Newby & Need Help with TS-590

[KD8QWH]

I have a Kenwood TS-590 radio and my Computer is a MacBook Pro running OS X 10.7.5 I am unable to get my computer to control my radio via USB. My radio is set at 9600 Baud rate and the software is the same. 8 Bit setting, Parity is set at none and Use CTS is checked. What am I missing? Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks

[DL2RUM]

Is the COM port recognized correctly?

[KD8QWH]

Thanks for your reply. Can you tell me how I can verify this?

[DL2RUM]

Check if you have selected the COM port which is connected to your transceiver. When you have installed the interface driver, the name should be listed in the popup menu.

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[KD8QWH]

Tom,

Thanks so much for your assistance. I don't have the driver. That option you presented does in not one of the options on my system. I'm searching for the correct driver right now to down load.

[DL2RUM]

The port you see in my screen shot is not for TS-590, it's for another device.
When you use a USB-Serial converter cable, you will need the applicable driver for that interface.
When you use the direct USB connection, you will need the driver for the chip inside the TS-590, most probably a Silicon Labs chip. But I'm not sure about this.

http://www.silabs.com/products/mcu/page ... ivers.aspx

[arcix]

Here's a screenshot of RUMlog's serial configuration for the TS-590.

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73, Ulde IK2TYL

[KD8QWH]

Thank you for the screen shot. My Radio is running with firmware 1.0 I know that I have to update it to version 1.07; I will borrow a Windows PC to do that. Could my problem be that I am not working with up to date firmware? My MacBook Pro is 2 years old running 10.7.5. I installed the drivers for it yesterday, restarted the computer and connected the radio to the computer. I did not see the driver option.

Another question I have is this: After I install the drives for the Mac which I have, should I see the "SLAPB_USBtoUART" under Port regardless if the radio is connected?


Again, thanks for all the assistance. I greatly appreciate it.

[DL2RUM]

You can see this option only when the rig is connected.

You should use the "Use CTS" option, rather than the "Set RTS line" option.

[arcix]

Could my problem be that I am not working with up to date firmware?

Not sure about version 1.0, I think my TS590 was already at 1.02 or 3 when I bought it, never had a problem since.

Another question I have is this: After I install the drives for the Mac which I have, should I see the "SLAPB_USBtoUART" under Port regardless if the radio is connected?

No, if the radio isn't connected you definitely will not see the SLAB... port in the serial ports list.

Ulde IK2TYL