![]() ![]() RIGblaster DXpro, RIGblaster Advantage, RIGblaster Blue & RIGblaster Nomic work with almost all radios. Please Note: This chart applies to the RIGblaster Plug & Play ONLY. I’ll leave the linking of FLDIGI and FLRIG to the documentation provided with both apps.RIGblaster Plug & Play Radio Compatibility Chart From there everything should be self-explanatory. Once you click on the application should update and pull the current frequency from the VFO and display it on the FLRIG virtual VFO. Go to your Device Manager to confirm what COM port is assigned to what driver (usually the ENHANCED driver is assigned the lower of the two and they are sequential) You will want to use the ENHANCED driver for this. Note – COM3 is the port my computer (An HP laptop running Windows 10) assigns the ENHANCED driver. Next you can fire up FLRIG and make some changes there I’ll just post the screen shot with highlights because I’m lazy: If you find some different settings that work or are an improvement, please post in the comments and I can always update this. ![]() Go ahead and go to the menu and make the following adjustments:Ġ7-11 CW FREQ DISPLAY DIRECT FREQ (not sure on this – just following N1RWY’s instructions)Ġ62 Data Mode OTHERS (NOT PSK – change to OTHERS)Ġ8-04 OTHER SHIFT (SSB) = 1500 KHz This widens the audio bandwidthġ6-14 DATA GAIN – 5 (however you can adjust this once FLDIGI is working to meet your needs) Īlright – time to make some changes to the radio. I want to thank Jay N1RWY for his work on the 991 that helped me get this going. Now we need to make some changes to the settings on the FT-891 so it will communicate with FLRIG. ![]() Once the application is installed you can go ahead and start it. The basics on how it works can be found at and you can download it from If you turn your 891 around you’ll see what I mean. Type B is shaped like a house with a flat roof, or maybe hexagonal. Type A is the standard rectangular one you find on your computer. You’re going to need a cable with a Type A and B connector. Now what? Lets get a USB cable connected. So, you got the drivers working (right?) and you’ve got the audio piped into your computer and vice versa. It’s basically just a USB port with audio IN/OUT, but works great for our purposes. I could just get a Y cable and be done with it, but I do like the idea of having two sound cards (built in and secondary) to separate computer sounds from radio audio (you don’t want the audio from YouTube going over the air) so I spent $10 and got a USB sound card. Unfortunately, my laptop has a TRRS plug for audio. From there you can plug them into the respective audio jacks on your computer. The best solution is to get a breakout cable that takes the audio in/out from the DATA jack and gives you two 3.5mm audio jacks. The biggest letdown of the FT-891 (there are a couple, but I still give this rig a great rating) is that the USB port doesn’t double as a sound card. You’re going to have to get audio to and from the rig.When they’re installed in working, go to your Device Manager and check to see that you have two COM devices: Go to Yaesu’s website and follow their instructions. Again, let me repeat – no working drivers, no success. You have to install the Yaesu drivers before doing ANY of this.I’ll be setting it up to work with FLRIG and you can go from there.) Additionally, I was not able to find ANY documentation on how to set it up with FLDIGI (note – FLDIGI does not have a XML file for the 891. Additionally, the 891 is sort of in the middle of its Yaesu brethren – has USB CAT control unlike the 897/857/100, but not a full sound card like the 991/991A. However, there is little documentation out there on how to accomplish this. So as a proud owner of a Yaesu FT-891, I was excited to get it on the air for digital modes. ![]()
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