<div dir="ltr"><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">From: Kevin Halton <<a href="mailto:khalton@cox.net" target="_blank">khalton@cox.net</a>></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">So
 I've been trying to build an allstar node for some time now. I only get
 20-30 minutes at a time to work on it. That said, I've tried 2 
different USB interfaces and I still can't seem to get the damn thing to
 work.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">I'm
 currently using a TK-8180 as the radio because it has a 25 pin 
accessory connector on the back which should (theoretically) make things
 easy. If I can get that to work I have lots of ideas for interfacing 
other radios and I'm more than willing to futz around with usb fobs.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Anyway, here's a diagram of the pinout for the radio from the service manual (7180 is the same as 8180):</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><img id="m_-6614816007626161817gmail-m_-4865578840234717050Picture_x0020_1" alt="image.png" class="m_-6614816007626161817gmail-CToWUd" width="115" height="441"></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">I've tried connecting to this radio using a <a href="http://www.repeater-builder.com/products/usb-rim-lite.html" target="_blank"><span style="color:blue">USB-Rim Lite</span></a> and a <a href="https://sites.google.com/site/radiofarmprojects/home/voip-interface" target="_blank"><span style="color:blue">Radio Farm Projects VOIP CM119B Interface</span></a>.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">The
 RIM Lite doesn't appear to pull down the PTT I/O enough to stay keyed 
and I can't seem to get any audio in or out of it (using SimpleUSB 
Tune).</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">The CM119B Interface seems to do a fine job doing PTT but again, no audio in or out as far as I can tell.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">I'm using these pins on the radio:</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">5 - DI - Data Input</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">7 - Ground</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">12 - IO7 - Configured for COS</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">13 - IO6 - Configured for PTT</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">19 - DEO - Discriminator External Output</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Any ideas as to where I'm going wrong? Any feedback is appreciated</span></p></div></div>
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