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General discussion forum / Baud Rate for TS-590S twin setup

« on: 2024-11-02, 11:19:42 »

I have a TS-590S twin setup. The Baud rate in the manual is 19200 Baud. What is the maximum Baudrate giving good results ? On the TS-480 it is 57600 Baud on COM 0.
Is this an option ?
73 de Christian
HB9BJL.

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Configuration, RRC 1258 / TS-590S Twin Baud rate

« on: 2024-11-01, 22:52:50 »

I have a TS-590 Twin setup with a internal Baud rate of 9600 Baud. So far. the response from the TS-590S twin setup is very slow.
The COM0 setting for the TS-480 is 57600 Baud. What is the maximum practical Baudrate for a TS-590S Twin setup ? In the manual, page 209, 19200 Baud has been selected.
73 de Christian, Hb9BJL

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General discussion forum / Re: K3/Twin setup, CW problem from radio end PC

« on: 2024-11-01, 12:57:51 »

Hello Juha,
I have a TS-480SAT setup and, in parallel, a twin TS-590S setup.
I use a Netgear Nighthawk mobile Router with 4G/LTE.
Both RRC-1258 MkII setups work fine with the Firmware 2.95. / Bootloader 1.10. I work CW for most of the time.
I can configure the COM3(Extra) serial port to either serve as a Winkey for CW or for RTTY to key my TRX with FSK.
This is very handy with N1MM+, F1 sends CQ, F2 the report etc. 
For all of you having problems with the setup, please have a look at my screenshots here:

https://qsl.net/hb9bjl/

Some screenshots might be useful for your K3 setup as well. I hope this might help you.
You can send me a e-mail to hb9bjl@bluewin.ch .

73 de Christian, HB9BJL

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Configuration, RRC 1258 / Re: Help with TS-480 Remote

« on: 2024-10-16, 13:57:08 »

Ger,
please have a look at

https://www.qsl.net/hb9bjl/

you can find screenshots of my setup for the TS-480.

73 de Christian
HB9BJL

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Configuration, RRC 1258 / Re: Audio interruptions and type of service

« on: 2024-10-16, 13:55:06 »

Hello geotge,
you can find my screenshots here: https://www.qsl.net/hb9bjl/
73 de Christian
HB9BJL

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General discussion forum / Re: Does anyone have a copy of DJ0QN Networking Checklist?

« on: 2024-09-10, 13:41:23 »

Hello Mark,

I have downloaded this a long time ago:

QUOTE

Remote Rig »
Webswitch 1216H Support in English »
Configuration of Routers, Firewalls, etc »
Optimizing for jitter and packet loss on 4G/LTE


https://www.remoterig.com/forum/index.php?topic=3698.msg16978#msg16978

Don,

This is my 3G/4G checklist which may help you:


3G Checklist
------------------
Try reducing your bandwidth to a minimum and changing some parameters to compensate
for a poor line. Here are some tips:

1) These are important:
- audio quality to 0 (half the bandwidth of codec 2 and more than adequate for SSB & CW)
- turn continuous RTP on or set RTP to continuous (depending upon firmware version)
not working with N1MM, double Sidetone if set to Continous.
- If using the K3 Twin or Yaesu with a second receiver, then turn off "audio dual-rx" on the
   radio RRC under the radio settings. This doubles the necessary bandwidth if on.

2) Play around with these 3 until you are satisfied:
- increase rx jitter buffer to min 12+
- increase rx jitter delay to min 10+
- audio packet size 20 or 40

3) Also, make sure that serial ports COM1 and COM2 are turned off if not used,
or that either being used is set to the minimum bps necessary to handle the serial
communication. For example, use 4800 for CAT on a rig like the TS-480 and not
a high speed like 57600, since the higher speed is completely unnecessary.

73,
Mitch DJ0QN

UNQUOTE

I hope this helps you.
Audio Quality 0 is acceptable for me for HF SSB & CW. I don't need FM sound quality.
I am using Remoterig with a Netgear Nighthawk M5 mobile Router over 4G with an IP visible from outside and port forwarding.
The DDNS server at Remoterig works very well and is much more reliable than dyndns.org.
If I want to move to Zerotier VPN I will probably exchange my router for a Teltonika RUTX14. It has a ZeroTier client embedded.
A GSM base station is near the radio site. Becuse of an insufficient amount of channels I downgraded from 5G to 4G on the advice of a technician of the phone company.

73 de Christian
HB9BJL

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Hardware, Cabling, Installations / Re: CAT Interface for Kenwood TS480?

« on: 2024-06-06, 15:11:06 »

Moin Michael

"

DD0UL wrote:

Moin Mike, what I was trying to say: So far I had used an adapter that has a Sub-D socket at one end of the cable (connected to the CAT interface of the TS480), and a USB plug at the other end that went into the PC.

If I now use the RRC-1258MkII and want to continue using this CAT-USB adapter, I need a remote cable with 2x 9-pin female (that's how the manual describes it and that's what it looks like) from the TS480 to the remote RRC. But here on the Control RRC-1258 a gender changer is needed because COM2 is female, my USB cable is 9pin female.

Right?

"

Hello Michael,
install the Microbit Remoterig setup manager on your PC and use the supplied USB cable at the Remoterig control unit. At the radio unit you need to connect a straight RS-232 9 pin f - f cable between the COM 2 port at the radio unit and the COM port on the TS-480. My setup works perfectly.
73 de Christian HB9BJL (chris.eugster [ät] gmail.com)

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Configuration of Routers, Firewalls, etc / Re: Audio Interruptions

« on: 2024-04-02, 15:11:57 »

Hello Dave

here is a bit more on the subject:
https://www.remoterig.com/forum/index.php?topic=7930.0

My settings:
Radio settings: audio quality: 0 - alaw 8 kHz (sufficient for my use in CW)
Advanced settings: RX buffer size: 16, RX jitter delay: 15, Audio packet size 40 (ms)

I wonder if the IP type pf service setting (default: 0) may be optimised.

The TS-480 setup has a lot less interruptions than the my second one with twin TS-590s (IMHO a bit disappointing..)

73 de HB9BJL Christian

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Configuration, RRC 1258 / Audio interruptions and type of service

« on: 2024-04-02, 14:41:55 »

I have my RRC-1258 on the radio site connected through a Netgear Nighthawk M5 Router (no landline / fibre available). I have downgraded it to 4G (LTE), recommended by my provider. When using 5G I had way too many interruptions. At my radio site the 5G has only one channel and it is congested. I still have some audio interruptions with 4G but a lot less in comparison.

Is there a possibility to fine tune the settings ? In the advanced menu the IP type of service is set to 0. Can this be improved with a different setting ?
The audio quality has been set to 0 - alaw 8 kHz to conserve bandwith. The quality is sufficient.

Using a twin TS-590S setup resulted in much more audio droputs. The TS-480 is behaving a lot better in this respect, possibly generating less traffic but the receiver is worse in strong signal envoronments.

Any help is highly appreciated.

73 de Christian
HB9BJL.
 

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Configuration, RRC 1258 / Re: WINKEY USE

« on: 2024-04-02, 14:14:11 »

Hello Nodir
on your Radio Unit: Keyer settings: PTT activated by Keyer: Yes, PTT delay ms: 10
on your Control Unit:
- Keyer settings: Enable
- Serial Settings: COM3 (Extra) mode (USB-COMFSK) : Morse-8 Winkeyer
- I/O Settings: IN0 mode: Keyer, OUT0 mode : Keyer
You must use the provided USB cable. In your Windows Device Manager the following is shown:
RRC1258 COMExtra (COMxx). Use this COM port in your Logging software (N1MM+) for the Winkeyer:
Config -> Config Ports, Mode Control, Winkey -> Hardware : COM11 tick CW/other -> tick Winkey.
N1MM+ will then send CQ etc. correctly to the Radio Unit. I can send you my printscreens if you like. FSK for RTTY can be configured as well, it needs a connection between the radio unit and the FSK input of the TRX.

73 de Christian, HB9BJL
HB9BJL

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Configuration, RRC 1258 / Re: Help with TS-480 Remote

« on: 2024-03-31, 17:57:07 »

CW and FSK works fine with my setup. Both RRC units has a built-in Winkey and a FSK interface. You can connect the FSK output from the I/O RJ-45 connector to the FSK Input of the TS-480. You must make up the FSK cable yourself. I connect the radio side with a 3,5mm jack cable between the PAD and the KEY connectors. On the control unit I use the provided USB cable and my paddle connects to the PAD jack. Have a look at the manual first. For RTTY you can configure the control unit as follows: in the Serial settings COM3(Extra) mode you change COM3Extra mode (USB-COMFSK) from Mode-8 Winkeyer to Mode-10 Baudot-RTTY and restart the control unit.  I can send you some printscreens (chris.eugster@gmail.com).  73 de Christian HB9BJL

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General discussion forum / Re: Modes 6 & 7 (CAT to COM2) doesn't support all CAT commands?

« on: 2023-11-28, 14:31:52 »

Stian,
I have the TS-590S Twin Setup (not TS-590SG).

On the control side I have connected the RRC-1258 COM 2 port (plug male)  to the TS-590S COM port (plug female) with pins 2 and 3 crossed (2-3, 3-2) and pins 5,7 and 8 wired straight.

On the radio side I have connected the RRC-1258 COM2 port (plug female) to the TS-590 COM port (plug female) with a straight cable (2-2, 3-3, 5-5, 7-7, 8-8).

The Baud rate (Menu 61) is 9600 Baud and the connection between the radios works fine. The COM1 port on the radio RRC (plug male) is connected to a RA0SMS Kenwood Band decoder (plug male) to send the band information to my Yaesu-compatible Linear amplifier with a crossed wiring. (2-3, 3-2, 5-5, 7-8, 8-7) .

At both sides the Radio and Serial settings are the same:
Radio settings: Program mode 18 - Kenwood 590 Twin.
Serial settings:
COM2 mode: Logical parallel with COM0.
COM1 mode (for the band data transfer):  Mode-7 CAT to COM2 (remote / local to remote)

I could not get the N1MM+ logging program to work with COM1 on the control side, so I used a direct USB connection between the TS-590S and the PC
with 115200 baud (menu 62). This works fine.
I helped testing both Transceivers side by side before deploying one to the remote site.
The only problem I have with the TS-590S Twin setup is that the M/V and the Split functions do not work. My firmware version is V.2.05.
Maybe a downgrade to V.2.00 could help in this matter. I can live without the memory channels but the Split function comes in handy when working DX stations.
I now use a workaround with the RIT button.
 
73 de Christian, HB9BJL     

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General discussion forum / Re: TS-590S Twin setup: No memory channels or split operation

« on: 2023-11-24, 19:34:45 »

Hello Willi & all,
unfortunately, the Split function does not work when the twin TS-590S are connected between the home site and the remote station.  I have verified this several times, also by exchanging the Transceivers. The firmware is 2.05. Downgrading to versions 2.03 and 2.00 did not help. They can be found in the Groups.io TS-590 Forum.
https://groups.io/g/TS-590/files/TS590S%20Files/Programs,%20Equalizer%20Settings%20and%20Firmware/Firmware
I suppose this has something to do with the data transfer rate. Instead of Split, using RIT helps but it is more complicated to tune to the correct frequency.
73 de Christian, HB9BJL.

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General discussion forum / Re: TS-590S Twin setup: No memory channels or split operation

« on: 2023-11-15, 13:00:41 »

Hello Willi,
thank you for your reply. The problem was finally solved after performing a Full Reset on both Transceivers while they were not not connected with Remoterig (press and hold A/B and switch TS-590S on, release both, then press again A/B).  The Split and the TF-Set functions work fine now.

73 and tnx de Christian, HB9BJL

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General discussion forum / TS-590S Twin setup: No memory channels or split operation

« on: 2023-11-09, 16:39:53 »

I use a TS-590S Twin setup with my RRC-1258 MkII. This works fine, but the M>V memory channels and the SPLIT function doesn't work. I can live without memory channels but the split function is essential to work Dxpeditions. Is there a way to enable it ?

73 de Christian
HB9BJL