[arm-allstar] REMOTE BASE W/ TM-V71A

[Brett Friermood]

You do realize there is a documented control protocol that gives you
control of the entire radio, right?

http://la3qma.aprs.la/downloadplugins/doc_download/10-kenwood-v71--tm-d710-pc-control-commands

I would say a much simpler, more secure, and more reliable way of doing it.

Brett KQ9N

On Wed, Mar 23, 2016 at 4:30 PM, Neil k8it via arm-allstar <
arm-allstar at hamvoip.org> wrote:

>
> After a bunch of experimentation with various methods to create a remote
> base with a Kenwood TM-V71A I  use the following method
>
> I placed the radio in remote cross bamd mode which allows full DTMF
> control of the other VFO  AS LONG AS THE CONTROL BAND IS ON THE OPPOSITE
> VHF OR UHF BAND
>
> I CREATED A PRIVATE NODE NUMBER ON MY ASTERISK SERVER, AND USE A MODIFIED
> AUDIO  FOB TO INTERFACE A CHEAP BAOFENG 888S $20 RADIO FOR THE 70cm REMOTE
> RADIO
>
> I then set my 70cm control frequency and turn on remote cross band mode.
> Full instructions are in the manual
>
> To control it I wrote a script in bash
>
> In order to enter the desired frequency, pl tone, offset I wrote a script
> based on redefining the asterisk dial plan using extensions and passing the
> resulting DTMF digits to my bash script
> The bash script formats the desired radio command and sends it using the
> *4<node #> command via the 70cm radio to the remoted TM-V71A radio.
> This also solves the ID  issue as the private node is configured to ID
>
> Please referance Doug's WA3DSP asterisk web page under how to       for
> instructions on how to do this with the dial plan. Doug has created a great
> resource with his how to notes
>
> Enjoy
>
> Thanks
> 73 Neil Sablatzky  K8IT
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