Troubleshooting RRC-1258 MkII with IC-7000

[wm1ke]

Hello, all.

I have a new 1258 MK II set that I have configured for Generic Icom CI-V.
I will be using BKT-7000 for CAT.

I am trying to trouble soot the fact that the status pages say they are talking to each other but neither do I have working PTT or audio.

The status pages say:
Connection status   OK
SIP status   Connected/transfering
Last SIP error   None
RTP status   Excellent(60)
UDP cmd status   OK(28)

I have checked the software configurations and strapping several times.

No audio comes out of the speaker and when I hold the PTT on the mike and click the status ling for either unit I read that PTT is OFF.

Being disabled I don;t have many options for using diagnostic equipment but would appreciate getting a direction to start looking in.

TIA

[sm2o]

Hi

It must be the red straps. Either they are missplaced or broken, check the positions and measure them with a ohm meter. When you check the PTT status you have to manually refresch the status page after you have pressed the PTT button.

73 de mike

[wm1ke]

Mike:

Thanks.

I did not use straps as my disability made it impossible to insert the wires. I went to Radio Shack and bought  two in-line dip switches. The CI-V strapping is straight-through so I turned "ON" the dip switches that "jumped" the pins and "OFF" those that were open.

I do click "Status" while holding the PTT down but thanks for mentioning it.

I guess I will try to find a local ham to bring over an Ohm Meter,

Thanks, again
73.
Mike

[sm2o]

Hi
Are you using the HM-151 Microphone ? I checked the schematics for the HM-151 mic and it has no traditional PTT output, Just a data line. So if you are using a HM-151 you must try to find a standard ICOM Mic. The HM-103  which comes with IC-706 can be used direct to the Mic/Aux Jack. The most common icom mic HM-36  can be used with an adapter cable.

73 de mike

[wm1ke]

Thanks. mike

I got the units to transmit (PTT) and send mic audio over the air. Now the recieve audio is non-existant.

I do have the HM-151. The audio is passing and the PTT is now working, But the mic is not passing the buttons.

To get the mic and PTT working I (my original problem) I removed one of the dip switches and discovered that a pin bent on insertion.

I also modified the jumper settings so that SPKR OUT is jumped. I had hoped that would pass the audio back to the control box but, so far, no go.

Any hints about the recieve audio you could pass along or should I start a new thread for that?

Thanks, again, for your help!

73, Mike

[sm2o]

Hi

No the buttons goes via the serial data line so it will not work. PTT should not work either at least with the schematic I found, but there might be different versions of the HM-151.
For the speaker audio you should use a 3.5 mm stereo cable from the IC-7000 speaker jack to the radio-RRC SP jack. And a external speaker connected to Control-RRC SP jack

73 de mike

[wm1ke]

Mike:
Once again, thanks for your valuable input.

I dont know why my mic works, but it does! 

I was trying to route the rx audio internal to the system by strapping the "spkr out" pin in the mic cable, I will bite the bullet and install the cable. At some point I want to connect the RCC to the low level audio output on the back. that way I would cut down on distortion from the rig's (unneeded) audio system.

73
Mike