If you are going to quit using an external hardware TNC and switch to a better-performing software TNC, you will need to get a PG-5H cable set from Kenwood (the same cable set used to make a D710 into a Echolink site), or some other cable that will connect to a standard 6-pin mini-DIN TNC audio connector. There is no real hardware difference between the Echolink hookup and the DireWolf/APRS hookup; the only difference is in the software sending and receiving digitally-modulated audio. Then YAAC will use an AGWPE port type to talk to DireWolf.
Note that the Echolink audio goes through side B (not side A) of the transceiver, so you will want to switch any voice ops to the A side, and turn off the built-in hardware TNC entirely.
Uh, you do know the D710 does have a built-in hardware TNC on side A of the transceiver, right? Admittedly, this hardware TNC does not perform as well as DireWolf does, but you don't have to worry about matching audio levels or getting a PTT hookup. You can use either the Kenwood or Serial_TNC port type with the D710's built-in TNC, depending on which mode you put the TNC into (APRS or PACKET), but you'll need the PG-5H serial cable and a USB-to-RS232C adapter to link the D710 control head to your computer (and the adapter needs to support at least the RTS, CTS, and DTR modem control signals).
Hope this helps.
Andrew, KA2DDO
author of YAAC
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HI all
I have been running yaac for a long time with a TNC-Pi2 on my rpi3 and a Kenwood TMD710G. I have recently had to ditch the tnc and have been looking at replacing it with direwolf. I have a working configuration using direwolf 1.7 and a digirig into my Baofeng handheld. I want to make this work with my kenwood mobile TMd710G. I am thinking that most of my current configuration will work. I don't think that my digirig would work. I have read somewhere that I need to setup an AGWPE port. Can anyone help please?
Thanks in advance
Joe VA3TV
