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<div><b>From:</b> Ron Zeheb <rzeheb@yahoo.com></div><div><b>To:</b> John Knowles <john@microvisionlabs.com></div><div><b>Sent:</b> Friday, September 26, 2025 at 01:29:05 PM EDT</div><div><b>Subject:</b> Re: [bars] VarAC with IC-7300</div><div><br></div>
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<div dir="ltr">Yikes! Makes me wonder if it's a Windows firewall issue??</div><div dir="ltr"><br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr">Ron</div><div dir="ltr"><br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr"><br clear="none"></div><div><br clear="none"></div>
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On Friday, September 26, 2025 at 01:16:59 PM EDT, John Knowles <john@microvisionlabs.com> wrote:
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<div><div id="ydp1cad7a7fyiv7474518810ydpb349dfe6yiv1066285118"><div><div class="ydp1cad7a7fyiv7474518810ydpb349dfe6yiv1066285118WordSection1"><p class="ydp1cad7a7fyiv7474518810ydpb349dfe6yiv1066285118MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:sans-serif;color:#1F497D;">I had the same problem a month or two ago, although I was trying to get my new laptop to talk to my IC-7300 using WSJT-X for FT8 work. I spent may hours trying to get it to work, watching YouTube videos, reading WSJT-X manual and IC-7300 manual, following AI instructions. Nothing worked until I used an old laptop I had kicking around. Now it works perfectly. Something about my new laptop it didn\u2019t like.<br clear="none">John <br clear="none">W1JHK</span></p><p class="ydp1cad7a7fyiv7474518810ydpb349dfe6yiv1066285118MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:sans-serif;color:#1F497D;"> </span></p><div id="ydp1cad7a7fyiv7474518810ydpb349dfe6yiv1066285118yqt49830" class="ydp1cad7a7fyiv7474518810ydpb349dfe6yiv1066285118yqt5126021008"><div><div style="border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in;"><p class="ydp1cad7a7fyiv7474518810ydpb349dfe6yiv1066285118MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:sans-serif;">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:sans-serif;"> bars <bars-bounces@w1hh.org> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Ron Zeheb via bars<br clear="none"><b>Sent:</b> Friday, September 26, 2025 12:25 PM<br clear="none"><b>To:</b> bars@w1hh.org<br clear="none"><b>Subject:</b> [bars] VarAC with IC-7300</span></p></div></div><p class="ydp1cad7a7fyiv7474518810ydpb349dfe6yiv1066285118MsoNormal"> </p><div><div><p class="ydp1cad7a7fyiv7474518810ydpb349dfe6yiv1066285118MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:New serif;">I am dipping my toes into digital mode for the first time, but having difficulty setting up VarAC with my IC-7300. It should be easy, but.....</span></p></div><div><p class="ydp1cad7a7fyiv7474518810ydpb349dfe6yiv1066285118MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:New serif;"> </span></p></div><div><p class="ydp1cad7a7fyiv7474518810ydpb349dfe6yiv1066285118MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:New serif;">I have VarAC and VARA HF modem downloaded and launched just fine. My rig is connected to the computer using a USB cable and the computer is running Windows10.</span></p></div><div><p class="ydp1cad7a7fyiv7474518810ydpb349dfe6yiv1066285118MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:New serif;">However it appears that the rig and computer are not talking to each other.</span></p></div><div><p class="ydp1cad7a7fyiv7474518810ydpb349dfe6yiv1066285118MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:New serif;">When I go to VarAC Settings/Rig Control & VARA Configurations with the COM Port radio button on: the Port pull down menu is blank (no port options are available to select).</span></p></div><div><p class="ydp1cad7a7fyiv7474518810ydpb349dfe6yiv1066285118MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:New serif;">Also, when I push the PTT test button on I get an error message in the log that reads, "Object reference not set to an instance of an object."</span></p></div><div><p class="ydp1cad7a7fyiv7474518810ydpb349dfe6yiv1066285118MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:New serif;"> </span></p></div><div><p class="ydp1cad7a7fyiv7474518810ydpb349dfe6yiv1066285118MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:New serif;">I have tried two different USB cables, and all three available USB sockets on my computer all with the same result. I suspect that the issue resides in settings on the IC-7300 but I don't know</span></p></div><div><p class="ydp1cad7a7fyiv7474518810ydpb349dfe6yiv1066285118MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:New serif;">which ones or how to set them correctly.</span></p></div><div><p class="ydp1cad7a7fyiv7474518810ydpb349dfe6yiv1066285118MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:New serif;"> </span></p></div><div><p class="ydp1cad7a7fyiv7474518810ydpb349dfe6yiv1066285118MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:New serif;">Any help and/or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.</span></p></div><div><p class="ydp1cad7a7fyiv7474518810ydpb349dfe6yiv1066285118MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:New serif;"> </span></p></div><div><p class="ydp1cad7a7fyiv7474518810ydpb349dfe6yiv1066285118MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:New serif;">Thanks,</span></p></div><div><p class="ydp1cad7a7fyiv7474518810ydpb349dfe6yiv1066285118MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:New serif;"> Ron</span></p></div><div><p class="ydp1cad7a7fyiv7474518810ydpb349dfe6yiv1066285118MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:New serif;"> NJ1W</span></p></div><div><p class="ydp1cad7a7fyiv7474518810ydpb349dfe6yiv1066285118MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:New serif;"> </span></p></div><div><p class="ydp1cad7a7fyiv7474518810ydpb349dfe6yiv1066285118MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:New serif;">P.S. I have also watched several Youtube videos on this subject but they were not helpful.</span></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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