[arm-allstar] Yaesu DR-1X Interface

Sun Dec 20 01:59:22 EST 2015

+1 I'm also looking for advice on choosing a higher gain device for the
output of a URI (for one weird project of mine)

On Sat, Dec 19, 2015 at 10:47 PM, Jeff Carlyle KD0QCN <kd0qcn at aecimo.org>
wrote:

> Doug,
>
> I am running 12 volt into the URIX, and just to test I cranked the TX
> level to 999 and I still have audio that is still so low you can barely
> hear it.
>
> I'm open to suggestions as I have tried everything I can think of.
>
> Jeff
> KD0QCN
>
> On Dec 20, 2015, at 12:13 AM, Doug Crompton <doug at crompton.com> wrote:
>
> Jeff,
>
>  The DR1(x)  needs a lot of TX audio. In the mods I made I used the
> built-in amplifier in the DMK-URI and had the TX level set to almost max -
> like 950. That seemed to work OK. If you are already doing that and have
> very low audio then I guess yours is different for some reason. Also if you
> are using 5V to power the additional amp you could try running it from the
> suggested 12V. In that case you would need to use an external voltage to
> the opamp pin on the DMK-URI. Refer to the DMK web site for schematics and
> suggestions. Using 12V you should be able to develop more than enough audio.
>
> Let me know what you finally find.
>
>
>
> *73 DougWA3DSPhttp://www.crompton.com/hamradio
> <http://www.crompton.com/hamradio>*
>
>
> ------------------------------
> From: kd0qcn at aecimo.org
> Date: Sat, 19 Dec 2015 22:29:08 -0600
> To: arm-allstar at hamvoip.org
> Subject: Re: [arm-allstar] Yaesu DR-1X Interface
>
> Hey Doug and All,
>
> OK, here is where I am on the interface, I followed your how to on
> hamvoip, the only thing I did different was I am going high on COS polarity
> because I didn't have the items necessary to do it and I'm an hour away
> from the nearest radio shack.  I set carrierfrom = USB to compensate.
> Everything seems to be working fine except I have VERY low TX audio, as in
> the volume on my test radio is all the way up and can barely hear it. Local
> speaker audio is fine.  I even turned on the amplifier in the uri as
> suggested in the how to. What am I missing?
>
> Thanks,
> Jeff Carlyle
> KD0QCN
>
>
> On Nov 30, 2015, at 3:57 PM, Doug Crompton <doug at crompton.com> wrote:
>
> As I remember the ham I modified it for had tried the back connector and
> something did not work. I confirmed that again but I forget what didn't
> work. I am checking with the other ham and if I find anything out I will
> let you know. So in the end it was just easier to do the same mod as the
> DR1.
>
>
>
> *73 DougWA3DSPhttp://www.crompton.com/hamradio
> <http://www.crompton.com/hamradio>*
>
>
> ------------------------------
> From: kd0qcn at aecimo.org
> Date: Mon, 30 Nov 2015 13:07:55 -0600
> To: arm-allstar at hamvoip.org
> Subject: Re: [arm-allstar] Yaesu DR-1X Interface
>
> Doug,
>
> Thanks for the clarification, would you be so kind as to expand on the
> problems you had using the back connector?  I would like to be able to
> explain to the club why I need to do it the way you explained vs just using
> the back connector.
>
> Thanks,
> Jeff
> KD0QCN
>
>
> On Nov 30, 2015, at 10:55 AM, Doug Crompton <doug at crompton.com> wrote:
>
> Jeff,
>
>  I did go on to modify a DR1X and found problems with using the back
> connector. I ended up modifying it the same way as the DR1 and it worked
> fine with Allstar as a controller. Doing it the way I show in the mod works
> on both the DR1 and DR1X.
>
>
>
> *73 DougWA3DSPhttp://www.crompton.com/hamradio
> <http://www.crompton.com/hamradio>*
>
>
> ------------------------------
> To: arm-allstar at hamvoip.org
> From: kd0qcn at aecimo.org
> Date: Mon, 30 Nov 2015 08:32:10 -0600
> Subject: Re: [arm-allstar] Yaesu DR-1X Interface
>
> Doug,
>
> I did read the howto on hamvoip.org.  I was really wanting to use the 15
> pin connector on the back of the DR-1X.  You stated in the howto that you
> did not have access to the DR-1X and you were unsure of how to interface
> with that 15 pin.  That is what I'm trying to figure out as we are trying
> to avoid cutting into the main harness inside the repeater.  Really all I
> need is something as simple as pin 1 of URI to pin 2 of DR-1X etc...  I was
> hoping someone had done this already as I hate to re-invent the proverbial
> wheel.
>
> 73,
> Jeff
> KD0QCN
>
> On 11/30/2015 1:42 AM, Doug Crompton wrote:
>
> Did you read the howto on the hamvoip.org web page?
>
>
>
> *73 Doug WA3DSP http://www.crompton.com/hamradio
> <http://www.crompton.com/hamradio>*
>
>
> > From: kd0qcn at aecimo.org
> > Date: Sun, 29 Nov 2015 23:57:48 -0600
> > To: arm-allstar at hamvoip.org
> > Subject: [arm-allstar] Yaesu DR-1X Interface
> >
> > Hi All,
> >
> > My club has put me in charge of setting up a RPi2 with Allstar and
> interface that with our DR-1X repeater using a DMK URI. The problem I am
> having is I am seeing some information on the DR-1 interface but not on the
> DR-1X. The DR-1X uses the 15 pin plug on the back of the repeater. We are
> not concerned with keeping the digital side of the repeater at this point.
> Has anyone done this interface and might possibly have the schematic of how
> you did it, or even something as simple as what pins you used?
> >
> > Thanks in advance for any help!
> >
> > Jeff
> > KD0QCN
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