Is it the cable or is it the PK?? I am writing this because Timewave is closed, they send their people home at 4:30 their time. I found out the other day when I had them on the phone asking questions about this PK-232MBX concerning upgrades and cables.
If anyone here can help it would be most appreciated. Any constructive suggestions would be welcome. I understood Timewave to tell me I needed a "modem" cable to connect the PK to the computer. They offered to sell me a set of cables for 30.00 but I don't have the money to spend on anything but bills and sons right now. So, I tried to make my own "MODEM" cable (like a good Ham) by cutting two cables which gave me a male db25 on one end and a female db9 on the other. I connected the cable to the computer com1 serial connector and to the db25 connector on the PK-232MBX. The MBX starts up does its self test and then goes into "wait mode" awaiting its next command, with the "BAUDOT" light lite, but the application I am using "MODEMSWITCH" says it can not find the PK-232 on any of the com ports. So I have now bought an AT compatible "modem" cable off of ebay with the proper connectors. I need to make sure it is not the cable I made causing the problem. Here was the procedure I used: I looked up "serial modem cable wiring". I made copious notes and drawings of the wiring configuration and started to work. 9 PIN 25PIN 1 8 2 3 3 2 4 20 5 7 6 6 7 4 8 5 9 N/C I found an old parallel printer cable with a db25 and one of those funny looking parallel printer connectors on it. I cut off the printer connector and left the db25 and stripped the rubber back and then separating out all of the wire in tact on the db25. I rang out the cable with the db25 on it until I had the wires going to the correct pin numbers for the modem wiring. I then cut the end off of a cable that had the two 9 pin connectors - one on each end of different genders. I picked the gender that matched the db9 connector on the back of the computer and then rang that cable out pin to pin. I then matched the wires and soldered them together according to my notes and drawings of what I found for serial modem cable on the internet. I heat shrinked them to avoid shorting. 9 PIN 25PIN 1 8 2 3 3 2 4 20 5 7 6 6 7 4 8 5 9 N/C For some reason it isn't working but it seems that the PAKRATT is because it goes through all of its diagnostics and all is well. I have since rang out the cable again and corrected all errors but it still doesn't work, I have again rang out the cable and the cable rings true this time (double/triple checked) Any ideas how to test this system (Is it the cable or is it the PK??) 73 fer nw es gud DX, QSL VIA: BUR, LotW, e-QSL Bob AD5VJ Old calls: WY5L/KH3-KE5CTY-N5IET http://www.ad5vj.com/ Member: CTDXCC, NTCC, STXDXCC FISTS: # 12637, SKCC# 2369 10X# 37210, FP#-1141 SMIRK#-5177, RARS #-149 > -----Original Message----- > From: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of earicci > Sent: Saturday, January 20, 2007 3:37 PM > To: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com > Subject: [digitalradio] Re: PK-232MBX > > Dave: > > They sell any cable you need, and will even build custom if you need. > > Best 73 Eliot KE0N > > > > > Announce your digital presence via our DX Cluster > telnet://cluster.dynalias.org > > Our other groups: > > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dxlist/ > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/themixwgroup > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/contesting > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wnyar > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Omnibus97 > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > >
