Thanks for your very comprehensive reponse Rich (and everyone else who replied). All of the settings match and the radio is in packet mode. I am starting to think that the culprit is the serial cable. I thought it was straight through but it may not be. I shall do everything you suggest again but try it with a new serial cable this afternoon.
Thanks for your efforts.
Regards, Jordan VK2HCA
----- Original Message ----- From: n3wwn@futuretek.cx To: "Jordan Woolley" jordanw@unwired.com.au Cc: amsat-bb@amsat.org Sent: Wednesday, March 28, 2007 2:26 AM Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] TNC settings for Kenwood TM-D700
Hi Jordan!
Make sure you're using a straight through serial cable (2-2, 3-3, etc).
Then, confirm that the PC and D700 are using the same parameters: 9600 baud, No parity, 8 data bits, 1 stop bit and hardware flow control. If your settings aren't the same as this, make sure both the PC and D700 agree.
From non-TNC operations, press and hold F for 1 sec and then press the TNC soft button. Do this twice. The D700 display should have TNC PKT in the upper left.
If the display shows TNC APRS, you just have to press and hold F for 1 sec and TNC once.
Hit CTRL-C to return to a cmd prompt if you're stuck in converse mode (you shouldn't be since you just put the D700 into TNC PKT mode).
At this point, you should be communicating with the D700 at the cmd prompt.
Check out the Kenwood Specialized Communications Manual:
http://inform2.kenwoodusa.com/Manuals%5CTM-D700A%20Specialized.pdf
Good luck!
73 de Rich N3WWN (FN00fh)
On Tue, 27 Mar 2007, Jordan Woolley wrote:
Hi all,
Was just wondering if there is anyone out there with any experience setting up a D700 for Packet operation. I do not seem to be able to get my terminal program to speak to the TNC. I can't even get a cmd prompt or any semblance of a connection. It seems to be physically connected fine but still no luck. I have set the baud rate for the port to match the TNC (9600) but am not having any luck. I am just using HyperTerminal. Any ideas?
Thanks Jordan
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