You will have to ignore some extra characters that Yahoo added during the upload since they were not there from my origional document I copied this from. I corrected the false items below.
Larry K7YBZ --- In [email protected], "k7ybz" <k7...@...> wrote: > > > > --- In [email protected], "tbanks204" <tbanks204@> 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 APRS > > 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 NEW N PARADIGM and press USE > 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 >
