I am successfully running NodeRED with my Flex 6500, a network switch, thermometer… I installed the SteppIR scripts from the NodeRED Ham WiKi and I would appreciate some help with the SteppIR flow.
My BigIR and SDA2000 are connected to the Flex using the SteppIR S12 serial cable and an FTDI USB adapter to the controller OUT connector. The NodeRED SteppIR dashboard tracks the Flex frequency but the 'connect to antenna’ and other buttons do nothing. The antenna type is displayed as ‘beam’ (the antenna type in the controller is BigIR). I don’t know whether the flow is actually talking to the SteppIR or simply getting some info from the Flex.
I set a debug on the message payload in the SteppIR flow and the results are provided below.
1/24/2021, 9:35:10 AM
msg.payload : Object
object
IsReceivingStatus: false
OpenBtnStr: "Connect to Antenna"
OpenStr: "Closed"
OpenStateStr: "Disconnected"
IsFrstackTrackManual: false
IsFrstackTrackManualStr: ""
IsValid: false
IsValidNoCat: false
StepVersion: null
StepDir: 0
StepDirStr: ""
StepFreq: 0
SliceFreq: 7019900
DispStepFreq: ""
DispSliceFreq: "7.020"
Autotrack: false
TxInhibit: false
AntState: 0
AntStateStr: ""
FollowAnt: 0
FollowAntStr: "TX Slice"
IsBeam: true
BeamVertStr: “Beam"
I would greatly appreciate any direction from someone who has this working. Have I missed something?
Thanks, Ron K2RAS
