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1831

General discussion forum / Re: TS-480HX RFI and the Mic...

« on: 2012-04-02, 08:31:35 »

a) Try not running off of the same power strip.

b) Good idea

No problem using ethernet CAT 5, 5a, 6 or 7, the other ones are actually better.

If this is really an RFI problem on the audio, it would likely be coming into the cable between the radio RRC and TS-480 body, not the mic. Make sure there is a ferrite core on this cable.

73,
Mitch DJ0QN / K7DX

1832

General discussion forum / Re: TS-480HX RFI and the Mic...

« on: 2012-04-02, 08:09:57 »

Dave,

I have personally never experienced RFI problems with several TS-480 setups.

Have you:

a) Made sure that the radio RRC and TS-480 are not running off of the same 12v power supply?

b) Have you tested your control RRC and TS-480 control head from another part of the house?

73,
Mitch DJ0QN / K7DX

1833

General discussion forum / Re: TS-480 Comparing Serial Numbers...

« on: 2012-04-02, 06:43:49 »

Yes, Dave, 2012 is for sure a newer one!

73,
Mitch DJ0QN / K7DX

1834

General discussion forum / Re: New Remoterig

« on: 2012-03-31, 23:50:58 »

I have several installations with the TS-480 that I use, so I hope it will be quite
a while before that is obsolete. If the K3 Twin with K3/0 had been available a
couple of years ago, I bet a lot of people would have used that instead. Hopefully
Elecraft will come out with a smaller "head" that will make this more portable. The
problem is there is nothing more on the market with extra control units sold.

It will be great to get WLAN available in the RRC box, we need to get things shrunk
and consolidated a bit more.

73,
Mitch DJ0QN / K7DX

1835

General discussion forum / Re: New Remoterig

« on: 2012-03-31, 11:00:14 »

I built my own. It contains a battery and WLAN adapter. That is part of the
fun in amateur radio!

73,
Mitch DJ0QN / K7DX

1836

General discussion / Re: HamRadioDeluxe performances

« on: 2012-03-30, 09:52:09 »

Great! Thanks, Roland! I am also looking forward to finally being able to use TRX-Manager.

73,
Mitch DJ0QN / K7DX

1837

Configuration, RRC 1258 / Re: LP-Bridge and Comm2 on the control Remoterig box

« on: 2012-03-23, 23:41:31 »

Hi Gene,

I will give you a couple of tips to help you out.

Assumptions:
1) You are running in normal K3 remote mode and not in K3 Twin mode.
2) You are passing CAT over COM2 on both RRC's

Bottom line: you do not need LP-Bridge in that configuration.

Tip #1: TRX-Manager has a sync feature already integrated in the program, similar to LP-Bridge.
Go to Parameters --> Setup --> Syncro tab. There you can sync the CAT to two other serial
ports that you define on this tab. For example, I sync both an SPE Expert and SteppIR using this
feature in one of my setups. These two sync ports also do not have be be running at the same
baud rate as the CAT or to each other.

Tip #2: You can route CAT from the RRC's COM2 port in parallel to COM1. All you do is to change
the serial settings in the control RRC COM1 to mode-6 and plug the serial cable into COM1 (remember the
pins are backwards, since the connector is the opposite type).

If you have any further questions, just let me know.

73,
Mitch DJ0QN / K7DX

1838

Hardware, Cabling, Installations / Re: K3 Twins + Expert Amp + Band Decoder + Steppir ..O my...

« on: 2012-03-22, 16:54:39 »

Hi Lee,

Gee, you sure want to do things complicated! 

I actually have a similar set-up with the Expert and SteppIR and do the CAT sync in software on a PC at the
station that I turn on as needed. I assume from your comments that you wish to run completely without a
radio side PC. I do, however, have a couple of tips for you:

1) You can route the CAT through COM1 on the RRC (actually, on either or both ends) to allow you
to control another device that way. Just change COM1 to mode 6 or 7 as needed. Then you can plug
a band decoder or Y-cable into COM1 and save some cabling.

2) You may already have the BandMaster, but note that some band decoders such as the one from
Microham have native SteppIR support. So a combination of the last tip plus a different decoder would
solve this as well.

Otherwise, maybe the RemoteRig guys or another user has further tips.

73,
Mitch DJ0QN / K7DX

1839

Configuration of Routers, Firewalls, etc / Re: WNCE2001 Additional Questions

« on: 2012-03-21, 06:46:29 »

Glad you got it working, Bryan. That is the problem I thought that you had the whole time,
but you figured it out in the end.

73,
Mitch DJ0QN / K7DX

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Configuration of Routers, Firewalls, etc / Re: WNCE2001 Additional Questions

« on: 2012-03-20, 23:35:47 »

Go to the RRC's web page and go to the first menu item "info". You will find the IP number
towards the bottom of that listing.Then we shall see what's up.

73,
Mitch DJ0QN / K7DX

1841

Configuration of Routers, Firewalls, etc / Re: WNCE2001 Additional Questions

« on: 2012-03-20, 17:25:46 »

Sorry, Bryan, I didn't understand what you wrote. Just do me a favor and write only the following numbers:

1) 4G router IP number (I assume this is 192.168.1.1)

2) WNCE2001 assigned IP number through the 4G's router DHCP server
 
3) The control RRC's assigned IP number through the DHCP server (or static if that is the case)

Thanks & 73,
Mitch DJ0QN / K7DX

1842

Configuration of Routers, Firewalls, etc / Re: WNCE2001 Additional Questions

« on: 2012-03-19, 19:06:18 »

Hi Bryan,

It isn't clear from me how you configured the WNCE2001, if really in bridge mode. The problem you are
describing can be caused by "double NAT", so I suspect that is where we should look. I spent an hour on
Skype with an OM in Switzerland last week, only to figure out that was his problem (he used a router in place
of a switch somewhere in his network, so the RRC was using the wrong DHCP server the whole time).

Tell me the following:

4G router:The internal IP address and NAT addresses provided by the router's DHCP server
WNCE2001: ditto (but hopefully the DHCP server is deactivated)
Control RRC: Assuming it is in DHCP mode, what IP number and other stuff is it pulling off the server?

Then we can figure out where the problem may lie.

As for the arbitrary control  ports used by the RRC's; I do not believe there is a way to fix these.
Mike may correct me on this, but these appear to be determined on the fly by the system.

73,
Mitch DJ0QN / K7DX

1843

Configuration of Routers, Firewalls, etc / Re: WNCE2001 Additional Questions

« on: 2012-03-17, 23:00:27 »

That is a complex method you are using, through a WLAN bridge and 3G router,
everything would need to be perfect to make that work ok.

Make sure that the bridge has DHCP turned off and the RRC is pulling its IP number off
of the 3G router. If the 3G router has an ethernet port, try connecting directly to it
first. Settings for 3G need to be optimized as well, I can send you some sample settings.
However, it will take some trial and error to make your configuration work.

The other mail will go out now to you.

73,
Mitch DJ0QN / K7DX

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Configuration of Routers, Firewalls, etc / Re: WNCE2001 Additional Questions

« on: 2012-03-17, 22:05:54 »

Bryan,

It isn't clear to me what you are doing....are you trying to connect within the same LAN, or is the problem from the outside? If from the outside, did you test it first within your LAN and then change the SIP address to the external IP number or Dynamic DNS address when you moved it?

I have a checklist of what to follow to make these things work quickly. Drop me a mail at dj0qn (at) darc.de and I will send it to you.

73,
Mitch DJ0QN / K7DX

1845

General discussion forum / Re: REMOTE CONTROL - ATU

« on: 2012-03-17, 15:02:50 »

Take a look at a similar thread:
http://www.remoterig.com/forum/index.php?topic=1135.msg4737#msg4737

73,
Mitch DJ0QN / K7DX