Problem with RRC and 10-way antenna switch

[oh5tb]

Hi all

I have used Remoterig products for many years and like them really.

Now I have a problem with the AS-1269 10-way antenna switch and itīs automatic antenna control feature.

My setup is the following: TS-480, RRC-1258MkIIs (ver 2.90), AS-1269 (ver 4.2) and JUMA PA1000 linear.
TS-480 is connected to RRCīs COM2 and JUMA PA1000 to RRCīs COM1. The AS-1269 connects to RRC via LAN.

RRCīs Serial settings are like this: COM1 mode is "Mode-6, CAT to COM1 (local)" and COM2 mode is "Mode-4, Kenwood, Yeasu, Elecraft".
I have also tried other combinations.

I am trying to automate the system so that both the amplifier CAT-control and the antenna switch control could work at the same time via RRC.
Now when the amp CAT control works, AS-1269 canīt automatically switch antennas and vice versa.

AS-1269 always works manually.

Any ideas how to proceed?

TNX!

Antti, OH5TB

[sm2o]

It's probably related to the Juma, I never hear about problems with other setups

/mike

[oh5tb]

Tnx for the message.

I think it is more about Kenwood. I have understood that Kenwood is not sending band data info out. Instead it has to be asked.
That is why JUMA is polling TS-480 in order to get the band data.

Now the band data goes nicely thought RRC when JUMA is polling it trough RRC. But the antenna switch does not get it.
As soon as I unplug JUMA, the antenna switch gets band data and it is able to do automatic switching.

So when both JUMA and antenna switch are plugged both of them seems to be polling TS-480 at the same time - and JUMA is the winner.

But I found a simple solution: I adjusted JUMAīs polling rate to be slower. Originally it was 200ms. Now when it is 1400ms everything works. In other words both JUMA and AS-1269 are following the radio and changing bands.

Anyway I still have a question: What is the polling rate of AS-1269 when it is asking the band data from Kenwood?

Antti, OH5TB



Antti, OH5TB

[sm2o]

Yes every 200 ms is probably too often, not giving any time to the AS-1269. AS-1269 asks every second but if it hear a valid frequency message within one second it does not ask at all. In this case it looks like the Juma use another frequency question that the AS-1269 does not understand so it has to ask by it self

73 de mike