[arm-allstar] Allstar Remote Base Kenwood TM-V71

Tue Mar 22 01:14:30 EST 2016

Sorry, I misunderstood. This question I believe has been asked before -

http://lists.hamvoip.org/pipermail/arm-allstar/2015-June/001536.html

is one example.

The bottom line is that the radio has to have cat control either thru a USB or serial connection.

The hamvoip SW has hamlib built-in with hundreds of rig definitions. It is simple a matter of connecting the radio via USB or a USB to serial adapter to the radio. Then run rigctl at the linux prompt with the appropriate commands. Type ? for help. See the hamlib howto on the hamvoip.org web page.

There are devices out there that control remote head radios by sending command as the remote head would or allowing a remote head to be physically remoted anywhere via the Internet. The boxes that do that are rather expensive and while there may be I am not aware of a way to control then via hamlib. If the V71 does not have a CAT (serial) port then I doubt it can be made frequency agile. People have built hardware to do this via a microphone emulating button pushes but that is probably beyond the scope of what you would want to do.
73 Doug
WA3DSP
http://www.crompton.com/hamradio

Date: Mon, 21 Mar 2016 22:00:27 -0700
To: arm-allstar at hamvoip.org
Subject: Re: [arm-allstar] Allstar Remote Base Kenwood TM-V71
From: arm-allstar at hamvoip.org
CC: kj6qfs at gmail.com

If I'm not mistaken, I believe Kevin is talking about  frequency-agile remote base functionality. The G707 was already implemented, and similar to the V71. I've wondered the same thing myself. 

On Mon, Mar 21, 2016 at 9:21 PM, Doug Crompton via arm-allstar <arm-allstar at hamvoip.org> wrote:

Kevin,

Virtually all amateur radio manufacturers have standardized on the Mini Din 6 pin connector for data connections. Radios from Icom, Yaesu and Kenwood use the connector. 

The V71 uses the mini DIN. I have attach a page from the V71 manual showing the pinout. The cable would be a little hairy for most to fabricate on the radio mini DIN side so here is a link for a quality cable from Digikey with a min DIN 6 pin connector and 6 foot cord with bare leads.

http://www.digikey.com/product-search/en?keywords=839-1051-nd

It is $8.39 plus shipping.

You could also use an old PC mouse or keyboard cable as long as it had the right pins wired. You would have to ohm it out.

If you are interested in interfacing Allstar (or other data modes) you should have at least one of these around because at some point you will probably need it. So if you are ordering it might be a good idea to order more than one.

Here is a data sheet on the digikey cable -

http://www.tensility.com/pdffiles/10-00422.pdf

The connections are standard but every manufacturer labels them differently. Here is the connections for the DMK URI -

URI         V71
------------------
  1             3   - PTT
  8             6   - COS
  19,20      2   - GND
  21           5   - RX Audio
  22           1   - TX Audio 

The 1200/9600 baud outputs can be confusing when using audio. The 1200 baud output is de-emphasized so no software de-emphasis in Allstar would be needed.

Using the 9600 baud output would require de-emphasis to be set to yes.

It is likely the COS output is active high - so   carrierfrom=usb   should be set in simpleusb.conf.  

73 Doug
WA3DSP
http://www.crompton.com/hamradio

73 Doug
WA3DSP
http://www.crompton.com/hamradio

> Date: Mon, 21 Mar 2016 17:30:07 -0500
> To: arm-allstar at hamvoip.org
> Subject: [arm-allstar] Allstar Remote Base Kenwood TM-V71
> From: arm-allstar at hamvoip.org
> CC: kevin.babich at gmail.com
> 
> All,
> 
> I am endeavoring to interface a Kenwood TM-V71 to Allstar, however, only see information for the TM-G707.  I would assume the serial instruction set is similar, if not the same.  Has anyone successfully interfaced the V71 as a remote base?  If so, how did you accomplish the same?
> 
> Kindest Regards,
>  
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