Kenwood TS-990S - Manual (Page 2)

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PC CONTROL COMMAND REFERENCE GUIDE
ABOUT THIS REFERENCE GUIDE
All descriptions in this reference guide are for the
user’s convenience. JVC Kenwood Corporation
does not support nor warrant the applicability of this
documentation in any way.
CONNECTING TO A PC
You can connect the TS-590S transceiver to a PC
COM port using a RS-232C connector, to a USB port
using a USB 2.0 (AB type) cable, or to a LAN port
Through the transceiver menu, select a baud rate for
communications between the PC and the transceiver.
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Using a RS-232C Straight Cable
Directly connect the RS-232C straight cable
between the COM port of the PC and the COM
terminal of the transceiver.
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Using a USB Cable
When using a USB cable, you must first pre-
install a virtual COM port driver on the PC. Then,
connect the USB cable A connector to the USB
port of the PC and the B connector the USB
terminal of the transceiver.
Note: No warranty for the operation is granted when
connecting through a USB hub.
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Using a LAN Cable
When connecting the TS-990S and a PC using
a hub, connect them with a straight LAN cable.
When connecting the TS-990S directly to a PC,
connect them with a cross LAN cable.
LAN COMMUNICATION PROCEDURES
1 Through the LAN menu of the transceiver, set
the various IP addresses and your user ID and
password.
2 Set the TCP/IP using the PC.
3 Send the ##CN command from the PC to connect
with the transceiver.
4 When a connection response comes from the
transceiver, send the ##ID command to transmit
your user ID and password.
5 If the transmitted ID and password are
authenticated with those set up in the transceiver,
the connection is completed.
Note: If there are no communications for 10 seconds, the TCP/
IP connection with the transceiver is terminated.
COM/ USB-B (VIRTUAL COM) CONNECTOR
Entry Specifications
Protocol UART (RS-232C)
Baud Rate
Selectable from 4800/ 9600/ 19200/ 38400/
57600/ 115200 bps
Start Bit 1
Data Bit 8
Stop Bit 1 (2 is available only when using 4800 bps)
Parity Bit None
Flow Control Hardware flow control is possible
LAN CONNECTOR
Entry Specifications
Protocol TCP/IP
Character Encoding Mode UTF-16
CHARACTER CODING
Character coding is based on the ASCII code.
However, the letters assigned to 80h ~ FFh are
replaced as follows by Menu 9-01 (Keyboard
Language):
Menu 9-01 Setting Character Coding
Japanese ISO-2022-JP
Other than Japanese ISO-8859-1
AI (AUTO INFORMATION) FUNCTION
The AI (Auto Information) function automatically
outputs contents of commands whenever various
states of the transceiver changes.
For example, the frequency information of the main
band is automatically output to the PC with the FA
command when you change the operating frequency
of the main band. It is not necessary to first send a
read command from the PC. Besides the frequency
of the main band, almost all changes of state of
the transceiver are automatically output with each
command.
Using this function, you can see the state of the
transceiver on a PC in real time. This is useful
when making an application using log management
software.
Turn this function on using the AI command (the initial
state is OFF).