[arm-allstar] Kenwood Repeater Interface

[Chris Viningre]

Am I missing something. I don't see anything that would stop the node from
keying without a PL tone. Do you?

Chris Viningre
70 W. Roadrunner
Salt Flat, Texas 79847
C:(915) 504-1510
Website: ws5b.com <http://ws5b.com>
chrisviningre at gmail.com
chris at ws5b.com
Ham Radio Call Sign: WS5B





On Tue, Dec 15, 2020 at 7:09 PM Chris Andrist <chris.andrist at outlook.com>
wrote:

> Hi Chris,
>
> I use the following for my TKR.
>
>
> rpt.conf
>
> rxchannel=SimpleUSB/usb
>
>
> duplex=0
>
> Comment Out All ID fields
>
> ;idrecording=/etc/asterisk/local/node-id
>                                 ; Main ID voice
> ;idrecording=|iDE /L
>                                 ; Main ID CW
> ;idtalkover=|iDE /L
>                                 ; ID when signal present
>
> ;idrecording=|iDE /L
>
>
>
> linktolink = yes
>
>
> simpleusb.conf
>
> [general]
>
> [usb]
>
> eeprom=0
>
> rxboost=0               ; 0 = 20db attenuator inserted, 1= 20db attenuator removed
>                         ; Set to 1 for additonal gain if using a low-level receiver output
>
> carrierfrom=usb         ; no,usb,usbinvert
>                         ; no - no carrier detection at all
>                         ; usb - from the COR line on the modified USB sound fob
>                         ; usbinvert - from the inverted COR line on the modified USB sound fob
>
> ctcssfrom=no            ; no,usb,usbinvert
>                         ; no - CTCSS decoding, system will be carrier squelch
>                         ; usb - CTCSS decoding using input from USB FOB
>                         ; usbinvert - from the inverted CTCSS line on the modified USB sound fob
>
> invertptt=0             ; Invert PTT 0 = ground to transmit, 1 = open to transmit
>                         ; This is the collector lead of the 2n4401 on the modified
>                         ; usb sound fob.
>                         ; please refer to the howto for the procedure to do this.
>
> ;plfilter=no            ; enable PL filter
>
> ;deemphasis=no          ; enable de-emphasis (input from discriminator)
>
> ;preemphasis=no         ; enable pre-emphasis (output to TX)
>
> ;rxaudiodelay=0         ; rx audio delay for squelch tail elimination. Valid values
>                         ; from 0-24 in 20ms increments. Typical values 5-10
>
>
> simepleusb_tune.conf
>
> [usb]
> devstr=1-1.1.2:1.0 ; use dmesg | grep "C-Media"
> rxmixerset=400
> txmixaset=500
> txmixbset=500
>
>
> —
> Regards,
>
> Chris Andrist, KC7WSU
>
> On Dec 15, 2020, at 2:54 PM, Chris Viningre via ARM-allstar <
> arm-allstar at hamvoip.org> wrote:
>
> I just set up a Kenwood TKR-840. I made a cable to connect to my
> soundcard
> and everything is working fine. The problem is that the node is keying the
> repeater with the PL tone off. The repeater works fine by itself and will
> not transmit without the PL tone. I have the duplex setting at 2 and have
> tried the other settings? Are there any Kenwood folks that can put me in
> the right direction?
>
> Chris Viningre
> 70 W. Roadrunner
> Salt Flat, Texas 79847
> C:(915) 504-1510
> Website: ws5b.com <http://ws5b.com>
> chrisviningre at gmail.com
> chris at ws5b.com
> Ham Radio Call Sign: WS5B
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