboy your more than welcome for the help. I've been helped many times in the past and now its my turn to give back.
Have you tried the Kickstart with the xx Client, now that you've changed the settings to the Baud and receiver protocol? If it still doesn't work, I've since read that because the 2000 Extreme was never supported by the Weather Forecaster dongle, that it won't work with the xx-client emulator and only with RQ-SSSP client, the second link in my last post and is the one to use to get your receiver fired up. I thought all VS worked the same with all client programs, guess I thought wrong. I've only ever dealt with the VS Ultra and 9000, learning as I go along with you.
So if the above is correct and I've read it in a few places now, you need to delete the current xx-client program you have (I know a pain but) and go back to the RQ-SSSP program here: http://www.satfix.net/showthread.php...RQ-SSSP-Client and follow the instructions in the TEXT document to a T. The only difference I would make and again from what I've read is, that this time, keep the Buad_Speed at 11250 and the Receiver Protocol at 3, instead of the default settings and see what that produces.
Is your other VS an 2000 Extreme as well?
One last thing the xx-client was not my work but, that of another individual that visits the different FTA forums.
Cheers :)
Shark1959
I think you got carried away removing ALL the # signs :)
Hello
In the CONF. file all you needed to do is add the necessary P$ info and settings, as the active line already has the number # sign removed. Everything with a number sign in front needs to stay with the exception of the ACTIVE/COMMAND line, as again as I mentioned earlier, it is the description of what the active/command line in the program is going to do. That's why nothing is happening in the RQ window when you launch it. ONLY the active line will have the number sign removed. If you didn't touch the CONF. file and just launched the RQ you would see a number of lines of text where its trying to connect to the server but, again without the modified CONF. file, RQ obviously can't connect.
I know in the xx-client the number sign needed to be removed from the CONF. file but, again that was ONLY from the active line and NOT the whole file. Everything else in the CONF. file other than the ACTIVE line stays.
Did you loaded the two program files starting with V0279 and followed by 071031x?
Cheers :)
Shark1959
Better double check that serial port
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Yes Shark I am very sure...cause my laptop is not that new...therefore it has serial port just like the viewsat 2000..
Hey Cowboy:
Just so you know RS232 Serial ports are either 9 or 25 pins known as db9 or db25, the 15 pin you see on the laptop is for an external VGA monitor.
Cheers :)
Shark1959