I'm just setting up my ICOM IC910H for 9k6 and although I'm not yet there, I offer some observations which might be useful.
1. Both the main and sub band data sockets appear to be the the same - ie the manual does not distinguish between them.
2. I have set up a 9k6 connection using a (second hand) SYMEK TNC2H 9k6 tnc. This uses a 180 degree 5 pin DIN at the TNC end and the 8 pin mini DIN at the TRX end. I have used an old connector from a Mouse but had to cut into the plug to hard wire to the earth connector. I've also used an ex-keyboard plug (see below), the advantage is that most of the leads are already soldered.
3. Under Win 2k I use AGWPE and either UISS or AGWPE Term to drive it - need to specify the SYMEK when setting up and leave the default PC-to-TNC speed as 9k6.
4. Setting up the SYMEK was a pig. It has 8 dip switches and according to the manual the 9k6 Pc-to-tnc setting was UP-DOWN-UP. In fact it's DOWN-UP-DOWN while the rest of the dip switches are correctly described - as in the picture on the front of the SYMEK manual (that took me 3 months!!).
5. When set up a quick tx click will see the ptt light up on the tnc and key the radio. Tracking doppler with HR Deluxe - an excellent program BTW -, I can currently rx AO51 and GO32 9k6 data.
6. However I can't find a way to get raw hex. Normally I would use Packcom in DOS but Win 2K doesn't do DOS, I have tried DOSBOX but Packcom doesn't connect to the tnc while in the Box. Anybody know a freeware windows terminal program that can put the tnc into KISS?
7. Current objective is to use UISS to digipeat through GO-32. This will need two leads from the TNC 5 pin DIN, one to the main band to rx and one to the sub band to tx. I have built this but the earth connection pin 2 isn't connected on my ex-keyboard DIN connector lead so will cut into the plug again (using the casing doesn't work).
Hope that helps /is of interest
73 de andy G0SFJ
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On Jan 4, 2008, at 2:52 AM, andy thomas wrote:
- However I can't find a way to get raw hex. Normally
I would use Packcom in DOS but Win 2K doesn't do DOS, I have tried DOSBOX but Packcom doesn't connect to the tnc while in the Box. Anybody know a freeware windows terminal program that can put the tnc into KISS?
Hyperterminal? Ships with every copy of Windows...
Not the smartest terminal emulator in the world (personally I like SecureCRT for just about everything terminal related in Windows), but it'll connect to a COM port and let you type commands into the TNC...
-- Nate Duehr, WY0X nate@natetech.com
At 04:52 AM 1/4/2008, andy thomas wrote:
... 6. However I can't find a way to get raw hex. Normally I would use Packcom in DOS but Win 2K doesn't do DOS,
Hi Andy,
Win2000 will run most DOS programs. I have run InstantTrack with TSRs and other various DOS programs with no problem.. It can be tricky to set up but here is the debug help info from Microsoft:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/165214
Best of luck with your projects, 73,
Tony AA2TX
Win2000 will run most DOS programs.
Tony, For our 6m Meteor Scatter APRS Email EMCOMM project we have a program for programming the 6m surplus radios that runs under DOS. It prints the 99 channel plan to a printer. But it does it only 5 channels per page for 20 pages.
Id like to re-direct that standard LINEPRINTER output to a file. Then I can write a parser and generate a nice two page summary of all 100 channels.
Do you remmber how to re-direct the LPT port to a FILE on a DOS program that is someone elses turn-key DOS application?
http://web.usna.navy.mil/~bruninga/meteors.html
Thanks Bob
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At 04:52 AM 1/4/2008, andy thomas wrote:
... 6. However I can't find a way to get raw hex. Normally I would use Packcom in DOS but Win 2K doesn't do DOS,
Hi Andy,
Win2000 will run most DOS programs. I have run InstantTrack
with
TSRs and other various DOS programs with no problem.. It can be tricky to set up but here is the debug help info from Microsoft:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/165214
Best of luck with your projects, 73,
Tony AA2TX
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At 9:47 AM -0500 1/4/08, Robert Bruninga wrote:
Do you remmber how to re-direct the LPT port to a FILE on a DOS program that is someone elses turn-key DOS application?
If you're really under DOS, you need a TSR program to do that. There was one called PRN2FILE which appears to still be available. I preferred one called LPTX, if memory serves, but last time I looked for it I couldn't find it.
If you're running the DOS program under Windows, you can create a dummy printer (of any type) and configure it to print to file. Share that printer, and then use the command NET USE LPT1 \YourPCName\YourPrinterName to make it visible to DOS programs as LPT1. Use LPT2 instead if you want to keep your existing LPT1.
Those were the days (ugh).
73 -Paul kb5mu@amsat.org
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