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General discussion forum / Re: SunSDR2 PRO + RemoteRig

« on: 2016-07-06, 08:15:16 »

I've managed to find the cabling for ModMic, as per their support engineer:

- The tip and ring carry both signal and power.
- They're both shorted together
- The sleeve is ground
- there are only 2 wires to the mic, one is power & signal, one is ground

As the transceiver emulate TS-480, I think to configure RRC for TS-480 although I will not use TTL connector.
As per RRC manual I will need to enable JMP-1 on Control RRC to activate DC voltage on Pin7 of Aux/Mic connector



I will need an adapter from RRC AUX/Mic to Mic 3.5mm jack :
tip (signal input) -> 3 (Mic)
ring   -> 7 (pwr 8V)
sleeve -> 4 (Mic gng)

Is this connection OK for the specified electret microphone ?

Thank you!
Dan

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General discussion forum / SunSDR2 PRO + RemoteRig

« on: 2016-06-30, 18:20:33 »

Hello,

I would like to connect my new SunSDR2 PRO radio (http://media.sunsdr.eu/2015/11/SunSDR2_PRO_-_RadCom.pdf) through RemoteRig, although I think it is possible I would like to ask for some help.
The radio emulate TS-480 CAT protocol and has 2 independent receivers.
The radio has on front panel connectors for Mic, Headphone and CW key.
I would like to use RemoteRig to transport Mic, Headphone and CW over internet.
The microphone is an electret "ModMic 4.0 Attachable Boom Microphone"
- Pattern: Uni-directional
- Sensitivity: -38 ± 3 dB
- Response: 100 Hz–10 kHz
- SNR: >50+ dB
- Impedance: 2.2 KΩ
- Operating Voltage: 1 to 10V
- Max current at 2.0V: 500 µA
- Max input SPL: 110 dB

How do I setup the RRC (jumpers) for this configuration?


SunSDR2 PRO has the posibillity to open two receivers on the same time.
I didn't use this feature until now but from the manual I understand that RRC-1258 MK2s will transfer both signals (Main/Sub Receiver) on RRC Control SP connector.

Thank you!
Dan

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General discussion forum / Re: TS-480 head - light flashing

« on: 2016-06-23, 23:06:37 »

No, is the one recommended for RRC,bought together RRC + power supply from Remoterig.com

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General discussion forum / TS-480 head - light flashing

« on: 2016-06-18, 22:03:46 »

Hello,

I've noticed that the TS-480 head light is flashing when I increase the AF volume.
With AF vol at 9 o'clock the light is constant, no flashing, as I increase the volume the more intense is the light flashing.
I don't remember to see this behavior in the past.
Any idea ?

Thank you

See a short movie here: https://aureliandan.smugmug.com/RRC1/n-Z7KDSp/i-QPmCRDh/A

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General discussion forum / Re: Firmware 2.90 with Win-Test and Winkey

« on: 2016-04-24, 22:23:12 »

Upgraded both RRCs, control & radio to 2.90 and there are  no issues.
Win-Test and N1MM+ are working as expected.
(Windows7 pro)

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General discussion forum / Re: SO2R & RemoteRig

« on: 2016-04-20, 20:49:30 »

Christian, thanks for the details info, I've read again the RRC documentation and now I understand the IO port functionality
So, as you said, I will need a custom cable from each RRC to u2R
DB9 on u2R side and
- RJ45 to RRC Control I/O port, pin 4 & 8 (for u2R WinKey CW, simulate a Straight key)
- RJ45 to RRC Control Aux/Mic for Mic and PTT
- 3.5 Stereo jack to RRC Control SP or TS-480 Head headphone connector
--------------
- at RRC Control box -> IO Settings, select IN0 mode: Keyer 
- at RRC Rdio box -> OUT0,OUT1,OUT2 select mode: Keyer
- N1MM+/Win-Test -> configured to use u2R WinKey COM port for CW

Now, as per microHam cable drawing, there are another connection (PTTIN) to PTT. I've asked again microHam support about this connection and they insist that connection should exist, in my case TS-480, this is from Remote port, pin 2 & 4, here usually you connect an amplifier, as per TS-480 manual:

Connect an external transmission power amplifier to the REMOTE connector (1 male, 8-pin mini DIN connector (E57-0405-XX) is supplied). Switch ON the linear amplifier control relay via Menu Nos. 28 (HF) and 29 (50 MHz). Select “2” or “3” if you use the internal relay to control the linear amplifier status. The TX/ RX relay response time is 10 ms when you have selected CW Full Break-in and 25 ms when you have selected CW Semi Break-in

The TX/ RX control method differs, depending on external amplifier models. Some amplifiers enter the TX mode when the control terminal is grounded. For those amplifiers, connect pin 2 of the REMOTE connector to the GND terminal of the amplifier and connect pin 4 of the connector to the control terminal of the amplifier

And here is the latest response from microHam support:

PTT *out* (also know as amplifier PTT) from the TS-480 is
pin 4 (MKE) on the TS-480 REMOTE jack with pin 2 (COM)
grounded.  That needs to be connected to PTT IN of micro2R
in order for micro2R to perform "latch" switching of
headphone audio (switch to non transmitting radio) in
SO2R mode.

I don't think RRC Control provide an output connector with PTT info, I think it could be possible to use the I/O port on RRC Radio to transport the signal from TS-480 Remote port (pin 2 & 4) to the RRC Control  I/O port and then to the u2R but that will complicate things even more.
As I understand you are running u2R without this PTT cable connected and it is working, correct ?
I'm using 99% CW, PTT activated by VOX on Radio not by RRC keyer.

Thank you!

73, Dan

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General discussion forum / Re: Firmware 2.90 with Win-Test and Winkey

« on: 2016-04-20, 13:41:14 »

I'm using 2.89 on the RRC Control and 2.87 at RRC Radio.
Upgrading from 2.87 to 2.89 solved my CW issues with N1MM+ and sometimes with Win-Test, now N1MM+ and Win-Test are working OK.
Will try an upgrade to 2.90 and see if there are any issues.

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General discussion forum / Re: SO2R & RemoteRig

« on: 2016-04-19, 18:40:34 »

Thank you for all info, it gives me some hope
See bellow the microHam support reply:

As the diagram you attached shows, Station Master requires access
to the transceiver CAT Port for band decoding.  You will need to
run the RRC CAT signal *through* Station Master

micro2R, on the other hand, has nothing to do with CAT - you can
run headphones, PTT, mic, keyer output and FSK to each RRC box
as if they were the transceivers.  The only issue - micro2R needs
a PTT signal *from* the rig (particularly with VOX in SSB) in order
to do things like switch headphones to the non-transmitting rig.
There may be some issues there unless the RRC box provides a TX
tally.

Christian, I see you are using a TS-480, do you have a drawing of the cable between RRC Control and u2r ?
I see in the u2R documentation a separate cable just for PTT as you see it in this thread.
As of now, I'm using the RRC winkey emulator, but if I want to use u2R I understand that I should use the u2R winkeyer, how do you setup/cable this ?

Thank you!

73, Dan

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General discussion forum / Re: SO2R & RemoteRig

« on: 2016-04-16, 09:21:42 »

What I'm thinking is to use two RRC pairs, one for each TS-480 radio, basically this will extend Mic, CWkey, CAT over internet and from what I've read, micro 2R need only these inputs from Radio. This way microham micro2R will be located at Control site.
This is the basic diagram from microham site where I've added the red arrows for RRC locations with u2r located at Control site


And this is the diagram for the cables that need to be connected on microham micro2R. With the exception of PTT, all others can be connected to RRC Control.
Related to PTT connection it is mentioned that:
"Connect cables from PTTIN1 to the PTT out of RADIO1
IMPORTANT: This connection is required for proper audio switching in VOX operation"


with the pin connections for TS-480


I see that for remote site, I need to mirror CAT for Station Master. I understand this is possible in RRC using COM1
Theoretically it doesn't look complicated but I know that from theory to practice is a long way so any thoughts or suggestions will be appreciated.

Thank you!

73, Dan

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General discussion forum / Re: SO2R & RemoteRig

« on: 2016-04-15, 20:47:50 »

Thank you Mitch for your suggestion. I don't have any experience with microHam micro2R, from what I've read I understand it is capable to automate SO2R environment if I use it with N1MM or WinTest.
As you said, I'm also thinking to buy another TS-480SAT to have identical radios, K3/0 would be nice but it is to expensive, at least for this moment.
Anyway I'm sure will take some investment to build a SO2R environment.
I've started to participate on CW contests using some contest software as SO1R and now as SO2V but it is frustrating that I cannot hear both VFOs on the same time.
Perhaps at this moment, a radio with a second receiver will do a real SO2V with my existing configuration but I want to move to SO2R.
At a first view, micro2r with microphone & key input for each radio could be connected to Controller RRCs, looks simple but I know is not like that
I would appreciate any drawings or info, I'm open to any other suggestions.
I've seen some SO2R demos with Anan and SunSDR2Pro, very nice, but I don't know if SDR solutions can be integrated in a remote environment.

Thank you!

73, Dan

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General discussion forum / SO2R & RemoteRig

« on: 2016-04-15, 19:23:50 »

Hi,

I have a TS-480SAT connected to RemoteRig, all working very good.
Having a spare Kenwood TS-870 I would like to explore SO2R.
I do understand the concept but all it seems more complicated due to remote configuration.
Is someone willing to share from his experience?
I'm thinking at MicroHam micro2R, eventually selling TS-870 for another TS-480SAT.
Is it possible to connect MicroHam micro2R on the RRC control side?

Thank you for any suggestion!

73, Dan

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Configuration, RRC 1258 / Re: RRC Winkey bug? / N1MM+ send incomplete message/callsign

« on: 2016-01-18, 11:34:39 »

I've tried N1MM+ this weekend on HA-DX Contest, worked almost 500 QSOs in CW, the combination N1MM+ & RRC worked as expected in all modes. The reported issue never appeared so this could be some sort of validation for the new beta firmware.
Still 3 or 4 "Radio disconnect" messages, I will try to reproduce them and catch them in log.

In the mean time I have a new PCI board with 2 physical COM ports, I will install it these days.
One question although I think I know the answer but anyway:
Is it possible to have COM2 connected on physical PC port and in the same time on a USB virtual COM2 port ?
The idea is to have access on CAT port from two different software in the same time, one connected to physical COM2 and one to the virtual COM2.
These contest software N1MM+, Win-Test and others do not work well or they do not work at all on shared virtual ports so I thought it could be a solution to have N1MM+ connected to a physical COM2 port and other software like CWSkimmer or HDSDR connected to a virtual (USB) COM2 port.

Thank you

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Configuration, RRC 1258 / Re: RRC Winkey bug? / N1MM+ send incomplete message/callsign

« on: 2016-01-13, 11:32:12 »

Jan,

1. I will try to open and record a diag session and keep it for long time perhaps I will catch that error, although it will collect a lot of data.
That should be d, 2, correct ?

2. I've just ordered a serial PCI board with 2 serial ports, today should arrive and I will try it.
Would you recommend a physical COM port instead a virtual COM port via USB ?
At first sight, a dedicated physical COM should be better. Are there any other drawbacks in using a physical COM for CAT ?
For winkey, as I understant, it is always a virtual COM port.

Thank you

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Configuration, RRC 1258 / Re: RRC Winkey bug? / N1MM+ send incomplete message/callsign

« on: 2016-01-12, 21:15:53 »

Thank you Jan, I will try to fix those virtual ports using MicrobitDeviceManager.

Although I bought remoterig many months ago, I've just started to use it in Nov 2015.
I have another two issues to report, perhaps we will work on another threads to solve them if it proves to be related to RemoteRig.

1. From time to time, N1MM+ disconnect from TS-480



I've tried different settings for Radio connection but I still have this behavior from time to time.
I have no issues with the internet connection between control and remote site.
Usually I have 3-4ms latency at a 500Mbps download and 100 Mbps upload from remote site

2. The second issue is happening on all contest programs, N1MM+, Win-Test, DXLog.
I've noticed it after a long period of not disconnecting RRC-Control & RRC Radio, they were 24/24/7 on for more than 2 weeks.
The behavior:
Selecting a DX Cluster spot (callsign) in a Band plan should change almost immediately the frequency and the mode on the Radio but in this case it takes 6-10s to do that.
I've noticed this behavior for all tested contest programs, N1MM+, Win-Test, DXLog.
If the RRC-Control is restarted, all returns to normal, on spot double-click the radio change freq and mode almost instantly.

Thank you

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Configuration, RRC 1258 / Re: RRC Winkey bug? / N1MM+ send incomplete message/callsign

« on: 2016-01-12, 19:24:46 »

The latest version of N1MM+ was installed and all is working as expected

Thank you