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AMAZING KENWOOD V.3.1
-- INTRODUCTION --
Amazing Kenwood is a no frills Kenwood HF radio controller created for fast
and easy radio operations.
I have seen several radio controllers, but they all lacked a function or two,
were too complicated to use, or they were specialized for one model.
While programming Amazing Kenwood I tried to keep "simple" in mind, and I
think I've managed to do just that.
The first version took about 20 programming hours to complete, and it took
double that just to write this short document :-)
-- COPYWRITE --
Amazing Kenwood is fully copywrited by Demetre Koymanakos.
Amazing Kenwood is released in the Public Domain area, and must be freely
distributed free of charge.
Kenwood, TS-140S, TS-711S, TS-811S, TS-940S and IF-232C are copywrited by
Kenwood Corp.
-- WARRANTY --
This program is warranted to take up disk space, If for some reason you manage
to break it, you get to keep both pieces !
-- VIRUS PROTECTION --
Amazing Kenwood was originally free from all known virii and trojans, the
executable was 59.232 bytes and was dated 09-06-94 and timed 8:23p
If any of the above has been changed, DO NOT USE...
-- HARDWARE REQUIREMENTS --
Amazing Kenwood requires at least a 10 Mhz PC-XT with a serial port COM1,
COM2, COM3 or COM4, a Kenwood IF-232C interface, and a Kenwood HF transceiver
to properly operate.
The program has been successfully tested on a 80486/50 clone with a Kenwood
TS-140S, and TS-680S.
-- FILES YOU NEED --
AK.EXE -> Main executable file.
AK.MEM -> Default external memory file.
-- INTERNAL COMMANDS --
Once Amazing Kenwood runs, you may have a display such as the one that follows.
The first physical part of the display identifies the program and its version
and the Kenwood model that is used.
The second physical part will display all the operating information that is
made available by the model that is used, such as VFO frequency, RIT, XIT ect.
And last the third physical part displays the available commands, these are
separated into two types, the immediate commands and the parameter commands.
The first (immediate) commands, such as the 1 - VFO A once used will take
effect at once, as the second (parameter) commands, such as the [O] OFFSET
will prompt you at the 25th line of the display for input.
┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ AMAZING KENWOOD V.3.1 (c) DK-1994 RUNNING ON A KENWOOD TS-940S - COM4 │
└────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
┌─────────────────────┬─────────────────────┬─────────────────────────┬──────┐
│ VFO A : 29.600.00 │ VFO B : 1.800.00 │ LOCAL TIME : 12:12:12 │ RX │
├────────────┬────────┴─────────────────────┴────┬─────────┬──────────┼──────┤
│ MODE : CWN │ ┐ ┌─┐ ┌─┐ ┌─┐ ┐ ┌─┐ RIT │ S C A N │ SPLIT │ LOCK │
├────────────┤ │ └─┤ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ +0100 │ MEM 12 │ TONE 10 │ HOLD │
│ STEP 00055 │ ┴ .└─┘ └─┘ └─┘. ┴ └─┘ XIT │ M.BNK 1 │ OFFSET + │ DCS │
├────────────┴─────┬───────────────────────┬─────┴────┬────┴──────────┴──────┤
│ DX CALL : VE2VE │ STATION CALL : SV1SV │ VBT : 12 │ SLOPE HI/LO : 01/22 │
└──────────────────┴───────────────────────┴──────────┴──────────────────────┘
┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ [A] VFO A FREQUENCY CHANGE [P] STEP ON/OFF 1 - VFO A 2 - VFO B │
│ [B] VFO B FREQUENCY CHANGE [R] RIT ON/OFF 3 - MEM 4 - COM │
│ [C] RIT CLEAR [S] SCAN ON/OFF 5 - MEM CALL 6 - EXT MEM │
│ [D] SLOPE TUNE [T] ANTENNA TUNER │
│ [H] SCAN HOLD [U] PASSBAND SET CURSOR UP - FRQ UP │
│ [I] SPLIT [V] VOICE RECALL CURSOR DOWN - FRQ DOWN │
│ [L] LOCK CONTROLS [W] DCS ON/OFF CURSOR RIGHT - RIT UP │
│ [M] MODE SELECTION [X] XIT ON/OFF CURSOR LEFT - RIT DOWN │
│ [N] TONE OPTIONS [Y] RIG SWAP SPACE BAR - TRANSMIT │
│ [O] OFFSET [Z] LOCAL ON/OFF ALT+Q - QUIT PROGRAM │
└────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
-- EXTERNAL COMMANDS --
There are three external commands:
/P# : Changes the Serial Port to be used, 1 to 4 are the four
options available, with 1 as a defualt port.
/S# : Changes the Command scan time in seconds, 1 to 10 are
the options available with 2 seconds as a default.
/H : Produces a short help command.
The "/" may be replaced by a "-" for the command separator sign
-- USING Amazing Kenwood --
There is very little you should be told in order to successfully run Amazing
Kenwood, but some commands need explaining:
EXT MEM:
The external memory option will call up a small data base of commonly used
frequencies. Once selected the program will load the default AK.MEM file,
you may have as many memory files as you like and load them at will.
The memory files are pure text files, and can be edited with the help of
your favorite text editor.
The memory file consists of four parameters, frequency, mode, vfo, comment,
all separated by comas. Semicolons are ignored.
The memory file must have a maximum of fourty entries, any extra entries are
ignored. The memory files must be located in the working directory of AK.EXE.
RIG SWAP:
The rig swap will swap serial ports, and you can control two different Kenwood
HF rigs at the same time.
If a non existing or non operating serial port is selected, AK will default
to COM1.
ERRORS:
All possible errors have been trapped and you will be informed with a message
at the 25th line of your display.
-- HISTORY --
Version 1.0 - The original first version.
Version 2.0 - An external memory option was added.
A two rig operation option was added.
Some routines were rewritten for better performance.
Minor display bug was corected.
Frequency entry routine changed to decimal point insencitive.
Version 2.1 - Command display routines are now model sencitive.
Display routines have been optimized.
Some routines were rewritten for better performance.
Version 3.0 - Major serial communication routine changes.
A four rig operation option was added.
Minor command bug was corected.
Version 3.1 - Major Extended Memory display bug was corected.
Minor routine rewritten for faster performance.
-- FUTURE PLANS --
I'm planning of adding the following in future releases:
DX database to log DX contacts.
Voice option for the sight impaired.
-- BUGS AND COMMENTS --
The program has not been tested with the TS-711, TS-811, or TS-940.
Any feedback on the above mentioned HF rigs will be appreciated.
Please report any bugs, comments and or suggestions to:
Demetre Koymanakos
P.O.BOX 23039
Athens Greece
or by E-Mail to :
Internet demetre@intranet.gr
FidoNet 2:410/101
-- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS --
Since I'm only a SW listener, and I do not have an HF rig to perform the
needed tests, all the beta tests were done with borrowed rigs, and I would
like to thank my Amateur friends who lended me their rigs for my tests.
-- QSL CARDS --
If you like this program, or even if you totally hate it, send me your
QSL card, or a plain post card telling me how much you like Amazing Kenwood
or how much you hate it !!
73's