Hi Bob,

I have and use both the signalink and the 1234, moving the cable between the two.  Both boxes have internal headers that follow the same basic pin out, and if your jumpers are placed the same in each box, the cable will work with either.  My rig is a TS-2000 and I am using the rear connector of the radio.

Do I need a R-Pi 4 with 1 GB or 2GB of RAM?
   Is there any advantage to having more RAM?
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Mike, W0IH

Howard-

I’m getting 4.2v and it goes to ground when PTT is pressed. 

Jeff

I was looking at the Power on/off issue too, there is a newer TS-590 CAT guide that speaks to that.
It was version 4 of the CAT guide from Kenwood, as I recall.
That guide mentioned that the TS-590 can be put into 2 different modes of Standby, and that it is never fully turned off.
It leaves the USB ports and processor in low power mode but able to receive a CAT command to turn on.
Then the CAT power on command needs to be "padded" with extra characters for time to "awaken" the processor and then the Power ON command will work when sent.

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73 - Mark - K8MHW
'A RigPi Enthusiast!' - I am not otherwise affiliated with MFJ or RigPi

I understand about the Macro button. I´m just posting my first tests to maybe in future this PTT for TS 590 could be modified or improved.
Thanks for all help so far. I will continue some testing from remote location and see how it works. I need tor read again about the Power ON button and see if it will work. 

Regards from Loic, SM5VFE

Loic,

The reason you have no modulation when you press PTT on the remote device is that it is sending the CAT command TX0;
TX0; is the command to "Transmit using the microphone audio" and you really want to use USB audio. It is much simpler, once the hurdles are overcome.
That was the reason that we made the Macro button that contained
*W TX1;
This is the CAT command for a TS-590S/SG to "use the TX audio from the USB port"
I suspect that we shall need to modify the PTT (momentary transmit so long as the button is held down)
and the T/R button (latching transmit until the T/R button is pressed again) on the RigPi that you are using to send that TX1; CAT command.
That will be the modification that TS-590S/SG users will need in order to have seamless operation.
I don't know why this was not clear to me earlier, but alas, I am still learning too!
Let me look at the notes on modifying the buttons as I don't recall that process from memory.

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73 - Mark - K8MHW
'A RigPi Enthusiast!' - I am not otherwise affiliated with MFJ or RigPi

I got modulation now when I press "TX USB" But there are a big delay to get ptt to close with "PTT button.

At moment not 100% usable remote.

Normal PTT works much much better but then I have no modulation.

Regards from Loic, SM5VFE

PF A alone TX but no TX Audio.
Macro 21 button pressed TX but no TX audio

When I configure sound at Mumble at remote. I can hear my voice. 
Meny is set to above value. 
Only way to get Tx audio is to plug in a microphone in front of radio. 

I noticed when I start Rigpi now. I got a sound for 20 sec then stops. Maybe nothing to do with this problem. 

Regards from Loic

Yes, but only PF A, not PTT at the same time.

Also can you try pressing the button that is Macro 21 and talking into the remote device?
Any TX audio at the radio and does the radio go into transmit mode?

You have set menu #79 to 205 in the radio, right?

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73 - Mark - K8MHW
'A RigPi Enthusiast!' - I am not otherwise affiliated with MFJ or RigPi

I have tried PF A key when pressing PTT and talking. No Modulation. 

OK, can you try this, press the PF A key on the top left of the radio while you talk into your remote device, if that is possible.
Do you have transmit audio then?
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73 - Mark - K8MHW
'A RigPi Enthusiast!' - I am not otherwise affiliated with MFJ or RigPi

Yes. I hope so. On Macro 21 I put *0w TX1;

Regards from Loic

Have you programmed the Macro into the RigPi?
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73 - Mark - K8MHW
'A RigPi Enthusiast!' - I am not otherwise affiliated with MFJ or RigPi

Hi Mark, 
Yes I one USB cable  and the MFJ cable for TS 590s for ACC2 connector at back of the radio. 

I have now only the USB Cable. Until now. No difference still no modulation.
Audio is still good.  

Regards from Loic

One VERY important thing to know about Mumble settings.

When changes are made to the Mumble client on the RigPi, those changes are lost on reboot if not "saved" using this method.
Once the desired settings are applied, OK'ed and done, then you must close the Mumble client on the RigPi.
After the Mumble client has been closed on the RigPi, you can reboot the RigPi and the new settings will be retained.
It must be done in that order though, otherwise, the settings are not retained.
If you simply reboot the RigPi without closing the Mumble client first, the settings are lost and the last settings are applied.
Once you have followed this simple process, they are permanently saved.

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73 - Mark - K8MHW
'A RigPi Enthusiast!' - I am not otherwise affiliated with MFJ or RigPi

On Output I changed to sndpriproto. Apply and Ok. I tested it on earphones on TX out and nothing Heard in earphones. I rebooted RigpI and output goes back to CODEC. I tried two times but goes back to CODEC maybe normal. 

Regards from Loic

Hi Mark, 
Thank you for your reply. 
I have a USB Cable from TS 590s to RigPi. 
I have also the  RigPI MFJ Cable for Kenwood TS 590s from the DATA jack on TS 590s to the audio jack on the RigPi. 
I use Win 10 on laptop and headset. 
I have done all meny settings from the Kenwood TS 590s(sg) PDF file. 

All  is working very good remote exept no modulation and button Power ON doesn´t work. 
Thanks in advance, 
Regards from Loic, SM5VFE

Transmit audio can go through the CODEC, or as an experiment, through the RigPi Audio card.  In Mumble, change the Audio Output Device to the sndproto default device, then click Apply and OK.  Plug earbuds into TX OUT on RigPi.  Do you hear audio from your phone/tablet?

--Howard

Hello Loic,

First, do you have ONLY a USB A to B cable connected from the TS-590 to the RigPi?
I have used the RigPi with a TS-590S this way and it worked great once it was set up properly.

Can you tell us a bit about what you are using for your remote device?
Is it a tablet or a phone or a laptop and which OS is it?
Do you hear audio from the radio at your remote device?
The stumbling block for me was getting the Transmit audio to modulate the TS-590S.
There is a menu setting that informs the radio to use the audio from the USB port of the radio.
Menu 63 I believe it was, must be set to USB so that the transmitter will use that audio when CAT keys the PTT.

I has been a couple of months and a couple of radios ago that I set that up and I currently have a different radio on the desk.
If you get really stuck, I can get it out and set it up and verify the settings.

I do think that there was a need to create a Macro to key the PTT and make it use the USB audio, that idea just came to me while typing.
I believe that I made the Macro emulate pushing another button which caused the radio to go into "transmit DATA mode" which actually meant "transmit audio from the internal USBaudioCODEC of the radio.

I just now opened the guide to where I had written:
We also added a macro (using Macro 21's slot) to send the CAT command for TX1 which is "Send USB
data/audio".
That macro is populated with:
*0w TX1;
and I named it "TX USB"
you can name it anything meaningful to you.

That will key the radio and pass USB audio to the transmit chain, then you need to tap the PTT button to
go back to receive.

That "fake PTT button push" requires:
Set Menu 79 PF-A function to value 205 for the TS-590S only.
The purpose of this change is to make PF-A become "PTT RigPi Audio"

Let me know if that does not help enough to get you transmitting!

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73 - Mark - K8MHW
'A RigPi Enthusiast!' - I am not otherwise affiliated with MFJ or RigPi