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West Mountain Radio
Operating Manual
Introduction
We understand you have a choice when buying Amateur Radio products and
we would like to take a moment to thank you for choosing West Mountain
Radio. The RIGblaster DXpro is the culmination of decades of experience
designing Amateur Radio computer interfaces. Great effort has gone into the
design to ensure you have the most up-to-date and capable interface you have
ever owned.
The DXpro’s advanced features give you the flexibility to operate your ham
radio station in ways which were previously impossible with a traditional
interface. There are many aspects to configuring and operating the DXpro,
so please take time to read this manual which will help you understand the full
range of capabilities. Especially read section on installation before hooking up
your transceiver or computer.
Overview of DXpro Features
Audio
The DXpro has two internal sound cards named “DXpro Main/Sub/TX” and
“DXpro Mic/Sub”. These can be used in a number of ways depending on the
front panel switches.
Reception of dual channel audio from a transceiver with Main/Sub receivers
is possible: Main Receiver audio will be on the left stereo channel and Sub
Receiver audio will be on the right stereo channel. These signals will appear on
the “DXpro Main/Sub/TX” sound card recording channel.
Reception of dual channel audio on both sound cards: Main Receiver audio will
be on both channels of “DXpro Main/Sub/TX” and Sub Receiver audio will be
on “DXpro Mic/Sub”.
The transceiver’s microphone audio can be intercepted by “DXpro Mic/Sub” for
recording voice keying files.
The “DXpro Main/Sub/TX” sound card is also used for transmission (playback
channel). There is no playback channel associated with the “DXpro Mic/Sub”
sound card.
Virtual Serial Ports
The DXpro provides two virtual serial ports to the host computer.
DXpro CAT/CI-V is a dedicated serial port for rig control. All serial signals are
available for use and externalized on the CAT (RS232) DB9 connector and CAT
(TTL) connector. Optionally the TTL output can be inverted if necessary.
DXpro Control is used for PTT (RTS), CW/FSK keying (DTR), various input
signals, and for programming the DXpro.