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General discussion forum / Re: Using a Rigblaster II with a TS-480 for PSK -Solved

« on: 2016-04-15, 17:05:51 »

Hello to the group.

I managed to the the Rigblaster to work with the RRC control unit. There was a front panel switch on the Rigblaster that had to be put in the VOX position (even though I was not using VOX) for it to work. Have asked West Mountain Radio why this is the case.

Have had  a number of successful PSK QSO's. Now to see if I can get it to work with WSJT-X for JT-65. :-)

Have a great day/weekend. 73s

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General discussion forum / Re: Using a Rigblaster II with a TS-480 for PSK

« on: 2016-04-13, 04:32:39 »

No problem at all Mitch.
When and if you have time I would appreciate your feedback.

Have a great evening. Thanks again.

Regards

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General discussion forum / Re: Using a Rigblaster II with a TS-480 for PSK

« on: 2016-04-12, 21:26:04 »

Hello Mitch. Thank you for your response.
Indeed, I have the older M8 model of Rigblaster. Sorry about the confusion. The manual is here: http://www.westmountainradio.com/pdf/Manual4.pdf
What I did is set up the pin jumpers inside the Rigblaster as described on page 7 for the Kenwood radios. I then looked on page 185 of the RRC manual and made up a cable which replicated the diagram i.e.:

    RRC - RJ45 AUX/MIC             Rigblaster M8 - RJ-45 (back of unit)

Pin 6 (PTT GND)                to       Pin 6
Pin 5 (PTT)                       to       Pin 5
Pin 4 (Mic Gnd)                to       Pin 4
Pin 3 (Mic)                       to       Pin 3

I had both the input and output jumpers in the Rigblaster connected as above. I know that the Rigblaster is putting out PSK data as I can hear the output on a speaker. The problem seems to be that I cannot get it to the RRC mic connector. I am no doubt missing something very simple.  :-) -

I will have another look in an hour or so when I get back home. Thanks again for taking the time to respond Mitch.

Regards

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General discussion forum / Using a Rigblaster II with a TS-480 for PSK

« on: 2016-04-12, 16:36:00 »

Good morning to the group.

I am having some difficulty using my rigblaster with my TS-480 for PSK. As I had a Rigblaster II sitting on the shelf I thought I would put it back into service.

I  hooked up the RS-232 port to the laptop and am able to turn the tx on using PTT. However, I am not able to get any modulation. I also have checked that the jumpers in the Rigblaster are properly installed for  Kenwood radios.

I assume that I could use a straight through ethernet cable to connect the RRC (aux/mic connector) to the ethernet port on the back of the Rigblaster. Is my assumption correct?

I have checked and double checked the audio connections but just cannot seem to get any modulation. I am able to receive no problem at all as well as to activate PTT from my software (DXLAB).

Any advice or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you in advance.

73

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General discussion forum / Re: Using RTTY with RR and a TS-480

« on: 2016-03-28, 21:51:27 »

Thank you for your most helpful advice Mitch.

73

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General discussion forum / Re: Using RTTY with RR and a TS-480

« on: 2016-03-28, 21:24:32 »

Thank you for your prompt response Mitch.
I do have a stereo cable from the Radio RRC going to the KEY input of the TS-480.
So that I understand the issue clearly, I must replace one end of the stereo cable by a mono connector. I assume that the two connections would be ring and ground? This would also enable me to use CW with the same interconnected cable. Is my understanding correct?

As usual Mitch thank you very much for your helpful advice. I  greatly appreciate your help.

73

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General discussion forum / Using RTTY with RR and a TS-480

« on: 2016-03-28, 20:57:10 »

Hello to the group.

I have been trying to get my RTTY FSK keying working with my remote rig and TS-480. I am able to receive but am having an issue trying to get it to transmit.
I am using the USB interface on the Control RRC. At the radio RRC I am using the Pad Jack (I have the IO setting to OUT1 mode = Baudot/45 on the Radio RRC).
I am able to key the TS-480 from within MMTTY but only get a carrier signal. I have followed the instruction on pages 96 - 101. I have the IO settings on the Radio RRC set to:

- OUTO Mode to I/O
- OUTO on/off -  OFF

- OUT1 Mode to BAUDOT/45
- OUT1 on/off - OFF

-OUT2 Mode to KEYER
-OUT2 on/off - OFF

In the MMTTY - TX TAB I have COM8 (my COM Extra port number) and in the MISC tab I have COM-TxD(FSK) selected. I also have the USB Port setting set to C:Limiting Speed

I am able to key the TS-480 but only get a steady carrier.

I assume that I do not require any additional connections to the Control RRC if I am using the USB interface to the computer.  As far as the Radio RRC is concerned, since I have selected Baudot/45 for OUT1 this should enable the radio to transmit FSK using the ring of the PAD jack of the Radio RRC.

Not quite sure why I do not hear the RTTY when I key the transceiver from within MMTTY.

Any assistance would greatly be appreciated.

Thank you in advance.

73

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General discussion forum / Re: RRC-Micro Question

« on: 2016-03-18, 18:58:40 »

Thank you for your prompt response Mitch.
I will play a little more with both N1MM and DXlab. Obviously I did not do it correctly. :-) I really want to try to be able to transmit cw and do RTTY using the function keys of the logging/contesting software. Although I know that I would not be able to test the transmitting as I am only using the trial version of RRC-Micro.

As usual thank you for your assistance Mitch.

Regards

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General discussion forum / RRC-Micro Question

« on: 2016-03-18, 18:34:39 »

Tried out the trial version of RRC-Micro and like it. Seriously thinking of ordering it.

I do have a follow question however. Is it possible to use a logging or contest program like N1MM+ or DXlab Suites in conjunction with the Micro? If so, I guess one needs to come up with user defined controls to be able to turn on the radio and control filters etc?

Be interested in hearing from anyone who has had experience with this type of setup. Certainly would have made operating from China a bit easier (although had some major issues with the Great Firewall of China though :-)). But I was able to make a few qso's from Beijing.

Thank you very much in advance.

73
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General discussion forum / Re: TS-480HX Issue

« on: 2016-02-01, 14:17:39 »

Hi Mike. Thank you for your prompt response.
I will send you the HTML export files in a few minutes.

Thank you in advance.

73

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General discussion forum / TS-480HX Issue

« on: 2016-02-01, 03:21:03 »

Hello to the group.

I recently purchased a TS-490HX to use as my remote radio.

I had used my remoterig RRC's with a Yaesu FT 3K. Worked very well.

I made the changes to the jumpers as per the manual and when I press the "on" button on the radio, I am able to connect to the radio RRC (from within my own network. The problem is that I am not able to get the radio's control panel to illuminate. I am using a 5 amp power supply to power up the RRC COntrol unit. I have tested the RJ11 cables and they are working fine (if I connect them directly to the radio and control panel of the TS-480). 

I have also changes the settings on both the Control unit and Radio RRC's as per the manual.

I would appreciate any information or feedback on this issues. Thank you very much for your assistance in advance.

Regards

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General discussion forum / Re: No Audio from Remote

« on: 2015-12-28, 16:40:33 »

Thank you for your response Jan. I have disabled my firewall to test out the system. I will also give your suggestion a try.

Thanks again.

73

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General discussion forum / Re: No Audio from Remote

« on: 2015-12-27, 23:19:44 »

Thank you for your very prompt response Jan.

I have been trying a few things today to see if I could get audio from my remote station.
I have been using my main shack computer in the city. I decided to take the laptop that I was testing the system with at the cottage and try to connect. I share the wireless connection with the Control Unit. When I connected I received audio immediately and it is working fine.
I do not understand what could be causing this audio problem as I am using the same router for the laptop as my shack PC (although he main PC is wired directly to the router on the main floor of the house). The difference is that I am using a wireless connection with the laptop. I do not have any anti virus software running as I have disable them.

Any ideas would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you in advance.

73

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General discussion forum / No Audio from Remote

« on: 2015-12-27, 19:24:02 »

Hello to the group and Season's Greetings to all.

I have spent quite a bit of time over the past couple of days attempting to trouble shoot an audio connection issue along with my friend Will, WC2L. We have reviewed the forum threads and cannot seem to find any reference to this issue. I have also upgraded to version 2.87 of the firmware on both the Control and Radio units. I am using a Yaesu FT-3000 transceiver at my remote location.

I have attached screen shots of both my Radio and Control Unit RRC Status pages.

The problem is that while I am able to connect directly with my Control unit to another remote station Will - WC2L and Will is in turn able to connect to my remote station with his Control unit without any audio issues, when I try to connect to my remote station I do not hear any audio.   As can be seen from the Control Unit's screen shot, I get error messages in my Connection status - Faulty (See below),  RTP/UDP audio status - Stalled (27 - NOTE: this number changes as I have seen number 30 and 23 as well) and UDP cmd status - Error (0). I also hear a beep every 25-30 seconds coming from the Control RRC. The Yellow connected LED is illuminated.

Will and I have compared all of our Control unit settings which are the same.

 I should also mention, that the setup was working as of a week or so ago when I was at the remote site (my cottage - about 250 Kms away) and I was using the internal network.

Any assistance and guidance would be gratefully appreciated. Please let me know if you require any additional information.

Thanks you all in advance.

 
73

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General discussion forum / Re: WiFi Module issue

« on: 2015-10-21, 22:49:38 »

Hi. Thank you for following up. Yes, it is now working as it should. Although initially after the reset it was not working. I will keep this info in my back pocket when travelling for sure.

Thanks again for your suggestion.

73

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