Re: Responses to my Kenwood D7 question

From: Jason Flynn G7OCD (rwb@liquidcore.net)
Date: Sun Aug 11 2002 - 20:14:05 EEST

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    Riley Williams wrote:
    > Does anybody have details of precicely what sort of functions are
    > implemented in the KISS mode that is implemented in the TH-D7 ???
    > If so, perhaps somebody can write code for the Linux kernel that
    > works around whatever limitations it has.

    Basically, it's not 8bit clean. I can't see a workaround for this.

    This is the story:

    In the D7E (note E) mark 1 the TX didn't work. I complained a bit
    about this and after a while Kenwood UK told me there would be a
    mark 2 because alot of people wanted to use DAMA in Europe (and
    most DAMA slaves were PC based?) so they would 'fix' KISS.
    So I got on a trial with them.. After a few revisions they got
    to this:

    1) TX in KISS mode fixed. Good.
    2) Note arrives with beta handset from Kenwood JP something like
    this :

    " To 'make room' for this in the ROM, we had to remove Transparent
    Mode from non-KISS mode. Also while in KISS mode can't send binary"

    So I told them, that unless it was KISS as in they proper spec then
    there was no point in releasing it. They told me they already commited
    to a mask for new PROMS. So now I had a handy with a built in TNC
    that
    1) STILL can't do KISS
    2) Can't send binary when not in KISS mode... so I was stuck with
    7+/YAPP/UUE etc :-(

    After that, I sold mine.

            J

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