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Hardware, Cabling, Installations / Line level to mic input

« on: 2017-02-11, 20:42:28 »

I have a remoterig connected to a Yaesu FT-857D. Is there a configuration that would allow me to connect a line-level input instead of a microphone, with a separate PTT switch?

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General discussion forum / RemoteRig has stopped working

« on: 2015-08-13, 15:07:41 »

I'm using a RemoteRig with a Yaesu FT-857, on a local LAN. The setup worked great for a long time, but now I can almost never get the radio to turn on. When it does turn on, after a few minutes it will turn off. Here's what I know:

- When I press the power button on the radio head, I hear a beep and a click, and then nothing.

- I can access the web interfaces for both the control and radio side of the remoterig from my desktop computer, which is on the same LAN.

- From the web interfaces, all of the remoterig settings look correct, and I haven't changed them since it was working.

- The DNS Status for the control side shows the correct IP address for the radio side.

- If I disconnect the radio base and head from the remoterigs and hook them together directly, the radio works fine.

Got any idea what's wrong or how to troubleshoot this problem?

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Configuration, RRC 1258 / Yaesu FT-857D powers down when I touch the volume control or tuning knob

« on: 2014-06-17, 17:33:15 »

I'm using a remoterig with a Yaesu FT-857D in the remote head configuration. Until today it has worked fine. But, this morning I discovered that moving either the radio's volume control or big tuning knob causes the radio to power down.

If I remove the remoterig and connect the head directly to the radio's base, it works fine. So, the problem has something to do with the remoterig.

The only thing I changed this morning was to use an rtSystems ADMS program on my computer to configure the radio's memory. (This was done with a CAT to USB cable supplied by rtSystems.) Suspecting that might have caused the problem, I did a factory reset of the radio. Unfortunately, the reset did not fix the problem.

I checked the remoterig's configuration screens, and everything is correct.

Help!

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Configuration, RRC 1258 / Yaesu FT-857 to PC configuration

« on: 2014-06-17, 17:28:59 »

As I understand it, I can connect a Yaesu CT-62 cable between the radio's CAT connector and the remoterig radio COM2 port, and then connect a USB cable between the remoterig control unit and my Windows computer, for logging and computer control of the radio.

How should I configure the remoterig units for this to work? Also, is there any special configuration I need to do on my computer?