Remote Rig
RRC 1258 Support in English => Hardware, Cabling, Installations => Topic started by: w7fz on 2011-02-17, 03:00:05
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Since I travel a lot and stay in hotels, living out of a suitcase, I wish to reduce as much as possible the amount of radio gear which I must take with me in order to operate on the HF bands using my TS480. I have good connection using the TS480 and its control panel with the Remoterig, but I can not seem to establish connection using a PC instead of the control panel. Here is my setup: Laptop connected to the Control-RRC via a USB-to-DB9 cable with its software installed on the laptop. That installation seems to be OK. The DB9 end of the cable connects to COM2 on the Control-RCC. I am using the Kenwood TS480 free software (ARCP-480) installed on the laptop. I have used it before and like it. The error message I get on the laptop is that the COM port is in use or the Baud rate is wrong. The COM port, however, has been configured for 57600bps; likewise, the ARCP-480 software. I consistently get the same error message. I need help to resolve this problem. Help?
w7fz Robert
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Hi
I have not used the ARCP-480. But you do not write anything about a cable to the radio CÁT-port.
You must connect a RS-232 cable from the Radio-RRC COM2 to the Radio CAT port as the ARCP do not use the same protocol as the control panel. See instructions. You also have to set up COM 2 to Kenwood protocol in both RRC:s with the right baudrate settings. And 57600 is just bandwidth consuming, 19200 is enough
73 de mike
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As soon as I read your reply, I realized that I did not connect a cable from the Radio-RRC to the TS480 back at my home QTH. I am still traveling but will make that cable connection when I arrive at my home. Hopefully that is the error that I made, and once the cable connection is made I will be able to use the PC and RRC and eliminate the TS480 control panel when I travel. Thanks for the help.
73
w7fz Robert