FT991 issues I tried setting the menu item 062 DATA MODE to OTHERS as suggested on other postings, but the audio bandwidth was then even worse... To keep this post short, this is what I ended up doing and all is now well. the following menu items.... 062 DATA MODE = OTHERS 064 OTHER DISP (SSB) = 1500 Khz This corrects the frequency display 065 OTHER SHIFT (SSB) = 1500 Khz This widens the audio bandwidth 066 DATA LCUT FRED = OFF 068 DATA HCUT FREQ = OFF 070 DATA IN SELECT = REAR 071 DATA PTT SELECT = RTS I guess this depends on your rig control options, I use HRD with RTS 072 DATA PORT SELECT = USB As far as the ALC level adjust I just TX and adjust the audio out level until there is no ALC. What I do find is this setting varies depending on the audio frequency used which is odd. *** FT-991 setting (3-1) Change the setup menu of FT-991 as follows 071 DATA PTT SELECT = DTR 072 DATA PORT SELECT = USB 098 RTTY SHIFT PORT = RTS 110 SSB PTT SELECT = DTR 111 SSB PORT SELECT = USB ** I have made it work. I first made PSK31 work with the native USB interface, then decided to try JT65 and settled on the HB9 version of the software. After some tinkering, all I had to do was change 110 (SSB PTT Select) to RTS and 111 (SSB Port Select) to USB. It appears this was necessary since Upper Sideband mode is used for JT65 rather than Data-USB (as for PSK31). Note that 71 is Data PTT Select and 72 is Data Port Select. For PSK31, 71 is set to RTS and 72 is set to USB. It made sense to me to do the same for the SSB settings, and bam I was on the air. ** The sound level of PC is 30, the output level of software of JT65 - HF is 50% (in some cases about 30%) DT GAIN of the radio set to about 4 to 8 so that ALC will not touch. Menu setting menu number of FT-991 12 KEYER TYPE -> ELEKEY - B 26 BEEP LEVEL → 20 56 CW BK-IN TYPE → FULL 59 CW FREQ DISPLAY → DIRECT FREQ 60 PC KEYING → DTR 71 DATA PTT SELECT → DTR 72 DATA PORT SELECT → USB 76 FM PKT PTT SELECT → DTR 77 FM PKT PORT SELECT → USB 98 RTTY SHIFT PORT → DTR 110 SSB PTT SELECT → DTR 111 SSB PORT SELECT → USB 112 SSB TX BPF → 100-3000 120 SCP SPAN FREQ → 200 kHz For the time being, Ctestwin, MMTTY, JT65 - HF works well with this setting. I downloaded WSJT - X and it is under test now. ** Mode DATA-USB MONI 10 DTGAIN 50 NAR / WIDE W 2400 DNF off DNR 0 031 CAT Rate 4800 032 CAT TOT 10ms 033 CAT RTS DISABLE 060 PC Keying RTS 062 DATA-MODE PSK 063 PSK Tone 1000 070 DAT IN SELEcT REAR 071 DATA PTT SELECT RTS 072 DATA PORT SELECT USB 073 DATA OUT LEVEL 46 ** if PTT does not go over the COM port (default), then set "PTT" to "CAT Command". Then went with me immediately. 2. From time to time the COM ports (why) change ... therefore always check whether the COM port numbers and the COM port standards are still correct: A.) CAT COM port must be "enhanced" B.) PTT COM port must be "standard" ** · 1 YAESU HP download virtual USB driver from the installation (note that the driver is different in 32bitOS and 64bitOS) 2. Connect the PC and RIG with a USB cable. (Since it may not be recognized if RIG is connected before installing the driver, YAESU recommends that you connect RIG after installing the driver. 3. Open Control Panel -> Hardware and Sound -> Device Manager - From the Port (COM and LPT) tab Sillcon Labs Dual CP 210 x USB to UART Brie: Enhanced COM Port (COM 11) Sillcon Labs Dual CP 210 x USB to UART Brie: Standard COM Port (COM 12) Make note of the above two ports where virtual USB is recognized. Enhanced becomes standard for CAT control for PTT, DATA. (It is the confirmation method in the above WIN 7. If you are using WIN 8 or any other OS, please check the USB port number recognized by the procedure of each OS.) In my case it was COM 11, 12 but it was USB The number of each person varies depending on the insertion position.) 4. It is troublesome from here ... MENU setting of FT - 911. Menu numbers and setting values ​​that are likely to be related 031 CAT RATE 4800 bps → Communication rate with PC. I remain the default 4800 BPS. People who want to raise 9600 or your choice. I do not mind not to download large-capacity images, but please raise those who are concerned about rugs. 033 CAT RTS ENABLE → CAT flow control Flow control is CAT = RTS Other than that, it is unified to DTR. ENABLE means ON DISABLE is OFF 070 DATA IN SELECT REAR → DATA input terminal selection. To input by USB, REAR. 071 DATA PTT SELECT PTT control method of DTR → DATA. To DTR. 072 DATA PORT SELECT Selection of DATA input terminal when REAR is selected with USB → 070. USB input for input. 110 SSB PTT SELECT DTR → PTT control with MODE SSB. JT65 does not transmit unless this item is set for USB use. 111 SSB PORT SELECT PTT control method of USB → SSB signal. USB to PTT control for USB. 112 SSB TX BPF 100-3000 → BPF setting for SSB transmission. Unlike PHONE, since the frequency of RIG is fixed and soft frequency shifts, it is set as broad as possible. If it is unusually unlikely that the default station 300-2700 comes down to the top or comes out above, it will be cut even if it is sent and it may be dropped This concludes the setting of FT - 991. (maybe) 5. Setting of WSJT-X. (I do not know because I do not use JT 65 HF etc. Please replace each setting) Launch wsjt and set PTT method to DTR from setup → configration (Combine with FT - 991) PTT Port specifies the virtual USB port you have confirmed yourself. (COM 12 for me) Unfortunately Enable CAT does not have FT - 991 parameters, so we can not control RIG 's CAT and uncheck it. Frequency capture may be left to HAMLOG may be the optimum current solution. (Although the frequency moves RIG manually, HAMLOG will take in the frequency, so the correct frequency should be displayed in the log.) It seems that HAMLOG Ver 5.24C already corresponded to FT-991. Audio IN: Microphone (USB Audio CODEC) AUdio OUT: Set to speakers (USB Audio CODEC). With this you can send and receive DATA with the built-in sound card of FT-991 so PC's sound can be allocated to normal system sound, media player, etc. 6. Operation The adjustment of the digital output is adjusted to the extent that ALC's needle is not shaken. If you call DT GAIN with the F key of FT - 991 and make a one - touch operation, it can be changed even while sending the output with the MULTI dial. ** CW KEYING with the 991 ** CW keying with 991 Comfortable CW operation environment can be realized simply by connecting the PC and the FT - 991 with a USB cable, inserting CW decode & keying software, and slightly changing the setting of FT - 991. Easy way to do! In addition to the setting for RTTY introduced earlier, just set 060 PC KEYING of FT - 991 's SETUP menu to RTS. This will allow CW to strike on your computer. The recommendation of keying & decoding (demodulation) software is DigitalSoundCW of JA 3 CLM. Http://www.geocities.jp/JA3CLM/ Just by setting the COM setting in the setting menu of this software to the number of Standard COM Port (to check with the device manager) and setting the KeyControl setting to RTS, we can do CW keying. It is super comfortable. The picture is as it is being deciphered. ** CW win-test 31 Cat rate 4800 32 Cat TOT 100 or 1000 33 Cat RTS disabled 56 CW BK-IN Type Semi 57 CW BK-in Delay 250 msec 60 PC Keying DTR *** FLDIGI Once you have the driver installed, plug in the USB cable to the FT-991. If you now open a terminal window and do a ‘ls /dev’, you should see: tty.SLAB_USBtoUART and tty.SLAB_USBtoUART2 Use the first virtual serial interface ‘/dev/tty.SLAB_USBtoUART’ for CAT control. For software that does not support CAT control and that relies on the traditional RTS/DSR method for ‘hardware PTT’ control, use ‘/dev/tty.SLAB_USBtoUART2’. (Under some usage scenario, I have seen these being picked up under a different number, e.g. UART6 – So if things dont want to work as expected, just check this and you may need to change the device name accordingly). So under my Fldigi’s->Configuration->RigCAT, I select ‘/dev/tty.SLAB_USBtoUART’ under ‘Device’ (Baud rate=4800, Stopbits=2) and have enabled ‘CAT command for PTT’. Before you go configure RigCAT though, first go download the ‘Rig description file’ for the FT-991 from http://www.w1hkj.com/xmls/yaesu/FT-991.xml I copied this file to my ~/.fldigi folder. Then when configuring RigCAT, select your FT-991.xml file. With this selected and the ‘Device’ specified, click ‘Initialize’. Your rig should now be under CAT control. Changing the freq on your rig dial will automatically update the frequency on fldigi. Similarly changing freq and modes on Fldigi will update your radio. On the FT-991, I set Menu 111, SSB Port Select = USB, Menu 108 (SSB MIC SELECT)=REAR. I use USB or LSB mode – not data. I found that on DATA mode the FT-991 brings in some narrow audio filters on both RX (narrower audio spectrum) and TX (which results in the higher freq audio tones on TX being attenuated or completely filtered out). I found that on DATA mode the FT-991 brings in some narrow audio filters on both RX… I agree with you, the FT991 default data mode is strange. For example the Data mode default (menu #062) “PSK” isn’t usable for JT or Wspr. To open the bandwidth in USB Data mode, you need to do : – Choose “Others” into the Data mode (#062), – About #064 (Other disp) & #065 (other shift) a “1800 Hz” for both is a good begining. – #066 Data LCut : OFF – #067 : 6 or 18 (as you want) – #068 Data Hcut: 4000 Hz – #069 : (6 or 18 as you want, not critical) RX bandwidth is now opened. Now, you can receive PSK, JT and other transmissions on approx 3KHz around. Adjust value for #64 & #65 as your convenience, but very important: set the SAME value for both #64 & #65, otherwise you risk to transmit in split mode, and not were you want. was able to get my Ft-991 set up and running with HRD today, it took about2.5 hours. First, make sure to get the two drivers from yaesu. Next, when setting up HRD make sure to select 38400bps and RTS. For the Radio, menu option 31=38400, 60=RTS, 70= Rear, 71=RTS, 72=USB and most important for TX 144=DATA. In your sound settings, both the MIC and SPEAKERS MUST SAY USB! That last one was preventing me from keying up my rig. These are my settings for using the Digital Master app inside HRD for CW, RTTY etc. Now that I have shared, im going to play with my radio, good luck! I have never used digipan, but from the manual at: http://kk7uq.com/html/download/Getting%20Started%20with%20Digipan.pdf it looks like this software relies on using the serial port for the PTT function. So looks like you will need to do this….. Firstly figure out which of the 2 serial ports to your FT991 to configure as your PTT serial port. Use: “Silicon Labs Dual CP210x USB to UART Bridge : Standard COMPort” – Not the second “Enhanced” port. In digipan, go set the above COMX port and enable “RTS as PTT”. Then on your FT-991, set the following menu items: a. Menu 66, Data LCUT Freq: Off b. Menu 68, Data HCUT Freq: Off c. Menu 71, Data PTT Select: RTS d. Menu 72, Data Port Select: USB Set the control panel sound so that USB Audio CODEC is the default. Adjust level for mic (e.g. 70%) That may do it for you. ** The driver installs two new virtual COM ports, ie serial interfaces. For me are the COM13 and COM14. One of them is "standard" of an "Enchanced" (extended). You can check this in the device manager: Open Explorer, right mouse button on "This PC"> Properties> Device Manager> Ports (COM & LPT) yaesu_com_ports Silicon Labs Dual CP210x USB to UART Bridge The standard COM port, with me COM14, can be used for TX Control: PTT, KEY, FSK. The Enchanced COM port, with me COM13, for CAT commands and firmware updates. Second, the driver installs a virtual sound card with a virtual speaker and a virtual microphone. These are also found in the device manager and are called USB Audio CODEC. After the driver is fully installed, you can connect and turn on the FT-991. Before proceeding with the configuration of the FT-991, we will take a few settings of the driver: Please go to the Windows speaker icon in the lower right of the screen> Right-click> Playback> Speaker USB Audio CODEC> Properties> Advanced> Select 16-bit, 48000 Hz (DVD quality). sampling Set the sampling rate For microphones (recording devices) please the same: 1 channel, 16 bit, 48000 Hz. In Windows 7 and Windows 8, it does not matter theoretically to the sampling rate. In Windows 10, the driver does NOT work without this setting. Note where you find the sound settings (properties of playback and recording), you will need these in the digital modes even more often, to adjust the level. The level (input and output volume) directly affects the ALC. If the level is too high, you will either exceed the reception (microphone) or the transmission (loudspeaker). level level The Yaesu driver is installed, the FT-991 connected to a USB A / B cable to the PC, Ham Radio Deluxe (HRD) downloaded. After the start of HRD and the input of the call sign, the Connect mask appears. For the tab "New" we enter the Yaesu FT-991, as COM port we take the Enchanced (with me COM13), speed 38400 baud, RTS box. hdr_new HDR Connect Under Serial Ports, we can again check which port is what: hdr_serial_ports HDR serial ports The Enchanced is the right one. Now the settings of the FT-991: Press the MENU / SETUP button to enter the TRX menu. The menu is divided into modes, ie SSB, RTTY, DATA etc. Because we want to use DATA modes, we set the following: 29 232 c rate 38400 bps 31 cat rate 38400 bps 71 data ptt select rts 72 data port select usb The rest can remain so first. If you want to use the SSB or RTTY MODE instead of the DATA mode, the other menus must be set accordingly. For programs which can not handle the CAT commands of the FT-991, there is a workaround via the VOX function of the FT-991, so you get almost every program to run. For the VOX function, you must switch from Mic to DATA in menu 144 and turn on the VOX function. Now the TRX will always go on air when the speaker USB codec sends a signal. So, but now out of the menu and with the MODE key set DATA-USB. HRD to Connect. The program should now start. If not already done, start DM 780, which is the DigiMode program of HRD. Under Program Options, select the right sound card at the top of the menu: USB Audio CODEC. Theoretically now everything is ready for the first QSO, here are some tips for the FT-991: Filter: 3000 Hz ATT + AMP 5-20W RF PWR (we do not need more, I've worked with 10W with Brazil, 7000km!) In the frequency table, check which frequencies are assigned to which digimodes! Dummy Load and set the ALC on the radio (DT-Gain) and the sound manager of Windows (microphone and loudspeaker level). In the menus of the FT-991 there are other possibilities, but these are not necessary. **