Ok, Steve, turning on data vox was the piece I needed. Thanks.
Steve
----- Original Message -----
From: "Steve Forst" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: October 24, 2015 09:17
Subject: Re: 590 sound card
> Steve,
>
> It's probably not as difficult as I may have made it sound.
>
> To record received audio, just set up your recording software to use
> the USB audio as the input. It will say something like "USB
> microphone". For playback, just reverse the process and set the "USB
> speakers" as the playback device in your recording software.
>
> For transmission you will need to turn on the radio's data vox in menu
> 69. Then set up data vox delay (menu 70), and data vox gain for the
> uSB audio (menu 71). Menu 72 is data vox gain for the acc2 13 pin
> din, but doesn't apply in this case.
>
> The VGS-1 has the ability to record incoming audio, and play it back,
> but not playback over the air.
>
>
> 73, Steve KW3A
>
> On 10/24/2015 8:39 AM, Steve Dresser wrote:
>> Well, it looks like I'll be conducting some experiments to figure all
>> this
>> out. I'm hoping to be able to set things up such that I can record
>> something off the air (say someone's audio), and then play it back
>> through
>> the USB port. Thanks to what you've told me, I have some ideas of what
>> to
>> try. More later when I figure it out.
>>
>> Steve
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Steve Forst" <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>> Sent: October 24, 2015 06:59
>> Subject: Re: 590 sound card
>>
>>
>>> Steve,
>>>
>>> Glad it works for you. I don't really use the ARCP software, so not
>>> positive what that item in the software is.
>>>
>>> In general, the audio in/out for the USB and 13 pin DIN are separate
>>> items. Using the USB audio, you won't have to deal with the DIN jack.
>>> There are different menu settings for each in the 590.
>>>
>>> Not sure what you are planning to do with the Kenwood's audio. But just
>>> as an example, here is what I am doing:
>>>
>>> I've set up MMTTY to RX on the USB sound for decoding RTTY. I could
>>> also send this way, but it is just easier to TX via the FSK connection
>>> I have with Writelog. No need to worry about setting audio out levels,
>>> or turning off comp and EQ for a clean signal.
>>>
>>> I have my contesting software set to use the USB audio to record and
>>> play back contest CQ's. To record, I would use the radio's mic and
>>> use the regular ptt to get audio from the radio into the pc via the
>>> USB.
>>>
>>> I also have the USB set to record a contest so I can play back the last
>>> QSO if I need to, or to grab and save a 15 second snapshot of RX audio.
>>> Set up to record via the USB, but play back via the pc's internal
>>> sound speakers.
>>>
>>> Also have menu 68 (beep tones) turned on. With this, I can record my
>>> TX audio into something like Audacity or other sound recorder. TX
>>> monitor needs to be turned on for this. This isn't as good as
>>> listening to yourself on another receiver, but as you record your
>>> transmission, you can hear the changes as you tweak EQ, bandwidth, and
>>> other options. A thousand times better than trying to listen to
>>> yourself in headphones at the same time you are speaking.
>>>
>>> Also, the USB and serial connections to the 590 are separate and
>>> unique. You can actually run one software package on the USB and
>>> something else on the serial port without conflict. I really don't
>>> operate this way, but have tried it and know it works. There may be
>>> a need sometime to have a logger on one port and control software or
>>> digital software on the other port.
>>>
>>>
>>> Maybe more, but it's early and my brain isn't warmed up yet.
>>>
>>> 73, Steve KW3A
>>>
>>> On 10/24/2015 12:02 AM, Steve Dresser wrote:
>>>> Hi Steve,
>>>>
>>>> Your instructions were quite clear, and I was able to find the radio's
>>>> sound
>>>> card in Windows. I was also able to play said sound card through my
>>>> computer's speaker by checking the "Listen to" box in the Recording Tab
>>>> and
>>>> assigning playback of the card to the internal sound card. This
>>>> exercise
>>>> proved to me that the card is working. Now, here's my question:
>>>>
>>>> In the ARCP590 control program, there's a menu item that lets you tell
>>>> the
>>>> radio that modulated input (which I read as your voice or some other
>>>> audio)
>>>> can be sent to the radio via the USB port. With that set, can I send
>>>> audio
>>>> through the radio from my computer? If so, do I key the radio with the
>>>> same
>>>> transmit button I would if I were getting the input from the
>>>> microphone,
>>>> or
>>>> do I use the separate keying pins on the DIN plug as I would if I were
>>>> inputting audio from that DIN plug? I'm guessing I'll have to use the
>>>> latter, but I'm not sure. No big deal either way, but I'd just like to
>>>> know.
>>>>
>>>> Steve
>>>>
>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>> From: "Steve Forst" <[log in to unmask]>
>>>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>>>> Sent: October 23, 2015 12:00
>>>> Subject: 590 sound card
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> Hi Steve,
>>>>>
>>>>> First, I'm very sorry for your recent loss. I hope all is going well
>>>>> with
>>>>> you and family.
>>>>>
>>>>> 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
>>>>> ** note new e-mail:
>>>>> [log in to unmask]
>>>>
>>
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