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Hardware, Cabling, Installations / power requirements

« on: 2011-10-29, 03:13:54 »

I know the manual says 12V is needed to power the remote rig.  Does it have to be 12V or can it be in some range like 10-15V?

Thanks
Greg

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Hardware, Cabling, Installations / Multiple problems - please help

« on: 2011-10-26, 16:54:45 »

OK...I was up all night trying to get this working and am close to my wits end.

I have the two RRCs connected and audio and CAT control are fine.  But no matter what I do I cannot seem to get CW working or audio to the radio.  I am using a stock Kenwood mic from a TS-480 with modular plug and the strappings are done per the manual Elecraft section (same as Kenwood).  The mic PTT works but I am not getting audio to the mic input.

I have a stereo cable from the PAD output on the radio RRC to a mono adapter connected to the K3 Key In jack.

Keyer function is ON on the control RRC.

OUT1 is set to Keyer.
OUT0 is set for remote power on
OUT2 is set for COM FSK

I tried useing COM0, COM1 and COM2 USB CW via DTR and set my logging programs to match each try but not getting any CW.  I also tried using the same COM2 port that is used for the K3 and set the K3 PTT-KEY menu to RTS-DTR...still nothing.

I have the radio RRC IO pins setup for RTTY and remote power on signals to the K3 pins 1, 8 and 5.  But as soon as I plug the power on line to the radio the rig turns on right away.  If I then use the power button to turn the rig off I get a blank LCD but power on...just a yellow screen.  I have to disconnect the pin 8 connection to have it shut down completely.  Same with a PS0; command.


I am almost ready to throw my arms in the air and give up but not quite.  If someone can help save what little sanity I have left it would be great.  I thought this would be the easy part after getting the CAT and audio working but that is proving to not be the case.

Thanks!!

73-Greg

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Configuration, RRC 1258 / COM2 and VCOM port

« on: 2011-10-21, 22:17:53 »

If I want to use another radio (K3) at the control side connected to the RRC COM2 port can I also use the COM2 USB port for computer rig control/logging at the same time?  If not, how can it be done?

Thanks
Greg

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Hardware, Cabling, Installations / remote power on

« on: 2011-10-13, 23:01:49 »

Can one of the I/Os on the radio rrc be used to turn on a K3 using pins 5 and 8 on the K3 ACCY port? 

Tnx
Greg
AB7R

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Configuration, RRC 1258 / Begining setup questions

« on: 2011-10-07, 17:29:05 »

Hi all.

Yesterday I ordered the RR setup and it should arrive today.  Last night I started with some of the router setup but have a couple questions:

1.  I registered my dyndns name using my home router's external IP.  Is that correct?  Or should I have used the radio RRC IP?

2.  I know I have to use the setup tool to change the RRC units IP addresses to 192.168.1.227 and 228 vice the default.  I set the DMZ server to 192.168.1.228 which should be correct and I used that same IP for all the port forwarding settings.  When I got to the web forwarding port the default was 80 but I had a conflict.  I found that my readyshare USB storage was using port 80.  I disabled that and then was able to use port 80 in the router setup.

3.  Turned off the SIP/ALG option.

4.  Should I turn on the ability for remote control of the router settings?  Can you think of anything else I need to setup on the router beforehand?


When I try to access the router using the dyndns name in the browser it asks for a username and password.  Which is it referring to?  The router username/PW or the one setup for the dyndns service?  I tried both but neither let me access the router.  Is there another setting in the router that needs to be enabled to allow this?

I plan to use the netgear 2001 wireless ethernet adapter.  I want to use this so I don't have to mess with more cables while operating from my house (shack is in another building) and then I can reset the adapter if I want to operate from some other location using my phones wifi tether.

Am I on the right track here or fatally flawed? 

Thanks and 73
Greg - AB7R