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Operating Manual

SWL IR Remote Control for Kenwood R-5000

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Firmware Version 1.43

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June 5, 2005

Revision 2.51

Summary of Contents for SWL IR

Page 1: ...05 by swl remotes com All rights reserved Operating Manual SWL IR Remote Control for Kenwood R 5000 For Firmware Version 1 43 Web Site http www swl remotes com Support email support swl remotes com June 5 2005 Revision 2 51 ...

Page 2: ...emote control unit Customers in Europe receive a DC cable that connects to the coax power jack on the SWL IR Remote control unit and has pig tail leads on the other end for connecting to a DC power supply All keys on the Universal Remote are indicated in this manual with bold type The keys used for radio control are the digits 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Mute Power Enter and Last or Previous All reference...

Page 3: ...n IC 10 kit that must be installed in the R 5000 for the SWL IR Remote to work properly This kit provides the serial interface to the radio Included is an instruction sheet to install the IC 10 kit in your radio You will have to disassemble the radio to install these two ICs Be sure to install the ICs with pin one in the proper direction Contact us if you need help installing these chips Note The ...

Page 4: ...een accepted When entering frequencies directly the Mute key will operate as a decimal point only after a digit key has been pressed before the first decimal point As an example you can enter 0 Mute 3 Enter for 300KHz Pressing the Mute a second time during direct frequency entry will then enter 100Hz values To enter 15 235 500 you would enter 1 5 Mute 2 3 5 Mute 5 Enter Zeroes are assumed when not...

Page 5: ...oadcaster You can set a frequency directly enter another frequency and return to the original frequency You can then enter another frequency and return etc The last frequency entered is lost if power is removed from the remote control unit It is kept if the radio is powered off Tuning Steps Pre set Tuning Steps can be selected by entering a single digit before using the CH keys on the remote The t...

Page 6: ...memory so it can be restored even after the remote control unit is powered off Mute Operation There is a lot of functionality in the Mute key The Mute key is used during frequency entry as a decimal point Any time a digit key is pressed before the Mute the control unit then understands the Mute to be a decimal point At any time you can press the Mute key to clear any keys pressed The Mute may have...

Page 7: ...ntry LED will blink twice Direct Entry of VHF Frequencies Example 1 6 2 Mute 5 5 Mute 162 55MHz Note additional Mute required for frequencies above 100MHz Frequency and Memory Channel stepping VFO Mode Memory Mode CH Freq by tuning step Memory CH Freq by tuning step Memory Tuning Steps x before CH to set a tuning step It stays until changed again 2 10Hz SSB and CW 3 100Hz AM SSB and CW 4 1kHz 2 5k...

Page 8: ...n installed Direct Enter Commands Directly Selects radio features 8 x Enter AM LSB USB FM CW or FSK 0 FSK 1 LSB 2 USB 3 CW 4 AM 5 FM Memory management x x Last Select Memory Channel xx Used for channels 10 99 or x Last Select Memory Channel x Used for channels 1 9 0 Last Memory to VFO Frequency and mode are transferred from memory to VFO and VFO mode is selected This will only work when not scanni...

Page 9: ...s 2 Enter Enable CW mode in selections 3 Enter Enable both FM and CW in mode selections 6 Enter Disable VHF operation Factory default 7 Enter Enable VHF operation VHF Converter must be installed 0 9 7 Enter Define User Tuning Steps x Mute f f f f Enter The User Tuning step x 1 2 3 4 or 5 is defined as frequency ffff converted to f fffkHz You must enter all digits even zeroes e g define Tuning Step...

Page 10: ...and but power on the LED will indicate a communications error If this occurs on every function and the radio is powered on and not responding check the cable connection to the radio This can also mean that the command is invalid in the current operating condition Clear Input After the Mute is used to clear key entries the LED will blink twice Confirmation of Command After a valid command has been ...

Page 11: ...el Converters just convert the electrical signals from RS 232C to TTL as required by the radio The SWL IR Remote has two serial channels called a UART One connects to the radio using TTL level signals The other channel is converted to RS 232C level signals and connects to a computer Going through the SWL IR Remote controller permits control over the flow of traffic to and from the radio IR command...

Page 12: ...ation mode has been selected and the operation needs to be completed Push Mute to cancel the operation or x x Enter to complete the operation See chart above on the configuration command parameters Some buttons on the control work and some don t Verify that the Universal Remote TV mode is selected If CABLE or VCR modes are selected only a few buttons will work The power and mute will work in both ...

Page 13: ...ries are changed in any fashion other than the Universal Remote the SWL IR Remote can lose track of the currently selected memory Use the SWL IR Remote to perform memory operations or select the memory channel directly with the SWL IR Remote to synchronize the current memory channel after making memory changes other than by using the remote ...

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