Hi again, Larry, Thanks for the information. I am going to apply your advice this afternoon. Admitedly, I must not have read all of the instructions properly, although I thought that I did. I'll get back to the group this evening. I really appreciate you taking the time to help me out in this matter.
73's Dave N4CVX --- In [email protected], "k7ybz" <k7...@...> wrote: > > Hold on there. > > If you have the T2-301, you CANNOT use the FC301D software to set anything on > the radio. The two serial ports are for the OT2. You use the OTWINCFG to > setup the basic OT2 and run a terminal program if you want to set the power > and XMT and/or RCV frequency. By default the TX/RX frequency is set to 144.39. > > Use SETFREQ ttt.ttt rrr.rrr Where ttt.ttt is TX and rrr.rrr is RX. i.e > SETFREQ 144.390 144.390 > > Use SETPOWER pp Where pp is the power level from 0 to 99. > > Larry > K7YBZ > > --- In [email protected], "cwo4davemann" <n4cvx@> wrote: > > > > > > > > --- In [email protected], Jason KG4WSV <kg4wsv@> wrote: > > > > > > Do you have a T2-301 or an FC301? > > > > > > Use otwincfg.exe to configure a T2-301. I believe the program you are > > > trying to use is for a bare (non-T2 equipped) FC301 radio. > > > > > > -Jason > > > kg4wsv > > > > > > > Please take a look at the screenshot I have placed in my album with this > > group. I have the T2-301. > > > > Notes for the photo: > > > > This is what I get when I have the Model T2-301 data radio and Tracker 2 > > combination attached to the serial port. Note that the T2 software works > > fine but has no way to work with the radio configuration. Note that the > > "Port" window shows that it is searching for a correct baud and parity - it > > scrolls to various settings trying to find a connection. Note the lack of > > detail to the use of English in the instruction. Also note that there is no > > help file or FAQ. > > > > Now as to programming: I can access the Tracker 2 using hyperterminal on a > > Windows PC and using the native serial terminal application on my Linux > > work station. That serial access gives me the usual embedded commands and > > settings. > > > > I can access the Tracker 2 with a Windows PC using the otwincfg application > > and I can do the same using itwincfg running on a Linux machine with wine. > > I can do all th evarious programming needed through those GUI interfaces. > > > > Now as to the GUI for the radio. I took the top off of the T2-301 radio > > and checked to see if the LED's were lit. They were not. I unplugged the > > Tracker 2 daughter board and re-powered without the tracker. The LEDs come > > on, but the radio programming GUI still will not connect to the radio. > > > > I replaced the daughter board and reconnected power. The Red LED came on. > > I opened the otwincfg GUI and triggered the "test" area; the red LED > > doubled in brightness and I read 4.8 watts from the radio into a dummy > > load. I toggled it off and the red LED went back to low bright. The > > diagnostic routine allows the other LED's (green, etc) to be toggled as a > > test. They did not toggle on and were never lighted. > > > > I tried both a v.1.0 and a ver 1.1 of the radio programming application. > > The v 1.0 should have been called an alpha version and had serious GUI > > issues. The v 1.1 seemed to be all there and spaced correctly. I could > > type in settings, although neither the delete or the BS keys worked, only > > cursor placement and mouse-over left key selection for erase or change of > > input. > > > > My conclusions: > > > > The radio is working; > > > > The Tracker 2 is working and can be accessed with the otwincfg application > > AND with a serial terminal application. Settings which were successful > > were 4800 baud, 8N1. > > > > The radio programming software is possibly flawed; aside from the fractured > > English, it is not talking to the radio or vice-versa. > > > > The serial cable set up is correct since it works with all other > > operations. just not with the radio programming software. > > > > There is NO way to set the radio parameters using the T2 software as > > downloaded from Argent. At least if there is an application which will do > > that, I haven't found it yet on the Argent site. > > > > I appreciate any advice offered and will continue to try to work this > > problem out. I am anxious to get the radio programmed and driving a 5 watt > > in - 30 watt out home brew linear and get on with the rest of the WCARES > > emergency APRS Portable Digipeter. > > > > 73's > > > > Dave > > N4CVX > > >
