Digirig Lite - No Signal Result with VARA FM Autotune -- Yaesu FT-8900

Hey y’all.

I’m getting a No Signal result with VARA FM Autotune. I’ve double checked all of my settings, but I’m at a loss as to why I’m not getting a signal with my FT-8900. The frequency is correct, and the callsign is correct. The radio is keying up and I can hear the transmission on my HT. I’m just not getting a response. I’ve posted screenshots of my settings below. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

I’m running the following:
Dell 7490 laptop
32 GB RAM
1TB SSD
Windows 11 Pro
Winlink (latest update)
VARA FM (latest update)
Yaesu FT-8900 on low power setting (tried higher power settings, same result)
Antenna - Ed Fong 2m/70cm Roll-up J-pole
Digirig lite w/ MiniDin6 Cable















Do you hear the traffic from other stations on the frequency on your computer through Digirig? You can use “listen” feature of the recording device to patch through the incoming audio.

From the screenshots it doesn’t look like the audio is making to the computer. You might want to check the connections and confirm that the squelch is turned off:

That got it. Thank you very much!

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