Posted: 4/15/2015 10:51:37 PM EDT
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Anyone got one of these or know of a place where I can getan "Idiot's Guide" for setting it up? I'm having a bit of trouble understanding it. I picked one up really cheap recently and went about trying to set it up. Problem number 1 is that Windows 7 does not come with hyperterminal anymore. Got that solved, reset the jumpers, and got my callsign in it. Got it recieving packets and sending them to my computer, but found out I had the wrong cable for my TM-V71a. Tried to make my own cable but found out the 6-pin mini din cable I had was 1 wire short  Ok, got the new cable ordered. But even though I was recieving packets, the led lights weren't lighting up on the front. Maybe that was a cable problem? I have the right PC to TNC cable, and APRSISCE was decoding APRS traffic on .39, but I screwed it up and am too tired to mess with it more tonight. Other than that, I am completely lost. I can't figure out how to change the baud rate back to 9600 (on the PC comm side), it reverted to 1200 when I hard reset it. I would also like to run it as a digi/igate combo and a stand-alone digi, but can't figure out the terminal settings to do that. I would also like to do "regular" packet work at some point, but again I'm confused with the terminal programming. Terminal was a bit before my time, and I'm no IT whiz  I know a few of you are into packet and TNCs, so I'd appreciate any help y'all could give me on getting this thing set up.
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I want to buy a KPC3+ and have been reading the manual on-line. It is right HERE
This is just a tag, hoping for some words of wisdom that I can utilize when I buy my KPC3+. Where did you buy the cable ? |
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Quoted: I want to buy a KPC3+ and have been reading the manual on-line. It is right HERE This is just a tag, hoping for some words of wisdom that I can utilize when I buy my KPC3+. Where did you buy the cable ? Thanks. I've read through the manual and it starts off nice and slow for retards like me (open this, click this, put this cable here, etc.) and then just jumps into "here are 10,000 text commands, oh and don't forget to change the baud rate and do a bunch of other shit, good luck"  I ordered the cable from BuxComm, this is the one I ordered for the TM-V71a. |
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I'm running the exact setup. I ordered this cable:
1 x KVKW45 Kantronics KPC and KAM KAM 98 etc to Kenwood radios with RJ45 modular Mic I O 6 FT- (KVKW45) = $21.95 from packetradio.com It installed and ran perfectly right off the bat. The manual can be downloaded form Kantronics website for free. Just make sure that the cable has the pigtail for the external speaker hookup and you're good to go. |
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Just FYI for everyone else. I found this which is what I was looking for, at least for the stand-alone digipeater portion. I'll have to give it a try when my cable comes in. Still looking for any other tips & tricks y'all may want to share. Also, mine is the version 9.1 firmware. |
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Just found this good resource as well. For others interested. |
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Please ham world, stop trying to use or hack hyperterminal for TNC use.
Putty is what you seek. Putty Download Link IM me for setup guidance after your cable comes in. In addition to the Buxcomm cable, I have found THIS cable for interfacing your PC to the TNC. I use either the serial add-on card or a USB to serial cable with a FTDI chipset. You can also paste your config here for us to critique... |
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Quoted: Please ham world, stop trying to use or hack hyperterminal for TNC use. Putty is what you seek. Putty Download Link IM me for setup guidance after your cable comes in. In addition to the Buxcomm cable, I have found THIS cable for interfacing your PC to the TNC. I use either the serial add-on card or a USB to serial cable with a FTDI chipset. You can also paste your config here for us to critique... Thanks for the offer. I'll take you up on that. Let me know how to "copy & paste" my settings and I'll do that. Or, if you can let me know what works for you that may be better if I start there and ask questions if I have any problems. But, of course, I've still got to figure out what the settings do. I had the opportunity to buy this thing I have wanted for a while LNIB for $30 and jumped on it knowing it would be a project. I want to start out by setting up just a digipeater and mapping on my computer so that I can use my HT and Mobilinkd setup to map my range from HT to base station (on a remote 445 frequency). I would like to be able to set it up to digipeat (with a longer delay), but also map it on APRSISCE so that I can know real time I'm making it in but still make my own map and not clog up the regular frequency. Eventually, I'd like to set up a digipeater (and maybe igate) so that I can take this thing mobile to remote locations and set up a digi where there is no coverage. I'm going up to Greers Ferry Lake in AR in a couple of weeks and that is a great example of a good place for that. I have a spot high on a hill overlooking the lake and a landing that may come in handy for some folks over a holiday. |
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Quoted: Connect to the TNC using putty Next type "command" so the TNC will interpret all entries as a command to process. Next type "display" to list all current parameters. Copy and paste. Also, while I'm thinking about it: I'm going to want to increase the delay for digipeating so I can hear the return on my Baofeng and Mobilinkd. The delay on that radio is a bit long to hear the digipeat of my own signal from the digis here in town. |
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Connect to the TNC using putty Next type "command" so the TNC will interpret all entries as a command to process. Next type "display" to list all current parameters. Copy and paste. What do you do to connect to the TNC using putty ? I have putty on my computer all ready. I use it with the Raspberry Pi. Just getting ready for when my gear arrives. I can't do nuthin yet. |
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Quoted: Will do when I can get this thing in front of me. Pretty much everything is going to be stock as I hard reset it the other night. Also, while I'm thinking about it: I'm going to want to increase the delay for digipeating so I can hear the return on my Baofeng and Mobilinkd. The delay on that radio is a bit long to hear the digipeat of my own signal from the digis here in town. Quoted: Quoted: Connect to the TNC using putty Next type "command" so the TNC will interpret all entries as a command to process. Next type "display" to list all current parameters. Copy and paste. Also, while I'm thinking about it: I'm going to want to increase the delay for digipeating so I can hear the return on my Baofeng and Mobilinkd. The delay on that radio is a bit long to hear the digipeat of my own signal from the digis here in town. COMMAND $03 (CTRL-C) cmd:display 8BITCONV ON ABAUD 1200 AUTOLF ON AX25L2V2 ON AXDELAY 0 AXHANG 0 BEACON EVERY 0 (disabled) BKONDEL ON BLT 1 EVERY 00:00:00 2 EVERY 00:00:00 3 EVERY 00:00:00 4 EVERY 00:00:00 BREAK OFF BTEXT BUDLIST OFF NONE A Link state is: DISCONNECTED CANLINE $18 (CTRL-X) CANPAC $19 (CTRL-Y) CD SOFTWARE CHECK 0 (disabled) CMDTIME 1 (1 sec) CMSG OFF COMMAND $03 (CTRL-C) CONLIST OFF NONE CONMODE CONVERS CONOK ON CONPERM OFF CPACTIME OFF CR ON CRSUP OFF CSTAMP OFF CTEXT CTRL A OFF B OFF CWID EVERY 0 (disabled) CWIDTEXT DE (my callsign) DAYTIME 04/13/2015 20:03:04 DAYTWEAK 8 DAYSTR mm/dd/yyyy hh:mm:ss DAMA OFF DAMACHCK 18 (180 sec) DBLDISC OFF DELETE $08 (CTRL-H) DIGIPEAT ON DWAIT 0 ECHO ON ESCAPE OFF FLOW ON FILTER OFF FRACK 4 (4 sec) FULLDUP OFF GPSHEAD 1 $GPGGA 2 3 4 GPSINIT GPSPORT 0 NORMAL CHECKSUM GPSTIME VALID RMC HBAUD 1200 HEADERLN ON HID ON HTEXT INTFACE TERMINAL KNTIMER 15 min LEDS ON LCOK ON LFADD OFF LFSUP OFF LGETCHAR $05 (CTRL-E) LLIST OFF NONE LT 1 2 3 4 LTP 1 GPS 2 GPS 3 GPS 4 GPS LTRACK 0 MONITOR OFF MALL ON MAXFRAME 4 MAXUSERS 10 MBEACON ON MCON OFF MCOM ON MHEADER ON MRESP ON MRPT ON MSTAMP OFF MXMIT ON MYCALL (my callsign) MYALIAS DISABL MYDGPS DISABL MYDROP 0 MYNODE (my callsign)-2 MYPBBS (my callsign)-1 MYREMOTE disabled NDWILD OFF NEWMODE ON NETCALL disabled NETALIAS NETBUFFS 32 NETCIRCS 5 NETDESTS 25 NETLINKS 10 NETROUTE 5 NETUSERS 5 NOMODE OFF NTEXT NUMNODES 4 PACLEN 128 PACTIME AFTER 10 (1000 msec) PASS $16 (CTRL-V) PASSALL OFF PBBS 100 PBFORWRD NONE EVERY 0 (disabled) PBHEADER ON PBHOLD ON PBKILLFW OFF PBLIST OFF NONE PBLO NEW VARIABLE PBMAIL OFF PBPERSON OFF PBREVERS ON PBSIZE 0 PBUSERS 1 PERSIST 63 (25%) PID OFF PMODE CMD PTEXT RANGE 0:255/0:255/0:255/0:255/0:255 REDISPLA $12 (CTRL-R) RELINK OFF RETRY 10 RING ON RNRTIME 0 (disabled) RTEXT SCREENL 0 SENDPAC $0D (CTRL-M) SLOTTIME 10 (100 msec) START $11 (CTRL-Q) STOP $13 (CTRL-S) STREAMSW $7C (|) STREAMCA OFF STREAMEV OFF SUPLIST OFF NONE SWP 17,17,108 TELEMTRY 0 TRACE OFF TRFLOW OFF TRIES 10 TXDELAY 30 (300 msec) TXFLOW OFF UNPROTO CQ UIDIGI OFF NONE UIDUPE 0 (disabled) UIDWAIT OFF UIFLOOD disabled,30,NOID UITRACE disabled,30 USERS 1 XFLOW ON XKCHKSUM OFF XKPOLLED OFF XMITLVL 100 XMITOK ON XOFF $13 (CTRL-S) XON $11 (CTRL-Q) |
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Quoted: I promise I will get back to answer the questions above. Currently juggling the honey-do list, preparing for new floors, and waiting on the cable guy. Currently have no internets at the house and a proper response will require my desktop. |
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cmd:command COMMAND $03 (CTRL-C) cmd:display 8BITCONV ON ABAUD 1200 AUTOLF ON AX25L2V2 ON AXDELAY 0 AXHANG 0 BEACON EVERY 0 (disabled) BKONDEL ON BLT 1 EVERY 00:00:00 2 EVERY 00:00:00 3 EVERY 00:00:00 4 EVERY 00:00:00 BREAK OFF BTEXT BUDLIST OFF NONE A Link state is: DISCONNECTED CANLINE $18 (CTRL-X) CANPAC $19 (CTRL-Y) CD SOFTWARE CHECK 0 (disabled) CMDTIME 1 (1 sec) CMSG OFF COMMAND $03 (CTRL-C) CONLIST OFF NONE CONMODE CONVERS CONOK ON CONPERM OFF CPACTIME OFF CR ON CRSUP OFF CSTAMP OFF CTEXT etc, etc, etc |