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TK-630H programming troubles
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n2mci
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I am talking about the Mic jack as that's where programming cable plugs in.. Pin 1, per the service
Manual, should have 12v on it to power the programming cable.. With out that voltage, the program
Cable doesn't work.. I've seen this before..
Pete
Manual, should have 12v on it to power the programming cable.. With out that voltage, the program
Cable doesn't work.. I've seen this before..
Pete
OFD-14-109
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I hooked everything up tonight and checked and the pin furthest to the right has 12V still getting connection error
OFD-14-109
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Thank you for posting those my KCH-4 control head has the RJ12 6 pin connector I checked and pin 6 has 12V at it, as the first diagram shows.
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So I looked at my kpg-46 cable that I ordered when I thought it was the cable I need, and it only has 3 wires going to the RJ45 connector it follows the wiring schematic posted except it does not have the wire going to pin 7 for the 12V, I am try to make a patch cable to go from the RJ45 plug to a RJ12 plug. Has anyone seen a cable like this how does the cable get it’s power?
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I may just buy the pieces and make my own cable, I can’t quite read the part # for the voltage regulator is it njm78l05ua or njm79l05ua?
Looks like a knock off programming cable. You did not say weather it was a Serial or USB programming cable. From your post it seems to be a Serial cable and that needs five volts for the RS232 to TTL converter. A USB cable usually uses the five volts from the computer to run the TTL logic going to the radio.
Seems the 78 or 79 series are five volt regulators similar to the one in the schematics I posted.
I have an older KWD 25 pin Serial program cable for the six pin radios and I added a lead from the input side of the voltage regulator thru a diode to a clip that I put on 12 volts.
Seems the 78 or 79 series are five volt regulators similar to the one in the schematics I posted.
I have an older KWD 25 pin Serial program cable for the six pin radios and I added a lead from the input side of the voltage regulator thru a diode to a clip that I put on 12 volts.
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Ok I will try to see if I can pull my cable apart tonight and look at adding a power lead. Do you happen to have a drawing of how you added it?
Look at the two schematics, 8 to 12 volts should go into the pin on the voltage regulator REG1 or REG coming from the RJ mic connector in the schematics, the three pin chip. And I will try to find a photo of one of the KWD cable circuit boards.
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Pardon the newb question but what is the purpose of the the capacitors on the input and output side of the voltage regulator?
The capacitors keep the regulator from oscillating and filters out noise.
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Gotcha I have little experience building circuits but have gotten pretty good with repairing and altering circuit boards. I always like to learn why items are required not just that they are required so I thank you for being patient with me!
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Ok so I made a patch cord to go from the RJ45 to RJ12 and tried to program the radio in a dos box inside win98se and I got the message stating mismatch model that I was expecting after installing the KCH5 upgrade I hit retry and the progress bar started moving then it said programming complete but there is nothing in the radio anyone ever seen this?
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Yes I have when running it in dos I can’t get it to communicate at all. I am still waiting for the parts to arrive to build my own cable. I contacted the seller I bought my cable from that I posted a pic of earlier and was told that the cable gets its power for the rs232 to ttl chip from the dtr pin on the serial port. At this point I’m just going to wait till the parts arrive so I can make my own cable.
The RS232 chip may not be getting power. Did you check the regulator input and out put voltages?
" cable gets its power for the rs232 to ttl chip from the dtr pin on the serial port. " not the best way to get voltage to run the RS232 to TTL chip.
" cable gets its power for the rs232 to ttl chip from the dtr pin on the serial port. " not the best way to get voltage to run the RS232 to TTL chip.
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I tried checking the voltage on the chip but I can not find a voltage regulator on it, I’ve basically decided to give up on this cable I bought of eBay and build my own based off of the schematics you posted, I will report back after all my parts come in.
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