[arm-allstar] How to get FTM-300D working with AllStar voip

[Kevin Custer]

Bill,

I believe the FTM-300 is going to require the following special 
attention to work correctly:

First - watch this video by NA9LE - YouTube; DRA-50 & FTM-300 - 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8lJDpADFxA4
While the video references a DRA-50 - a properly wired DRA-30 will 
work.  I'll assume you have it all wired up properly.  This video is for 
a different application, (digital data) but concentrate on how the radio 
is set-up, so you can duplicate its operation. Otherwise - COS may not 
be present.

Then - continue with what follows below:

1 - Put the FTM in B+A mode on screen; sub band A visible on screen; 
data band set to "B-Fixed".
2 - Set the DATA speed in radio to 9600.
3 - Use the data band for ASL.

If you're using a Yaesu CT-164 data port adapter cable - use pin 4 of 
the Mini-DIN-6 for receive audio, and pin 6 for COS.

An amplified radio interface may be necessary to achieve proper transmit 
deviation for voice.  The DRA-30 will work - but the TX audio may be 
low.  A DRA-50, CT-164, and male to male Mini-DIN-6 are the right 
combination for this radio making a nearly plug-n-play set-up.

Kevin W3KKC


On 2/3/2024 9:36 AM, Bill Dornbush wrote:
> Kevin,
> I tried both cosfrom=usbinvert and cosfrom=usb with the same result 
> which is no response.  I will try to capture the squelch signal to be 
> sure it is really there.
>
> Bill AA6BD
>
> On Fri, Feb 2, 2024 at 7:09 PM Kevin Custer <kevin at kc-wireless.com> wrote:
>
>     Bill,
>
>     Try using cosfrom=usbinvert
>
>     Kevin W3KKC
>
>
>
>     On 2/2/2024 4:18 PM, Bill Dornbush via ARM-allstar wrote:
>     > I have a Pi3 with a DRA-30 that I am trying to get to work with
>     an FTM-300D
>     > radio.  I have installed the jumpers on the DRA-30 for COS and
>     CTCSS. I
>     > wired the FTM-300D squelch control to the COS pin 2 of the
>     DRA-30.  I set
>     > the FTM-300D so that the squelch terminal becomes active when
>     either the TX
>     > or RX band squelch is open and I set the band programmed to the
>     frequency
>     > for the hotspot operation.  I have a FT1-XDR HT programmed to
>     the same
>     > frequency.  I can send a DTMF sequence using Supermon and the node
>     > responds.  In the simpleusb-tune-menu, I have COSFROM set to usb and
>     > CTCSSFROM to no.  I ran Asterisk CLI client, and I see that
>     simpleusb_read
>     > reports that it got DTMF characters when I key the HT. But the
>     node does
>     > not act on the DTMF sequence.  What am I missing?
>     >
>     > AA6BD
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