This would be excellent material for the wiki... to drop a not so subtle hint ;-)
On 17-Oct-09, at 10:43 PM, k7ybz wrote: > > > --- 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 ™eAPRS™f > > 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 ™eUSE™f 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 ™eUSE™f > 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 > > > > ------------------------------------ > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > -- Erich J. Ritzmann ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/tracker2/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/tracker2/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[email protected] mailto:[email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
