Constructing And Sending Cat Commands - Yaesu Mark-V FT-1000MP Operating Manual

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Example #1: Set Main VFO-A to 14.25000 MHz;
r First determine the opcode for the desired instruc-
tion by referring to the CAT Commands Table. A
good idea would be to store these opcodes within
the program, so they can be looked up when the
user requests the corresponding command.
r Here the instruction is "Set Main VFO Frequency,"
so the opcode (last byte of the block) is 0AH.
Note - "H" s following each byte value indicate hexa-
decimal (base 16) values.
r Build the four argument byte values from the de-
sired frequency by breaking it into 2-digit blocks
(BCD "packed decimal" format). Note that a lead-
ing zero is always required in the hundreds-of-MHz
place (and another in the tens-of-MHz if below 10
MHz).
r Breaking 14.250.00 MHz into its BCD component,
we arrive at:
10's 100's 1's 10's
Hz Hz kHz kHz
0 0 0 5
00 50
Byte 1 Byte 2
r Inserting the 4-byte BCD-coded frequency (00, 50,
42, 01), the resulting 5-byte block should now look
like this (again, in hex format):
Byte 1 Byte 2 Byte 3
00 50
DATA/ARGUMENT BYTES
r Send these five bytes to the transceiver, in the or-
der shown in the table above - from left-to-right: 00
50 42 01 0AH.
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100's 1's 10's 100's
kHz MHz MHz MHz
2 4 1 0
42 01
Byte 3 Byte 4
Byte 4 Byte 5
42 01 0AH
OPCODE
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ENDING OMMANDS
Example #2: Activate a RX Clarifier Offset of +3.5 kHz.
r Clarifier settings are controlled from opcode 09H.
The first four parameter bytes determine the type
of offset, direction, and frequency displacement.
r According to the example, the first byte would be
50 (500 Hz), the second 03 (3000Hz), followed by
00H (for +offset), 81H (TX CLAR on) and then
opcode 09H. Remember that the 1st and 2nd bytes
are in BCD format.
r Completing the command byte sequence, we would
send, in sequence, 50H, 03H, 00H, 81H, 09H, to
effect the Tx Clarifier offset.
Byte 1 Byte 2
50H 03H
DATA/ARGUMENT BYTES
You should be getting a feel for the CAT command
structuring sequence, let's move to the next step; read-
ing transceiver operational data.
Byte 3 Byte 4 Byte 5
00H 81H 09H
OPCODE
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