Hey, I didn't need DCS at the time. Looks like TX code is at 80-81 Hex, and RX code is 82-83
81 EC = D023N 81 E6 = D026N What DCS code do you need? On Thu, Jul 15, 2010 at 8:46 PM, Jeff Lavoie - KB1SPH/WQEX694 <[email protected]> wrote: > Ok, let me make it a little more clear for anybody that might not have > understood the first message. (No offense intended Eric) > > A Kenwood TKR-820 repeater has CTCSS and DCS encoding and decoding built > into it with an on-board controller. The configuration is stored in a > EEPROM chip, 93C46 (or 93LC46). > > What I'm trying to do is figure out how to change the configuration without > using the expensive Kenwood programmers, unfortunately this one isn't just a > simple cable. > > I have a serial EEPROM reader/writer, so I used instructions found in the > repeater-builder archives at > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg63481.html > to modify the configuration for the ctcss tones. Unfortunately, the person > who wrote that article didn't figure out the DCS configuration. > > So I'm hoping that someone who has a TKR-820 already configured for DCS has > the ability to read the EEPROM chip as well and send me a copy. > > I hope that clears it up a little more. > > Jeff, KB1SPH / WQEX694 > > > -------------------------------------------------- > From: "Eric Lemmon" <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, July 15, 2010 10:24 PM > To: <[email protected]> > Subject: RE: [Repeater-Builder] TKR-820 CTCSS/DCS EEPROM > >> Jeff, >> >> I suspect you may be headed for disappointment. CTCSS (PL) and CDCSS >> (DPL) >> are handled differently within the radio. While the former is audio, >> albeit >> sub-audible, the latter requires a DC connection to the modulator in order >> to create the DCS signal at a 134.4 Hz rate. In other words the CTCSS >> hardware will not work for CDCSS. Perhaps some readers who have TKR-820 >> stations with CDCSS capability can advise you about the modifications >> and/or >> optional modules that are necessary to handle DCS. >> >> 73, Eric Lemmon WB6FLY >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [email protected] >> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected] >> Sent: Thursday, July 15, 2010 7:03 PM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: [Repeater-Builder] TKR-820 CTCSS/DCS EEPROM >> >> >> >> >> Ok, I'm playing around with my Kenwood TKR-820 a bit. I've found the >> instructions for HEX editing the channel and ctcss information after >> reading it from the EEPROM, and they work great. But there's nothing >> about DCS. I'm wiing to try and decipher how to get the DCS, but I >> need a look at the information from a chip that contains DCS >> information. Since I don't have a real programmer I can't change mine >> and then look at it. So if anyone has a TKR-820 with DCS in it and a >> EEPROM reader, it would be greatly appreciated if you are wiling to read >> the chip with PonyProg2000 (http://www.lancos.com/ppwin95.html) and send >> me a copy. >> >> Thanks, >> Jeff, KB1SPH / WQEX694 >> >> >> >> >> >> >> ------------------------------------ >> >> >> >> Yahoo! Groups Links >> >> >> > > > ------------------------------------ > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > >
