User manual RAMSEY TC1

[. . . ] MTCCI First printing: December 1994 COPYRIGHT 1994 by Ramsey Electronics, Inc. No portion of this publication may be copied or duplicated without the written permission of Ramsey Electronics, Inc. Printed in the United States of America. TCCI-1 · 2 or Be st w ld Ramsey Publication No. MTCCI-1 Price $5. 00 j COM TRANSCEIVER CONTROL COMPUTER INTERFACE TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction to the TCCI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [. . . ] This means that many of them don't even try to communicate to your radio, you need to register the program first!This depends mostly on radio you have since some programs for other radios are fully functional. Please read the readme files before jumping to conclusions! RC-PLUS TCCI-1 · 6 We have included a copy of the RC-Plus shareware radio control program on our HamBase demo diskette. To use the program, copy all the files in the directory to your hard disk, or to a different disk by typing : C:> MD RCPLUS C:> CD RCPLUS C:>COPY A:\RCPLUS\*. * (If copying from A drive, type COPY B . . . . , if copying from B drive, type COPY A . . . . ) To print the document type: C:>\RCPLUS>PRINT RCPLUS>DOC To run the program type: C:>\RCPLUS>RCPLUS F1 will give you outline help. If you have trouble uderstanding the above, we suggest that you contact a local computer user to help you. TROUBLESHOOTING: If the interface appears not to be working, here are some things to try: 1. If the interface controls the radio in any way rest assured that it is operating correctly and a software bug is to blame. This means that the cable is not at fault. If you have more than two serial ports on your computer, check for IRQ conflicts. TCCI-1 · 7 Remember that the person with the most knowledge of your computer system is you. We wish we could be more helpful, but it is virtually impossible for us to debug your entire system on the telephone. Since we did not setup your system, it is unadvisable for us to recommend that you change your system settings. Please only call as a last resort and consult the warranty procedure before doing so. TESTING YOUR INTERFACE: Connect the radio as you normally would to a power supply, connect the interface cable to a communications port of your computer (COM1 or COM2), and connect the other end to the radio. If needed, remove your modem or other device to allow you to temporarily use one of these ports to test your interface. These ports tend to be more standardized than COM3 or COM4, so the program was not written to include the diversity of options available. Now run the program by typing in the following commands at the default prompt. A:\COMMTEST. EXE (Where A is the drive that the install disk is in) After making sure everything is set to go, look in your radio's manual under computer control. There should be a good general description of the codes required to perform certain tasks, data protocols (ie. Look up the protocol first, and then set it in Commtest by pressing "S" on the main menu. Follow the directions and answer the questions for baud rates, stop bits, etc. Then look up a simple code like setting the frequency or turning some feature on and off. Depending on how the manufacturer has set up the op codes in the radio will determine what format to use. For example the Yeasu 2. 5200 Mhz, the op code needed is 0Ah, 01h, 42h, 50h, 00h. The problem that you will find upon trying to send this code to the radio is that it needs to be sent in reverse order of what makes sense to you and me. The Yeasu FT900 radio requires that the codes be sent out in reverse order, so when entered into the program you will need to start with 00h and end with the code of 0Ah. TCCI-1 · 8 To enter these codes into the program, press "O" on the main menu, then choose the type of data transfer you require. [. . . ] Ramsey Electronics, Inc. , reserves the right to refuse repair on ANY item in which we find excessive problems or damage due to construction methods. To assist customers in such situations, Ramsey Electronics, Inc. , reserves the right to solve their needs on a case-by-case basis. Please understand that our technicians are not volunteers and that set-up, testing, diagnosis, repair and repacking and paperwork can take nearly an hour of paid employee time on even a simple kit. Of course, if we find that a part was defective in manufacture, there will be no charge to repair your kit (But please realize that our technicians know the difference between a defective part and parts burned out or damaged through improper use or assembly). [. . . ]