[Xastir] Kenwood TM-D710 TNC Configuration question

Murry murraybr at nbnet.nb.ca
Mon Nov 29 11:27:31 EST 2010


This info may not be of any use to you, but I have a 700 not a 710, and 
in Xastir
when I set the interface for "serial tnc" everything works fine.

Murry   VE9MB


On 11/29/2010 4:37 AM, Kai Gunter Brandt wrote:
> On 11/28/2010 08:30 PM, Joel Kershner wrote:
>> I have been searching the web for answer to this question with not
>> much luck, a whole lot of questions and not a lot of answers.
>>
>> Some how I think its more complex than setting Xastir to use a config
>> file with the configuration string "KISS ON".
>>
>> During my research I found some one (Patrik Stromdahl, SM7NWJ.) who
>> claimed that they had a working config file for the D710.
>>
>> # $Id: tnc-startup.d710,v 1. 2009/06/03 10:28:58 sm7nwj Exp $
>> #
>> # Patrik Stromdahl, SM7NWJ.
>> #
>> # TNC Init file for KENWOOD TM-D710.
>> #
>
>>
>> But when I init the TNC using this it displays the firmware version
>> information and I dont get any TNC information into Xastir.
>>
>> When I use a terminal I see APRS traffic just fine.
>>
>> Configuring it as a straight KISS TNC hasnt worked well either.
>>
>> Suggestions?
>>
>
> This could be because the script failed once when you tested it. In 
> this file i can see TC 1 been used but no command to put it back when 
> you are exiting.
>
> Do you really need the TM-D710 to be in Kiss-mode? The TNC mode is 
> working with xastir.
>
> If you see firmware version then theres something wrong with your setup.
> The following commands are allowed for the display unit:
> TN (sets read tnc mode)
> CS (sets read callsign)
> AE (serialnumber)
> SR (unknown)
> TC (sets read internal tnc mode)
> BL (backlight)
> 0M (updating firmware)
> RT (sets read time)
>
> Kai Gunter
> LA3QMA
>
>
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