Revision as of 22:57, 21 June 2016

Kenwood All-Mode Multi-Bander TS-570S radio:

TS-570 has a straight-through female 9-pin RS232 to female RS232 cable [1].

Manual

The following information is from the TS-570S manual.

There is an RS-232 serial port on the back of the radio, pictured below:

The radio's manual gives the pinout for this port, and some information on how to communicate with the radio using the serial connection:

Here is a table with information about which pins go where, and the function of each pin. There are basically five pins used:

Two pins are TX/RX pins for transferring data between the computer and the radio.
Two pins are on/off switches for the TX/RX functionality (i.e., these have to be supplied with voltage for the radio and the computer to be able to transmit signals back and forth).
One pin is a ground pin.

I am connecting to the Kenwood radio's serial port using a MacBook Pro. I used a USB to RS-232 cable:

On the MacBook, I will be using Python to send serial commands out and over the wire.

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 ==Serial Port==
+===Radio Serial Port Photo===
 There is an RS-232 serial port on the back of the radio, pictured below:
 [[Image:KenwoodTS570S_Serial.jpg|500px]]
+===Radio Serial Port Pinout===
 The radio's manual gives the pinout for this port, and some information on how to communicate with the radio using the serial connection:
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 [[Image:KenwoodTS570S_SerialSchematic3.png|400px]]
+===Computer Serial Port===
+I am connecting to the Kenwood radio's serial port using a MacBook Pro. I used a USB to RS-232 cable:
+[[Image:Serial_to_RS232.jpg|500px]]
+On the MacBook, I will be using Python to send serial commands out and over the wire.
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