Hi, Steve. Isolating the radio from the PC's sound card works for
me. Any special instructions for installing the interface? Is there
a special CD for doing this?--Matt, N1IBB.
At 08:28 AM 7/15/2015 -0400, you wrote:
>Matt,
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>If you have removed the little plastic cover from over the jacks, the
>one on the left is a 1/8 jack for external speaker, the one in the
>middle is a mini din for data (this is where the interface connects),
>and the one on the right is a mini din for connecting an amp.
>
>Without looking it up, I think the data jack is a 8 pin mini and the
>amp jack is a 6 pin mini. The amp jack also has the pin for FSK rtty,
>but that's not an issue if you are using the sound card to generate
>AFSK RTTY.
>
>If you go the Signal Link route, be sure to request the cable for the
>480. It will have a square RJ type plug at one end for the Signal
>Link, and a small round mini din to plug into the radio.
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>If you just want to test with an audio connection, you can use either
>the headphone jack or the external speaker jack to feed audio to the
>sound card in the pc. To keep from over driving the sound card you
>would set the radio volume way down and tweak with the pc's mixer
>controls. If you get the interface, the audio is routed via the usb
>cable to the interface and through the din connection to the radio.
>No need for an extra audio connection in this case. Once you've
>followed the installation procedure for the interface on the pc, all
>your audio in and out levels are controled via the front panel knobs on
>the interface.
>
>BTW, there are other interfaces oute there with a built in sound card,
>but the SL USB is well reviewed, reasonably inexpensive, and used by a
>few on this list. Of course with a radio like the 590, with it's built
>in sound card, an interface isn't needed, so mine is currently not in
>use.
>
>73, Steve KW3A
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>On 7/15/2015 5:58 AM, Matthew Chao wrote:
> > Hi, Steve. Thanks for the info. How do I figure out which DIN port
> > to use on the 480? And would running a patch cord from the headphone
> > jack into the PC's input work? Thanks in advance.--Matt, n1ibb.
> >
> > At 10:04 PM 7/14/2015 -0400, you wrote:
> >> Matt,
> >>
> >> The Signal link USB is nice. I have one and others on the list do as
> >> well. cheapham.com has it for $89 plus shipping. This price
> >> includes 1 radio specific cable to go from the unit to the radio. In
> >> your case, it will plug into one of the mini din jacks on the front of
> >> your 480. These are behind a little plastic cover that needs to be
> >> removed just to the left of the serial db 9 connector.
> >>
> >> If you go the SL USB route (no matter where you get it) you should
> >> spend the extra $5 bucks or so and get the plugin module for the 480.
> >> The SL USB can be configured for a lot of radios, and comes with a
> >> bunch of little wire jumpers that need to be plugged into a header
> >> inside the unit. The optional, radio specific modules plug into the
> >> header as a single piece, instead of 8 little jumpers. When I got
> >> mine years ago, the modules weren't around, and I had to do the jumper
> >> thing. Not the end of the world, but spend the extra money and get the
> >> plug and play thing.
> >>
> >> The unit does have knobs on the front for audio in and out levels, as
> >> well as vox delay.
> >>
> >> Sorry you couldn't make any sense out of the articles on
> >> hamradioandvision.com I thought that seeing what other people are
> >> doing might give you pointers.
> >>
> >> Before spending money on an interface, maybe just try some rx and see
> >> how it works. To receive, all you need is a audio cable between audio
> >> out of the radio, and line in on the pc's sound card. I know you want
> >> to work all modes, but maybe just pick one for starters. Download
> >> software for it and see if you can get the rx side to work. The
> >> biggest problems for digital operation by the blind are getting the
> >> signal tuned in, and getting your screen reader to speak out something
> >> that makes sense. If you can't make the rx work to your
> >> satisfaction you might be wasting your money on an interface.
> >>
> >>
> >> I think the MixW software John uses isn't free, but has a free trial
> >> period. It never worked for me. MMTTY for RTTY and Digipan for psk are
> >> both free. In digipan, set the menu option to "use arrows for seek"
> >> and the arrow keys on the keyboard will jump between signals on the band.
> >>
> >> 73, good luck, Steve KW3A
> >> On 7/14/2015 7:15 PM, Matthew Chao wrote:
> >>> Hi, Folks. Now that I've gotten my question answered regarding
> >>> splitting the sound card duties (Window-Eyes on one card, and digital
> >>> mode on a USB card) I have a few questions.
> >>>
> >>> 1. Someone recommended a Tigertronics USB system to me to interface
> >>> with the radio. Does anyone know anything about this system?
> >>>
> >>> 2. What software is likely to work best with Window-Eyes? I'm
> >>> interested in doing PSK31, RTTY, and JT65.
> >>>
> >>> 3. I was up on the Web site recommended to me by one of you folks,
> >>> and only got totally confused on how to get digital modes going. I
> >>> think the site was hamandvision.com.
> >>>
> >>> 4. Of all the digital modes, which one is the least difficult to
> >>> start with and grow?
> >>>
> >>> Sorry for all the questions, but this mode sounds interesting, and a
> >>> new challenge. Thanks in advance for your help.--Matt, N1IBB.
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