Ports

General

Use this tab to setup RCP and Parallel ports.

RCPs

Controls

This tab is for configuring the other Radio Control Programs (RCP) ports.

This page sets up and controls additional RCP programs. These are programs that can be used in addition to the Main RCP program setup on the "Ports" tab.

• CAT Port is used to select one end of a virtual serial port pair used to connect DDUtil with the RCP.

• B Cast (broadcast) if selected, will automatically output VFO A frequency and mode and VFO B frequency as described by Kenwood CAT commands IF & FB. These commands are output if VFO A or B frequency changes.

Warning! The B Cast feature should only be used for a very few programs that don't poll the radio themselves but expect frequency and/or mode data to be present (Passive Listeners). And, by software developers for experimentation purposes. Use this feature with care as unexpected results may occur if used with some polling programs.

• RCP Rotor Port Select one end of a pair of virtual serial ports to connect your RCP's Rotor to DDUtil. See the following for a description of using Rotor Functions in DDUtil.
• Program Memo use this text box to keep track of what RCP's are attached to what ports. It's very easy to lose track of them.

Special Ports

The following ports are used for special purposes and not intended for normal RCP programs.

• CWS this is a special port configured especially for CW Skimmer users to be able to click in the CWS water fall window and QSY either VFO A or VFO B depending on how the radio is configured. This is especially handy for pile-ups when you hear the DX station (working split) call someone and you can see that person in the water fall window answering. With this feature just click the answering station and you've nailed the frequency where the DX station is listening.

The following table defines the results of using different operating configurations when clicking the CWS water fall.

Radio Mode				Sets VFO Freq
RX1	RX2	Split	Diver	VFO A	VFO B	TX VFO
x				x
x		x			x
x	x			x
x	x		x	x	x
x	x	x	x			x

Note: For more information on using the CWS Port see W9OY's Blog.

• Log 2, Log3 these ports are used for WriteLog when used in the SO2R mode. See the Contesting page for details.

Parallel Port

Note: see the LPT tab to configure the Band Data file and other controls.