--- In [email protected], "tbanks204" <tbanks...@...> wrote: > > Received my cable today, how does on set up the Kenwood TM-710A for use with > the Nuvi 350. Thanks >
I am assuming you mean the GTRANS cable for the Kenwood. Here are the general settings for the D710A. The SMARTBEACONING menu items and a few other choices are only available with the D710 firmware updates: TNC Version 1.01, OP Panel Version 2.01, Main Version 2.01. These can all be tweeked to your liking. Menu #600 BASIC Set the My CALLSIGN to your callsign and ssid Set the BEACON TYPE to eAPRSf Menu #601 TNC Set DATA BAND to A]BAND Set DATA SPEED to 1200 bps Set DCD SENSE to D or RxD BAND Set TX DELAY to 200 ms. Menu #602 GPS PORT Set Baud Rate: 4800 bps Set INPUT: GPS Set OUTPUT: WAYPOINT Menu #603 WAYPOINT Set FORMAT: KENWOOD Set NAME: 9]char Set OUTPUT: ALL Menu #606 BEACON INFORMATION Set SPEED : ON Set ALTITUDE : ON Set AMBIGUITY : OFF Menu #608 STATUS TEXT Pressing the MHZ button will put the flashing cursor to the left of a number between 1 and 5. Press eUSEf and an asterisk will be set between the cursor and the number. Pressing MHZ gets you to the sub menu items. In the TEXT FIELD, you can enter some text or leave blank. You can also set the text transmission rate: 1/1 or 1/3, etc. Menu #609 PACKET FILTER You might want to set the POSITION LIMIT to something like 50 or 100 miles to keep the noise down. For the TYPE just leave all the selections with an asterisk. #610 STATION ICON Select OTHERS Then select the appropriate SYMBOL and TABLE. It defaults to KENWOOD. Menu #611 BEACON TX ALGORITHM Set METHOD : Set to AUTO or SMARTBEACONING (Additional SMARTBEACONING settings are in menu #630 and menu #631) Set INITIAL INTERVAL : 2 (The manual only shows 0.2/0.5/1/3/5/10/20/30 minutes but there is a setting for 2 min with the latest firmware) Verify DECAY ALGORITHM : ON Verify PROPORTIONAL PATHING : ON Menu #612 PACKET PATH Set TYPE : Select eNEW]N PARADIGM and press eUSEf Set WIDE1]1 : Set to ON if you need to use a local digipeater to get to an IGATE Set TOTAL HOPS : Set to 2 unless you have WIDE1-1 on then set to 3 Verify PATH IS VIA: WIDE2]2 or WIDE1-1,WIDE2-2 depending on above settings. Menu #613 NETWORK Verify an asterisk is next to APRS. Menu #624 SOUND RX BEEP : OFF TX BEEP (BEACON) : OFF SPECIAL CALL : Blank APRS VOICE : OFF Menu #625 INTERRUPT DISPLAY Set per personal preference Menu #626 DISPLAY UNIT 1 Verify SPEED, DISTANCE : mi/h, mile Verify ALTITUDE, RAIN : feet, inch Verify TEMPERATURE : F Menu #630 SMARTBEACONING 1 Set LOW SPEED : 5 Set HIGH SPEED : 60 Set SLOW RATE : 10 MIN (600 seconds) Set FAST RATE : 120 SEC Menu #631 SMARTBEACONING 2 You can leave as is to begin with but I prefer: Set TURN ANGLE : 40 DEG Verify SLOPE : 26 (10 DEG/SPEED) Set TURN TIME : 60 Larry K7YBZ
