Remote Rig
RRC 1258 Support in English => General discussion forum => Topic started by: hb9edm on 2011-01-05, 12:02:49
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I'dlike to know if someone has already connected signalink to the TS-480 but directly to the display (RCC-client side) like described for icom 706 (http://www.remoterig.com/en/digital.htm)
Is it a possible setup or it's a must to put the signalink on the radio side?
Configuration?
Impression?
Thks in advance
HB9EDM
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HB9EDM de LA6BNA
Yes, I have tried to connect SignaLink to the panel side. It functions, but I am not still satisfied with how I have managed to "trim" the set up. There is a tendency to lock the system in TX when I trig the PTT. (Possibly because I have not succeeded finding the appropriate sound card levels still???)
Jumpers in SignaLink set this way:
SignaLink-side RJ-45-side (standard pin-numbers; not Kenwood/Yaesu-style)
G --------------------- 6 (GND)
G --------------------- 4 (MIC-GND)
PTT ------------------- 5 (PTT)
MIC ------------------- 3 (MIC)
(J3 in the SignaLink NOT set. I tried that too, but got only trouble with locking in TX-mode all the time.)
Speaker-cable (3,5 stereo-cable) between RemoteRig-box and SPKR on SignaLink.
RJ-45-cable into MIC on RemoteRig-box instead of microphone.
Front panel connected to TTL on RemoteRig-box as usual.
Read the manual for SignaLink very well, and be extremely careful with the adjustment of sound-card properties. At firs I did not care much about that, but then I did not get any results at all.
Best regards
Geir, LA6BNA
(By the way - Do anyone have a set up to suggest for RRC-Micro PC-client and TS-480 so that the Remote station can be controlled by front panel in the usual way and the RRC-Micro alternatively only by changing profile via Internet??)
(Disregard this last question - I found the error: I forgot to set baudrate 9600 for communicating over the COM-port on the radio!)
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Hi Geir!
thks for your post!
I will buy the signalink and share with you my impression.
Now I have to solve another problem. In my configuration I have all the com port used (rotator and amplifier) and I have to choose how to get the CAT connection from the 480. A pc on the remote side? A rs-232 over ip adapter? or....
Do you have any idea?
Best 73
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Sorry, but I have no rotator or amplifier, so I have no quick fix to advise. I use my COM2 for the CAT to the radio (for using RRC-MicroClient). Thus I still have the COM1 free!
73 de Geir
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Hello,
I'm using the signalink interface on the control side with no problem.
Connections are (in signalink interface) :
6---> Ground
4---> Ground
5---> PTT
3---> MIC
73''