Ramsey Electronics TCCI-1 manual

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    TCCI -1 • 1 j " Com T ransceiver Control Computer Interface The J-Com Transceiver Control Computer Interface allows y ou to con trol mos t if n ot a ll o f rad io functi on s fro m y ou r compute r. It is functionally identical to the Icom CT-17, Yaesu FIF-232C, Ten Tec 305 and Heath co mputer inte rfac es. It w ill wo rk w ith a ll radios a[...]

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    TCCI -1 • 2 RA MSEY TRA NSMIT TER KI TS • FM-10 FM Stereo Transmitte r • FM-1,2,3,4 FM Wireless Microph ones • PB-1 Telep hone Transmitter RAMSE Y RECEI VER KI TS • FR- 1 FM Br oad cast Rece i ver • AR-1 A ircraft Band Recei ver • SR-1 Shortw ave R e ceiver • AA - 7 A c tive A n tenna • SC-1 Shortw ave Converter RA MSEY HOBBY KIT [...]

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    TCCI -1 • 3 j " COM TRANSCEIVER CONTROL COMPUTER INTERF ACE Ramsey Publication No. MTCCI-1 Price $5.00 T A BLE OF CONT ENTS Introduction to the TCC I .............. 4 TCCI B lock Di agra m ............... .... 4 Parts Li st ................................. .... 5 Instula tion ................. .................. 5 Soft ware ................[...]

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    TCCI -1 • 4 INTRODUCTION: The J-Com Tran sceiver Co ntrol Computer Interface provide s the appropri ate “level shift” of signal s between y our computer’s RS -232 COMM port and y our transceiver’s TTL computer cont rol conne ction. By using low power integ rated cir cuit devices to make t hese conversion s, we have been able to pack age t[...]

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    TCCI -1 • 5 The blo ck d iag ram shown is a v ery general inte rpretation of the J-Com Transc eiver control Co mputer. W he n a sign al is sent from your co mputer it is in binary (a logic 1 or 0). The binary signal is betw een 3 and 25 volts f or a logic 1 and b etween -3 and -25 volt s for a logic 0. Your radi o doesn’t use such volt age leve[...]

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    TCCI -1 • 6 SOFTWARE: The J-Co mm Transceiver C ontrol Com puter Inter f ace is com patible with all rig control software available. This incl udes Kenw ood’s HamWindow s ® , DXB ase, K1EA C T , LOGic, NA, Turbo Log, Hyperlog, RC-Pl us and many others. Consult the softw are manual and any ot her on-di sk information (READ.ME fi les) which came[...]

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    TCCI -1 • 7 We have inclu ded a copy of the RC -Plus sha reware radio cont rol program on our HamBase demo diskette. This program will be found in the directory RCPLUS. To use the program, c opy all the files in the di rectory to y our hard disk, or to a dif ferent dis k by ty ping : C:> MD RCPLUS C:> CD RCPLUS C:>COPY A:RCPLUS*.* (If[...]

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    TCCI -1 • 8 Remem ber that the person w ith the most knowle dge of your compute r system is you. W e wish we could be more helpful, but it is virtually impossible f or us to deb ug your enti re sy stem on the telephone. Th e majority of problem s encountered are so ftware se tup related, i.e. wrong COMM port, IRQ conflicts. Since we did not setup[...]

  • Page 9

    TCCI -1 • 9 To enter thes e codes into the prog r am, pres s “O” on the main men u, then choose th e t y pe of data tran sfer y ou r equire. In the ca se of the Y easu FT- 900, y ou would choo se “Enter Hex”. N ow you can enter y our code in, and in case of th e Yeasu an d possibly ot h ers, enter t he code in rever se. Now y ou can press[...]

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    TCCI -1 • 10 The Ramsey Warranty Please read carefully BEFORE calling or writing in about your product. Most problems can be solved w ithout contactin g the factory. Notice that thi s is not a "fine prin t" warranty . W e w ant you to unders tand your righ ts and ours to ! All Ramsey kits w ill work if assembl ed properly. The ve r y fa[...]

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    TCCI -1 • 11 TCCI j·Com Transceiver Control Compute r Interface Quick Reference Page Guide Introd uction to the TCC I ......... .... 4 TCCI B lock Di agra m ................... 4 Parts L ist .................................... 5 Instula tion .......... ......................... 5 Softw are ................................. .... 6 RC- Plus .....[...]