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General discussion / Mic Level

« on: 2012-07-31, 04:46:55 »

What is the prefered headset/mic to use with the Micro Client??

I am currently using a Plantronics Gaming computer headset mainly because it has nice large ear cushions but I find the mic level to be very high. Even adjusting the Mic level slider to it's min is too much for the 1258 at the radio which works well with it's similar box at the control point and a dynamic Heil mic.

Did I miss a mic setting somewhere for the Micro Client other than the one in it's connection window? I've also cranked down the mic levels in the control program, however the problem appears to be too much mic audio coming from the PC client as it's level indicating bars appear to be max'd out much of the time.

Should I be using something other than a high output electret computer mic with the Micro Client?

Thanks for your help!

Lloyd
VE3ERQ

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General discussion / HRD

« on: 2012-07-13, 05:05:27 »

While setting up my new Micro Client dongle for use with my TT Omni07, I was very disappointed with HRD's performance as it was slow, the freq display would jump around erratically, particularly on 40m and HRD would shut down unexpectedly.

Surfing around it seems as if others were having problems as well.

I noticed that some were going back to older versions of HRD so I went back to v5.11a as it was still on the Download site.

HRD is now much more responsive with the Dongle and so far I have not seen the other problems.

I thought I'd share my experience in case others were having the same issues.

Cheers!
Lloyd
VE3ERQ

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General discussion / U.S. Availability

« on: 2012-06-14, 06:57:23 »

Any particular reason why the Micro-PC Client is not available from HRO in States? The 1258's along with the acc cables are.

Would likely buy one if it was!!

Cheers!
LLoyd
VE3ERQ

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General discussion forum / Updating Firmware

« on: 2012-05-21, 04:55:38 »

In preparation to update my firmware in my 1258's from v2.41 to the current v2.57, I also updated Setup Manager from v1.10 to v1.13. Everything appeared to go well until I tried to connect to the modem which it wouldn't do. Strangely it did connect if I killed the power to the modem and rebooted it but that's about all it would do.

Am I trying to make to much of a leap in the software versions? Do I need to use an older version of Setup Manager to load the older versions? Do I need to load each version of firmware in succession?

Any thoughts of where I may have messed up??

I used two different laptops, one bootcamped core duo Mac with XP and the other a Core 2 W7 machine. Both behaved the sameway. Previous version of Setup Manager on the Mac worked well before it was scrubbed to load V1.13. The w7 machine was a virgin load of Setup Manager.

Would appreciate any assistance!

Thanks for your help in advance.

Cheers!
Lloyd
VE3ERQ/VK4ERQ

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General discussion forum / N4PY

« on: 2012-04-14, 14:22:45 »

I had been using HRD to control my Omni07 remotely through my RR 1258 modems as my previous program N4PY had some difficulty operating through the the RR 1258 serial link. Unfortunately the latest 5.2 release of HRD I loaded on my computer crashed  so I tried to go back to N4PY while HRD fixed the problem.

Well it turns out the same problem still exists with N4PY and the RR 1258 in that after a period of operating well the link to the radio hangs up and it takes a while for it to get restablished. Commands also appear to get scrabbled at times during this disconnect.

Is there any chance that the folks at RR could have a look at why this happens and perhaps resolve it as I would prefer to use the N4PY package with the Omni 07?

I see that the PC Client dongle is supposed to operate with other control software packages than HRD, but there is no mention of that for the 1258's.

Thanks!

Lloyd
VK4ERQ/VE3ERQ

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General discussion forum / N4PY Control Software

« on: 2012-02-15, 06:54:08 »

Has anyone used N4PY's control software with the RRC1258 MKlls modems??

Lloyd
VE3ERQ/VK4ERQ

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General discussion forum / N4PY Control Software

« on: 2012-02-15, 05:28:00 »

Has anyone used N4PY's control software with the RRC - 1258MKlls??

Lloyd
VE3ERQ/VK4ERQ

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Configuration, RRC 1258 / Omni VII

« on: 2011-10-01, 02:47:43 »

I'm looking for help in connecting my pair of RRC 1258 modems to my Omni VII as there isn't much info on using these modems with Ten Tec radio's.

I've programmed my modems along the lines of a Yaesu (Mode 3) with some changes suggested by Mikael.

The problem I am having at the moment is connecting my control modem to my laptop and then to the remote. I think I have the right data in but I can't get the modem to send data out to the remote. I am using N4PY's control program which I have used before to control my OMNI VII.

I am using a USB cable to the mini USB port on the modem and I have the option to do that activated in the program on the COM2 page. I have the right vitual COM port highlighted in the N4PY program so I assume the USB connection should be programmed properly.

At this point I'm lost!!


Thanks for your help!

Lloyd
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