M/A-Com OpenSky P800 & P801

[rmiles]

As we already know, these are Kenwood radios with a M/A-Com / OpenSky label slapped on. I have a few TK-190's and they're great radios, so I would assume the P80x radio is similar in many ways, albeit, inside they are very different. I was trying to find out some more information on these radios and ran across an interesting discovery. They are not listed as support radios in either RPM nor ProGrammer. So, how do you program them? Did Kenwood right flash and programming software for M/A-Com specifically for these two radios? Does M/A-Com have a third software program for them? Do they use the KPG-36 cable to interface, or does M/A-Com have a cable that plugs into the TQ-3370?

Other than the standard Kenwood accesories (with an OpenSky label applied) listed in the M/A-Com accessory guide, and the data sheet, I could not find much info on these two radios. Not even a .PDF users manual.

[EngineerZ]

It is my understanding that there is no specific programming software for Open Sky radios per se. Most of the programming is done over the air from the network administration server. The radio itself has an interactive (menu driven) interface (via serial port ?) so some of the radio parameters can be configured locally via a terminal session to get the radio on the network initially. But once on the network, radio personalities are created on a server and the radio pulls them down automatically.

--z

[rmiles]

Originally Posted by EngineerZ

It is my understanding that there is no specific programming software for Open Sky radios per se. Most of the programming is done over the air from the network administration server. The radio itself has an interactive (menu driven) interface (via serial port ?) so some of the radio parameters can be configured locally via a terminal session to get the radio on the network initially. But once on the network, radio personalities are created on a server and the radio pulls them down automatically.

--z

I understand the same thing. However, there has to be a way to get an IP address into, or out of the radio. Shouldn’t some sort of minimum configuration be done first? Otherwise, how would the Sys Admin know what to add to the network to connect to the radio?