docs: an FTDX10 has no CAT keying command — say what works instead
Confirmed on the radio: it answers "?;" to KY, so this is not a setting to find. My previous message sent the operator looking for a MENU → CW → PC KEYING entry I named without checking it exists on that model, and they could not find it. The message now names the path that does work: the "Serial port (DTR=CW / RTS=PTT)" keyer on the rig's OTHER COM port — the standard one — while CAT keeps the enhanced one. Same for the settings hint and the changelog. The KY engine stays: it is documented for the FTDX101 / FT-991A / FT-710 family. It now fails loudly and usefully on the models that lack it, which is the difference between a dead feature and a wrong one.
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@@ -13,9 +13,12 @@ package cat
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//
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// The leading SPACE after KY is part of the command, not padding.
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//
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// Verified on: nothing yet — the send path follows the FTDX10/FTDX101 CAT
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// reference and the way Hamlib drives these rigs. STOP is the uncertain half:
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// Yaesu documents no way to clear the buffer, so see StopCW.
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// Verified on: an FTDX10 REFUSES this — it answers "?;" to both KY; and KY <text>;,
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// so that model has no CAT keying command at all and needs the serial DTR keyer
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// on its second COM port instead. The code stays because KY is documented for
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// the FTDX101 / FT-991A / FT-710 family; it now says so plainly when refused
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// rather than failing silently. STOP is the other uncertain half: Yaesu
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// documents no buffer-clear, so see StopCW.
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import (
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"errors"
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@@ -117,7 +120,13 @@ func (y *Yaesu) drainCWReply() error {
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frame := strings.TrimSpace(string(buf[:i+1]))
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buf = buf[i+1:]
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if frame == "?;" {
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return fmt.Errorf("the radio rejected the CW keying command (KY). On an FTDX10, check MENU → CW → PC KEYING")
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// Confirmed on an FTDX10 (2026-07-29): it answers "?;" to KY, so this
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// rig simply has no CAT keying command — it is not a setting to find.
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// The message therefore names the way that DOES work rather than
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// sending the operator hunting through menus.
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return fmt.Errorf("this rig does not accept CW over CAT (it answers \"?;\" to KY). " +
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"Use the \"Serial port (DTR=CW / RTS=PTT)\" keyer on the rig's OTHER COM port — " +
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"the standard one, while CAT keeps the enhanced one")
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}
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debugLog.Printf("yaesu cw: rig answered %q to KY — ignoring", frame)
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}
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