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Re: YAAC and Direwolf interfacing


 

You can use a GPIO but it is a terrible idea. If you PTT this radio with the PTT input on the DATA port then it will key the radio on whatever side (A or B) is active. If you use a serial port and the RTS signal on the PC port while the radio is in Echolink mode, it will always only key the side setup for Echolink (even though you are running APRS).

USB Soundcard --- > DATA Port
USB Serial ---> PC Port

You can use the Kenwood cable kit or make your own.

It's that simple. No GPIO, no transistors needed.

73
Danny, K5CG
HH 550-0609
SKCC 14257

----- Original Message -----
From: "Andrew P. via groups.io" <andrewemt@...>
To: "yaac-users" <[email protected]>
Sent: Sunday, December 1, 2024 8:43:25 AM
Subject: Re: [yaac-users] YAAC and Direwolf interfacing

With that particular setup, the DB9 connector had audio ground, Tx audio, Rx audio, and PTT on it (see the TNCPi docs for the pinout). So you need the audio connections to your USB sound card, and the PTT and audio ground to a transistor current amplifier from a GPIO pin on your Pi to be the PTT signal (many circuits out there of how to use an open-collector transistor to keep from frying your Pi chip from overvoltage). Then you tell DireWolf to use the GPIO pin for PTT. No need for the PG-5H serial port cable.

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From: [email protected] <[email protected]> on behalf of Joseph LaFerla <joe@...>
Sent: Sunday, December 1, 2024 9:29 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [yaac-users] YAAC and Direwolf interfacing

Hi Danny

I already have a homebrew cable with a miniDin on one end and a DB9 on the other. This was from my old tncpi2. In the old setup, the miniDin plugged into the Kenwood radio and the DB9 into the DB9 socket on the tncpi2. I am still a little unclear how this is all going to connect up in the new configuration.

Joe

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From: [email protected] <[email protected]> on behalf of Danny K5CG via groups.io <k5cg@...>
Sent: November 30, 2024 23:11
To: yaac-users <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [yaac-users] YAAC and Direwolf interfacing

Yes Joe, that will work.

Now you need to connect that to the radio body by making the cable or with a Kenwood PG-5H cable kit.

Connect the sound card jacks to the USB sound card. The DB-9 data goes into a USB serial port on your computer.

my direwolf.conf...

ADEVICE plughw:2,0
ARATE 48000
CHANNEL 0
MYCALL K5CG
MODEM 1200
PTT /dev/ttyUSB0 RTS
TXDELAY 30
TXTAIL 10
AGWPORT 8000
KISSPORT 8001


Your details may be different depending on what port your USB sound card and serial port device names show up as (OS dependent).

73
Danny, K5CG
HH 550-0609
SKCC 14257

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From: "Joseph LaFerla" <joe@...>
To: "yaac-users" <[email protected]>
Sent: Saturday, November 30, 2024 4:12:22 PM
Subject: Re: [yaac-users] YAAC and Direwolf interfacing

HI Danny

I just purchased this from amazon. Hope it works.
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Joe


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From: [email protected] <[email protected]> on behalf of Danny K5CG via groups.io <k5cg@...>
Sent: November 30, 2024 14:17
To: yaac-users <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [yaac-users] YAAC and Direwolf interfacing

Hi Joe,

A digirig would work but it is way more than you need and may not work the way you want (PTT).

I have a TM-V71A running YAAC and direwolf (1.6) on a Pi400 and I use a simple USB sound card connected to the DATA port for audio I/O, and a USB Serial cable to the PC port.

When you put the radio into Echolink mode, it disables the Serial CAT protocol on the PC port but RTS in becomes PTT on the DATA BAND only.

YAAC is connected to direworlf via the AGWPE port.

If you need more details I'll send you my config files.

73
Danny, K5CG
HH 550-0609
SKCC 14257

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From: "Joseph LaFerla" <joe@...>
To: "yaac-users" <[email protected]>
Sent: Saturday, November 30, 2024 12:15:25 PM
Subject: [yaac-users] YAAC and Direwolf interfacing

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

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