Problem with Yaesu 857

[EA1AF]

Hello,

I have an IC-7100 with my first remoterig system working but....

I have my second remoterig since 5 days ago and I spent 2 days tryng to install remoterig with Yaesu 857.

RRCīs are new, V8.

I have these points checked:

- Programming is done with the manual. Jmpīs, strapping, etc
- I can see in the status of both RRC that i have connection, all is ok.
- Yellow led in both RRC are ok.
- Cables are checked several times.

When I switch on the radio, the connection is stablished, but the control do not power up. I have no power in the control head.

Any ideas?


Thanks.

EA1AF - David

[dj0qn]

David,

Did you change the three UDP ports to a different one from the other RRC? You can't run two systems in parallel using the same port numbers.

73,
Mitch DJ0QN / K7DX

[EA1AF]

Hi Mitch, thanks for the fast answer,

I am using now 14000, 14001, 14002.
And tested with 13000, 13001, 13002. I switched off my other remoterig station and did the configuration in the RRCīs with these ones.

When I switch ON i can hear the relays noise inside the radio, but in the next switch OFF and ON, do not hear nothing.
To hear again this relay noise need to do power OFF - ON the power supply.

All these time the system is Connected/transfering with no error msg.

EA1AF - David

[sm2o]

The most common problem with FT-857 is that it makes a short circuit when it starts, even many 30 Amp power supply cannot keep  the voltage up. So if you have connected the RRC to the same PS as the radio it will restart. You can see if it restarts on the uptime counter on the info page. Separate PS for the RRC solves the problem

/mike

[EA1AF]

Hi Mike,

Yes , I was reading old post and I did al the installation correct to avoid the short circuit.

I got today a Kenwood TS-2000 with D700 front end and I installed all this evening with the new configuration for remoterig .
The system can not power up the control panel also.
The fault is similar to the 857 configuration.
When I try to power on, the kenwood TS-2000, switch ON and OFF continuosly and the control panel is OFF all time.

I am starting to think that there is sometinhg wrong in the RRCīs.

EA1AF - David

[sm2o]

i don't think they are broken, if the relay click in the ft-857 the power on signal is OK. I guess the problem is that the serial data connection is not open after power on so it switch off immediately. Check the cables and the settings, also look at the status page after trying to connect and see if it says something about the problem.

73 de mike

[EI3KD]

Are you sure you have the cable the right way between the control panel and the RRC TTL connector? If it is the cable supplied by remoterig, the end with a yellow connector must be into the RRC - it won't work the other way around.

[EA1AF]

Hello again.

I found the problem.

I needed to disassemble my first remoterig and bring to my home the 2 RRCīs of my first installation.(THis one using a IC-7100)

When I installed IC-7100 , I had the same problem , the panel control of the 7100 do not switch ON, only i can hear a relay sound inside the radio alwais doing ON -OFF, the 2 RRCīs are OK, there were Connected/transfering, but no power on the control pannel.

I switch my old Radio RRC with the new control panel RRC and all working OK.

I have a problem in my new RRC Radio side unit.

EA1AF - David





 

[sm2o]

Ok you can send it for repair, just put it in a padded envelope and send it to us. We often repair and return next day

73 de mike

[EA1AF]

Thanks for your help Mike.

I received  the RRC radio box repaired and all is working now.

73īs

EA1AF - David