Ron and all,

This is what I had sent to Steve just now.     Hopefully enough to get 
started.   Also this applies to the 590s, the 590sg has a different menu 
structure, so the menus mentioned below don't apply to the sg version.

***


As for the 590 sound card, first thing is you need to download the 
virtual comm port driver from the kenwood site.   This will install as  
a comm port
number (whatever) based on what the OS sees.   You can always go into 
Windows and change the number of the comm port if the number assigned 
doesn't suit
you or your software.

Be sure and follow the instructions and  don't plug in the usb cable to 
the radio until you are supposed to.

If  using JAWS, you might want to  go into JAWS first and  tell it to 
use the onboard sound card of the pc.  When the Kenwood  USB sound 
device is installed,
it may  become the "default" sound card.   Nothing  wrong with this, but 
if JAWS is set to use the default card, you will loose speech.   If you 
loose
JAWS speech along the way, just unplug the  USB cable from the radio.
  Speech should come back and you can figure out what the problem is.

With this driver installed you can now use the USB connection for radio 
control and audio in and out  at the same time, using whatever serial 
port number
is assigned to the  USB connection.

What's next depends on what you want to do with the soundcard. Menus 64 
and 65 are audio in level and out adjustments.   It will show up in 
Windows and
also in various software packages as  USB Audio, or something similar.   
You can give it a unique name within Windows if you have other USB audio 
devices
on the computer and want to avoid confusion.

Let me know if this wasn't clear, or if I can be of any other help.

73, Steve KW3A

On 10/23/2015 12:01 PM, Dr. Ronald E. Milliman wrote:
> Please reply to Steve's request on this list. It is definitely of great
> interest to more than just Steve. I am certain that in addition to me, there
> are some others here that are interested in this question.
>
> Ron, K8HSY
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: For blind ham radio operators [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> On Behalf Of Steve Dresser
> Sent: Friday, October 23, 2015 10:37 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: TS-590 sound card
>
> Hi all,
>
> Now that I have my 590 connected via USB to a computer, I need some =
> pointers on how to take advantage of the radio's built-in sound card.  =
> Since this topic may not be of general interest, please feel free to =
> respond directly to me at [log in to unmask]
>
> I appreciate any help I can get here.
>
> Steve
>