First off - I now consider the two coolest things in the world to be river locks for boat/ship passage and a Tracker 2 connected to a Garmin Nuvi 350. WoW! That is cool!
Now, I need to add that the message I sent the other night (below) came as a result of frustration and a touch of panic. I've always had trouble connected and communicating with hardware to this computer which caused the frustration. I've got it now but it is intermittent (probably my old Windoze computer). The near panic was the result of not transmitting. Shortly after I sent the message in question I realized I had mistakenly set the radio to transmit at hi power. My guess is the power supply I used just didn't have enough oomph to do that as when I backed it down to lo power I transmitted just fine. I still need to figure out the loss of the keypad on the mic (the PTT and 'up' / 'down' buttons still work) but I'll look at the suggestion below. Thanks to all that responded. This group is helpful Now, anyone have any pointers to where I can learn more about digipeating and setting up my T2-135 to do that? Pete KCØGPB ----- Original Message ----- From: Keith VE7GDH To: [email protected] Sent: Tuesday, October 20, 2009 12:18 AM Subject: Re: [tracker2] T2-135 and Nuvi 350 Pete KC0GPB wrote... > Well, I seem to have finally gotten the radio to communicate with the > Nuvi. However, I am not transmitting a packet (or anything, for that > matter). From the Nuvi, you could send a command to the T2-135 and see if it beacons... --bea > Also, when I run the config program with the tuning diagnostics I > cannot hear any tones when clicking the config program's PTT button. The radio must obviously be in DIGITAL mode to enable the T2-135, or you wouldn't be able to connect with otwincfg.exe. What level to you have the transmit audio set at, as viewed using the slider control in otwincfg.exe, or in a terminal program with the TXLEVEL command? > The keypad on the microphone for the Alinco no longer works, either. Search the archives for messages I posted about "remote MIC functions" from a year or two back. Look for a two conductor cable (red black) coming from the front of the radio to the left side of the circuit board, viewed from the front of the radio. Disconnect it and you will regains some of the remote mic functions while in digital mode... e.g. you can punch a frequency in from the keypad. Then take it out of digital mode to use for voice. Here's a copy of a message that I posted on the subject back on July 4 2008. _________________________________________ I received a reply from Alinco via my dealer about the remote MIC functions not working on a DR-135T with their TNC installed... and the same with a T2-135 installed. The reply wasn't entire clear, but it made reference to the two wire red-black cable that comes from the front of the radio and plugs into the circuit board on the same side where the T2-135 installs. Their reply hinted that the remote MIC functions should work when the radio was not in digital mode and something about +5V being switched either to the TNC or to the MIC. I went ahead and disconnected the red-black cable. When it is in digital mode and only when it is in digital mode, I can now use (most of) the remote MIC functions e.g. I can... * mon probably works, but audio doesn't go to the speaker in digital mode, so effectively, it still doesn't work * change the power output * enter a frequency from the keypad, but apparently not if I'm in the call channel * press SET * go to the CALL channel * toggle from memory to VFO * toggle from VFO to memory but only if the VFO is in digital mode As before, the UP/DOWN buttons work and I can send DTMF from the MIC. Not a 100% fix, but it at least gains those functions while it is in digital mode. Scott - does this give you any ideas on how the remote MIC functions could be made functional with the T2-135 installed and without disconnecting the red-black cable? _________________________________________ > I can no longer open the local 2 meter voice repeaters with this radio > either. Do you mean you can't transmit using the PTT on the MIC? > Did I brick my radio as far as transmitting? It seems to be putting > out NOTHING! I'm not sure. Do you mean the radio won't transmit at all now? 73 es cul - Keith VE7GDH -- "I may be lost, but I know exactly where I am!"
