I just purchased an Ameritron ALS-600 solid state amp to eventually use with my Flex-5000A. I've been researching interfacing it with the Flex for automatic band switching. All that I've come across on the internet talks about using DDutil and a PARALLEL port (with a custom PARALLEL port cable) to send BCD data to the ARI-500.
However, reading the ARI-500 manual, it says, "Interfacing to Kenwood Radios: The Computer port (CAT) is used to retrieve the frequency of the radio. When the ARI-500 is first turned on, the "Auto Information" (AI) command is sent to the radio. This command causes the Kenwood radio to output the state of the radio (frequency, mode, etc) anytime the state has changes. The ARI-500 then uses the frequency to determine the appropriate band and then selects the correct antenna. The diagram below shows how to connect a Kenwood radio with a DB-9 Com port to the ARI-500. Note that pin 7 and 8 (RTS, CTS) on the Kenwood port are connected together. This ensures that the Kenwood will send the status information to the ARI-500. The Remote port is also found on the back of the Kenwood which has the amp key line needed for the ARI-500." Since the Flex-5000 and PowerSDR emulate the Kenwood TS-2000, why can't the flex be interfaced to the ARI-500 using DDutil and the SERIAL port (even using the stock Kenwood TS-2000 to ARI-500 cable)? Seems logical to me that it would be plug and play and work with little additional configuration or wiring. Am I wrong? KK2QQ _______________________________________________ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/
