Yaesu FT-710 Transceiver Remote Operation

Yaesu FT-710 AESS Transceiver Remote Operation

has anybody experience with running the FT-710 fully remote? My QTH does not allow decent power and Antenna installations. So I am considering to use the club station remotely. Specific questions that I have include:

1. Will Audio be transmitted? (I mainly do SSB)
2. What software do I need? Is there something on Linux available?
3. Do digital modes work? (I use WSJTX and FLDIGI)

Ive used several methods of remote operation under Windozw but all digital only (no speech) Team Viewer free version, Real VNC (limited time linked per session and a bit slow running) Currently using Rust Desk and looking to set up my own server (advantage better speed lag) If using Linux much better support for remote operation particularly on own network. Also Rust works on IOS and Android phones. Advantages of Rust is that can work both ways and its easier to set up than most.

 

 The only issue with the FT-710 would be if you try to rely on the CAT commands.   For light work, it is tolerable.   Anything more, it is a bear.

   I have written software to control the FT-891, FT-991a, and FT-dx10.  I have played with other Yaesu radios with similar CAT formats with no issues.

   Too make a long story short, the FT-710 cannot take concatenated commands.  The other radios do no problem.

   Not as simple as that...   This bug then presents itself if "Auto Information" is enabled ("AI1;").   Then when you are streaming S-Meter readings and start changing the VFO you start receiving RM readings, IF readings, and FA readings.   They start getting corrupted quite often.    It appears that while transmitting one command, then next command writes over the serial transmit buffer after about 4 characters or so.

   The alternative is to disable Auto Information and poll for messages.   Though, you need to set the poll rate to about 20 mS so you don't expose this bug in the radio.

   But if you just want to remote access the radio, I've heard Skype is a good choice, it auto answers and does 2-way voice.

 

 In the case of WSJT-x, the turn off auto-information so this stops unsolicited commands from the radio.  Then by pausing between commands, by approximately 20mS then back to back commands will work.

If you're trying to remote control your radio, if you decide to POLL your radio, then as long as no one is local to the machine you would not need to worry about local changes not being reflected on your control station.

In my case, I expect S-Meter readings, VFO changes, etc. to be presented in real time.   There are too many variables in the radio to poll for all of them.   

20230226_04:02:17.755 Z  YCAT  <- RADIO | RM0123000;

20230226_04:02:17.809 Z  YCAT  <- RADIO | RM0124000;

20230226_04:02:17.849 Z  YCAT  <- RADIO | RM0125000;

20230226_04:02:17.859 Z  YCAT  <- RADIO | RM0124000;

20230226_04:02:17.899 Z  YCAT  -> RADIO | RM4;

20230226_04:02:17.912 Z  YCAT  <- RADIO | RMRM4000000;

20230226_04:02:17.983 Z  YCAT  <- RADIO | RM0124000;

20230226_04:02:18.094 Z  YCAT  -> RADIO | RM5;

20230226_04:02:18.107 Z  YCAT  <- RADIO | RM5000000;

20230226_04:02:18.168 Z  YCAT  <- RADIO | RM0125000;

 

Here is an example of the corruption.   For benign things not a big deal, but if you cannot detect the error then you may incorrectly act upon corrupted data.

 

 
You may want to consider RemoteHams.com. Yaesu FT-710 support has been added. Their software provides radio control and audio in one package.

https://www.remotehams.com