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Hardware Reference and Operational Manual: RemoteBox

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Страница 1: ...RemoteBox RemoteBox Hardware Reference Operational Manual Feb 2019 Rev 1 7a ENG ...

Страница 2: ...a commercial switch or a homemade one Some of the commercially available switches tested with RemoteBox are Array Solutions SixPack 2x6 SJ2W switch kits 1x6 2x6 DX Engineering or MicroHAM switches such as Six Switch Double Six Switch RemoteQTH ForDXrs Ameritron RCS 10 DX4DXr s and many others One of the great advantages of the RemoteBox family of controllers is the capability to auto switch the an...

Страница 3: ...al switch and radio connection diagrams Please read carefully the manual prior to making any connections If any issue or problem arises from the use of this device please do not hesitate to contact the manufacturer at Address Definit Data SL Att Mr Pablo García EA4TX Fresno 67 28522 Rivas Madrid SPAIN E mail sales definitdata com Web http www ea4tx com ...

Страница 4: ...MAGE TO THE UNIT USE CAUTION AND OBSERVE PROPER SAFETY PRACTICES REGARDING YOUR SYSTEM CONFIGURATION THIS DEVICE IS CAPABLE OF CHANNELING RF ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS WHICH REQUIRE EVALUATION ACCORDING TO YOUR NATIONAL LAW TO PROVIDE ANY NECESSARY ISOLATION OR PROTECTION REQUIRED WITH RESPECT TO HUMAN EXPOSURE This unit must only be opened and or serviced by a qualified technician Opening the unit ma...

Страница 5: ...tibility performance trustworthiness legality decency links or any other aspect of Third Party Products and Services The inclusion of a reference to Third Party Products and Services in this documentation does not imply endorsement by Definit Data of the Third Party Products and Services or the third party in any way EXCEPT TO THE EXTENT SPECIFICALLY PROHIBITED BY APPLICABLE LAW IN YOUR JURISDICTI...

Страница 6: ...HE LIMITATIONS AND EXCLUSIONS SET OUT ABOVE IN NO EVENT SHALL ANY DIRECTOR EMPLOYEE AGENT DISTRIBUTOR SUPPLIER INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR OF DEFINIT DATA OR ANY AFFILIATES OF DEFINIT DATA HAVE ANY LIABILITY ARISING FROM OR RELATED TO THE DOCUMENTATION Prior to subscribing for installing or using any Third Party Products and Services it is your responsibility to ensure that the supplier has agreed to s...

Страница 7: ...tion in this document is subject to change without notice and does not represent a commitment on the behalf of Definit Data No part of this publication may be reproduced stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means electronic mechanical photocopying recording or otherwise for any purpose other than the purchaser s personal use without the prior express written permission...

Страница 8: ...ary Interface i e band Pass Filter control or Antenna 9 12 output USB Port for computer connection and software control through the RBM software program Board layout PCB inside view and layout for RemoteBox 1 1 ANT1 ANT2 Ports Antenna Switch Connection You can use the Female DB9 port labeled ANT1 to send signals to an antenna switch If you have a 2x6 or 2x8 RemoteBox model it will also have an ANT...

Страница 9: ...s of ANT1 and ANT2 Pin 1 ANT2 9 Pin 6 Pin 11 ANT1 10 Pin 2 ANT2 10 Pin 7 Ground Pin 12 ANT1 11 Pin 3 ANT2 11 Pin 8 Ground Pin 13 ANT1 12 Pin 4 ANT2 12 Pin 9 Ground Pin 14 Pin 5 Pin 10 ANT1 9 Pin 15 Ameritron RCS 10 Version The special firmware compatible with Ameritron RCS 10 uses a BCD output This output is available at Pin 1 Ground Pin 2 A Output Pin 6 B Output Pin 3 C Output It s simple to know...

Страница 10: ...90 180 90 0 SE 1 1 0 0 90 180 90 SW 0 0 1 90 0 90 180 is the default position with no supply It should be your favorite working direction RemoteBox voltage level output The RemoteBox can provide two different voltage levels to power the switches 5V 12V The voltage can be switches with jumpers JP A for ANT1 and JP B for ANT2 Jumper in 1 2 provides 5V output Jumper in 2 3 provides 12V output Jumpers...

Страница 11: ...Yaesu Elecraft type Band Data Important Note Firmware versions before April 2016 don t support the Inhibit and PTT IN control signals The RemoteBox can read which is the band active for each radio and with the INHIBIT option enabled SET 4 if it detects that both radios are at the same band it will inhibit both radios to transmit The PTT In will allow to control if the Radio is transmitting so it c...

Страница 12: ... 80 and 160m RemoteBox can provide two different voltage levels to this port 5V 12V Voltage can be switch with jumpers JP C Band Data1 and JP D Band Data2 Jumper in 1 2 provides 5V output Jumper in 2 3 provides 12V output This is the Pin Out of the AUX Port Pin 1 10m Band Data 1 Pin 2 15m Band Data 1 Pin 3 20m Band Data 1 Pin 4 40m Band Data 1 Pin 5 80m Band Data 1 Pin 6 160m Band Data 1 Pin 7 Com...

Страница 13: ...se are the configuration options SET1 RA Select Select the Antenna for Radio 1 Radio A for Manual or Automatic mode In the automatic mode the RemoteBox will select the antenna when it senses a band change on Radio A These are the available options Manual Manual selection of the antennas Band Data Antenna selection based on Band Data BD1 ICOM Band Voltage Antenna selection based on voltage levels c...

Страница 14: ...n available antenna SET4 Inhibit The RemoteBox can read via Band Data input which are the band active for each Radio and it can avoid if this option is enabled that any of the radios will transmit So remember you will need to use the band data and activate this option Then in case the RemoteBox reads that both radios are at the same band it will send an Inhibit signal see section 1 2 This option i...

Страница 15: ...icular radio Selected Antenna This will show the selected antenna 1 through 12 used for each radio RA or RB RA5 shows that Radio A is using Antenna 5 and RB6 shows that radio B is using antenna 6 Note If the PTT is enabled and connected the cable to the Radio when the Radio changes to TX the LCD will add a character Antenna Label This presents the label assigned to each antenna In the above image ...

Страница 16: ...PORTANT NOTE Even with automatic AUTO mode enabled we can manually change the antenna without changing to manual MAN mode The manually selected antenna will remain until the device detects a band change through the Band Data port or through the ICOM voltage change ...

Страница 17: ...on is enabled the RB will monitor the radio PTT and will not change the antenna direction meanwhile the radio is in TX mode Antenna Status An asterisk is placed beside the name of the direction selected and only when that direction command was activated If PTT is enabled and the Radio is TX a command order will be delayed till the radio is again in stand by During this time instead a it will be di...

Страница 18: ...nication selection We have the option of local connection through the virtual COM port or Remote through TCP IP We can also open this menu from the RBM program by selecting Options Communications in the drop down menus For a locally USB connected RemoteBox we select Local We have to select the windows assigned COM port under Local Port For a remotely connected RemoteBox through TCP IP i e with a R...

Страница 19: ... could run into conflicts if both Radios try to use the same antenna The Priorities menu will solve those conflicts 4 2 Win Test Setup If you are a contester and use the Win Test program you can read the band both radios Radio 1 and 2 In this way RBM can know the band for each radio and automatically select the antenna of the 2 outputs If you use 2 radios for instance you can configure as follows ...

Страница 20: ... automatically select the antennas ANT1 and ANT2 Outputs In this example RBM will read network messages from the broadcast address from the Station RUN VFO A for Radio 1 and from the Station MULTI VFO A for the Radio 2 4 4 Options Most of the options of the RemoteBox see Section 3 are also available and can be configured via this menu ...

Страница 21: ...use Band data Yaesu K3 or Band Voltage Icom for automatic antenna selection Auxiliary Output On models with 2x6 or 2x8 this output can be used to select a band pass filter In case you want to disabled this feature you can disabled the output Buzzer The Buzzer is activated when the same antenna is selected on both Radios You can disabled the buzzer with this option 4 5 Antenna configuration based o...

Страница 22: ...figured different outputs for Radio A and Radio B Remember to select the true table for Radio A and then for Radio B You can use the Copy A B to use the same setting at Radio B as used at Radio A When it s used a RemoteBox of 6 antennas that setup will be fixed to 6 Antennas ...

Страница 23: ...ual RemoteBox Page 23 4 3 Antenna Labeling This menu allows the user to label the different antenna ports of a controller You can even disable a particular antenna port if it not being used The name of the antenna is limited to 4 characters ...

Страница 24: ...1000 FT1000MP 2000 etc have a DIN port similar to the image below This is the connection diagram between a Yaesu DIN8 Band Data port and the RemoteBox Band Data DB9 Female port Any transceiver that uses the Yaesu A B C and D Band Data standard can be connected to the same pins in the female DB9 port of the RemoteBox ...

Страница 25: ... It is a DB15 port that sends 4 band signals called BAND0 BAND1 BAND2 and BAND3 These 4 signals and the common ground are located in the following pins of the ACC connector Pin 3 Band1 OUT Pin 5 Common Ground Pin 9 Band2 OUT Pin 13 Band0 OUT Pin 14 Band3 OUT This is the connection diagram between the ACC port of a Elecraft K3 and the RemoteBox DB9 female Band Data port ...

Страница 26: ...su Yaesu radios FT1000 FT1000MP 20000 etc use a DIN connector like this one The connection that needs to be made between the RemoteBox interface DB9 and the DIN connector is as follows Remember that you need to insert a 10K Ohm resistor between pins 1 and 8 of the connector as shown in this photo ...

Страница 27: ...FSK IN pullup a 5V Pin5 Gnd Pin7 TX Inhibit Pin10 Key Out The connection that needs to be made between the RemoteBox s DB9 and the ACC is as follows Remember that you need to insert a resistor 10K ohm for example between pins 1 and 7 of the ACC connector Additionally you will need to enter the SETUP menu and change the CONFIG TX INH to HI so that pin 7 works as TX Inhibit ...

Страница 28: ...ionally to enable the software option there is a jumper that must be set or removed in order to activate it The jumper should not be placed when the Band Data is used Yaesu or K3 but must be placed for the Icom Band Voltage Band Data Band Voltage No Jumper Jumper 1 2 Radio A Jumper 2 3 Radio B Remember to remove the jumper when you want to use the Band Data instead the Band Voltage Previous versio...

Страница 29: ...gh the USB port you will receive a New Hardware Found message and the following screen will appear Windows 10 has default drivers for this hardware and will automatically assign a COM port Select No not this time The assistant will detect the new Hardware Select Install from a list or specific location Advanced and select the location of the device drivers ...

Страница 30: ...nicate with the RemoteBox A Virtual COM port is the simulation of a serial port in software in order to allow a USB port to take its place Virtual serial ports are necessary to enable an application that was written for the serial port to run on a computer that does not have that interface Once the driver is installed the RemoteBox device will always connect to the appropriate Virtual COM Port to ...

Страница 31: ...al COM Port number in Windows 1 To change the Port Number of the USB COM Port open Device Manager by clicking Start Control Panel System or hold down the Windows key and press Pause Break select the Hardware Tab and click the Device Manager button or Click Start Run and enter devmgmt msc ...

Страница 32: ...l RemoteBox Page 32 2 The USB Serial Port COMX is in the Ports section To change the Port number right click the USB Serial Device and select Properties 3 Select the Port Settings Tab and click Advanced You do not have to change any parameter ...

Страница 33: ...l RemoteBox Page 33 4 Now you can select the Port Number you like to use 5 Click OK and close all open Dialogs Windows might not suggest restarting the computer but in some cases it might be necessary to manually restart the operating system ...

Страница 34: ...Hardware Reference and Operational Manual RemoteBox Page 34 This page is intentionally left blank ...

Страница 35: ...figuration 13 Operation 15 RemoteBox 4 Square version 17 RemoteBox Manager 18 4 1 Antenna Operation 19 4 2 Win Test Setup 19 4 3 N1MM Setup 20 4 4 Options 20 4 5 Antenna configuration based on Band Data 21 4 3 Antenna Labeling 23 Annex I Yaesu Band Data Connection 24 Annex II Elecraft K3 Band Data Connection 25 Annex III Inhibit and PTT signal Yaesu 26 Annex IV Inhibit and PTT signal Elecraft K3 2...

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