At 08:41 PM 04/23/08, you wrote: >--- In [email protected], "n9wys" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Give me a couple of days to dig up my notes, Frank... I interfaced >a > > CAT-300 to a TKR-820. (You DID meant to write TRK, not KTR, >correct?) The > > internal controller MUST be disconnected and some of the lines >jumpered to > > get it to work properly. > > > > Mark - N9WYS > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [email protected] On Behalf Of Fran > > > > Im building a Kenwood KTR-820 repeater useing the > > Arcom RC-210 controller. I'm in the process of wiring > > a Comspec Tone board for my CTCSS PL tones. Any help > > would be appreciated. > > > > I tried to use the internal controller for my PL tones > > but when I plug the internal controller plug back I > > lose COS control on the Arcom. > > > > Frank > > >Thanks, >Yes it is a TKR-820 Kenwood, I jumpered on connector CN1 off the >internal controller jumping out pins 2-3, 8-9 and 10-11. > >I have a Com-Spec TS64 that I'm working on wiring to the accy plug on >the 820. > >Frank >Thanks for your help!!! >KB2AYS
Here are my notes on a TS-64: >Red wire is + DC power in > >Black is ground > >The green wire is the AUDIO INPUT. Hook this to the receiver discriminator. > >Ground the violet HANGUP wire or it will stay in "pass the audio" mode >all the time. This is the biggest single error in connecting on the >TS64 - if it is acting like it's dead right out of the box (i.e. not >decoding) make sure that the hang-up lead (the purple wire) is grounded. > >Use the white MUTE wire for decode logic output. By default it uses >open collector active high signalling (i.e. this signal will go high >for decode), but it needs a resistor from this pin to a voltage source >to do it. If you need active low install jumper JP7 to cause the >signal to go to ground on decode. > >The yellow wire is the ENCODE OUT. This is the audio that is run to >the transmitter modulator. > >The orange wire is the PTT input. Ground this to switch the tone >encoder on. When ground is removed the encoder phase is >shifted (i.e. reverse burst), and the encoder stops 160ms later. > >The gray wire is the PTT OUT. This signal goes low when the orange >wire is grounded and stays low for the duration of the grounded input >plus the reverse burst timing. In normal mobile radio use the PTT lead >from the microphone would be disconnected from the radio and be >connected to the orange wire, and the grey wire be connected to the >point in the radio where the microphone PTT lead was. > >The blue wire is the FILTERED AUDIO OUT. The path from the green wire >(in) and the blue wire (out) has a high pass / low cut audio filter in >line, designed to remove the subaudible tone from the user audio. This >is an installers choice - You can feed the blue wire back into the >receve audio connection (i.e. cut a trace and have the source go to >green and the destination go to blue). This type of radio surgery is very >radio dependent. Many radios have a high pass filter in them from the >factory and in that case you can simply tape off the blue wire and ignore it. Mike WA6ILQ
