Kenwood Ts-2000 Serial Port Problem

Both TS-2000's had an intermittent problem. To talk directly to the Kenwood Tech that worked on my TS-2000. TS-2000 No TX/RX Possible Repair. TS-2000 and B-2000 ALWAYS CLICK THE TS-2000 The TECHNICAL PAGE. The serial port on your PC to the Kenwood TS. SERIAL CARDS: The problem many of.

I am a casual operator and have just started to get active again, but am having a new problem with my Kenwood TS-570G. I had never had problems with my older Windows XP system recognizing my radio through a serial port but now my newer Vista desktop will not recognize my rig, even through a newly installed serial card. I tried using an older XP desktop and still no luck. I was wondering if I should try a hard reset or if that risks other problems. I hope that I don't have to get a repair, and am willing to upgrade to a newer TS-590 with USB interface, but if anyone else had any luck with this kind of problem, I would appreciate a pointer or two. KB3MXP Easton, PA Logged. I reset the radio last night and no luck.

I am using the same cables that I had used when my interface was operative a couple of years ago. I have tried resetting the defaults and tried two different programs, the original Kenwood software, as well as the N3FJP logging program. I wish that I had a spare rig to borrow to try using the same setup otherwise. I don't have tons of time to spend fiddling, and as the rig is already about 12 or so years old, I may sell it and go for the TS-590 with USB interface. I suspect something is wrong with the rig interface, but dont really know.

I do know that the drivers seem right and that the serial ports are shown as working when I use the device manager. I may have chosen the wrong forum, as I see that there is a software forum as well.

Thanks for the suggestions. Daniel - I am also using a Kenwood TS-570DG with the N3FJP ACLog Program and switched to a new computer running Windows 7.

Windows Xp Ultra Lite Ita Download Google more. Since it did not have a 232 Serial Plug I had to buy an adapter. I ended up buying the USB RS-232 Serial Adapter DB9(USBG-232MINI)from Amazon for $21.95 plus shipping (Just about all the reviews show use with Windows 7). I plugged in the adapter and Windows 7 found the drivers without any issues. Then I connected my original cable from the Kenwood TS-570DG to the adapter and turned on AClog program and it tracked the Kenwood right away. Super Smash Bros Nes Rom Hack. Also - if you go to Yahoo Groups, you will find a group for TS-570 users group and also a group for N3FJP_Software Users.

I joined both and have found a lot of helpful info. Hope this helps you out. Bob - K1WGU Logged Pages: [ 1].

[] [] TS-2000 No TX/RX Possible Repair on November 14, 2012 Strange coincidence on two TS-2000's mine and a friend 20 miles away. Both TS-2000's had an intermittent problem.

THE EXACT SAME PROBLEM! The radio would work fine then all of a sudden, it would stop TX and RX. Display worked fine, it continued to switch bands, frequencies and everything was still lit up.

You would shut off the radio and turn it back on and it would start working normal again. Kept hearing a relay chatter every time this happened so took off the top cover where we heard the relay and the noise, there was a relay near the speaker.

I even asked on several online forums for help. SO there the radio sat, speaker removed with an external speaker hooked up just waiting for the radio to stop working. Sure enough, it stopped, with the slightest of pressure, touched K201 and the radio started working again.

It did this multiple times over the next several days. You could press the K201 relay back and forth and make the radio cut out just like it did on its own. Cold solder joint on the relay leg right? There was A LOT TO DO to remove that board to get to the bottom of K201 and just re-solder the legs, so it took a few extra days to set aside time to do it. Dmg Extractor 1 2 3 0 Cracker on this page. Finally a day with nothing to do and plenty of time. Here is the fun part: The very first screw removed to take off the board was for IC-202, which was to the left of where K201 was and mounted under the speaker.

When this screw was removed, something was odd, ALL THREE LEGS barely had any solder on them and all three popped up off the board! SO before removing anything else, CAREFULLY cleaned up IC-202 and the board, re-soldered the three legs and fired the radio up. It worked perfect, I would press on the K201 relay and the radio would not stop working. NO WAY THIS COULD HAVE BEEN THE PROBLEM!!! My friend immediately took his radio apart and IC-202 had a bad solder joint as well, he re-soldered his and IT WORKED!!!

I never thought of posting my results because we were just happy the radio worked. I received an email from KF7SN who asked if the problem was ever solved because he sent his radio to Kenwood with the same issue, I believe he stated 3 times and multiple $$$$$ with no joy in the repairs. I will let him tell his repair history. So I sent him an email with the picture and location of IC-202.