Yaesu tk500 User Manual Download

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Connecting the VR-500 to the computer

Note: To use the tk500 software, first copy ‘

tcl832.exe

’ to C:/tcl and install it into this folder.

Then unzip ‘

tk500-15.zip

’ into C:/tk500. Double click ‘

tk500.bat

’ to run the software.

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Connect the TTL-RS232 interface adaptor to the computer, i.e. the RS232 cable to the serial

port and the power (USB) cable to a free USB port.

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Connect the green plug of the signal cable to the speaker socket on the VR-500.

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Start the tk500 software.

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In the main window, click on the 'Radio' menu and set the radio model option to 'USA

model':

Summary of Contents for tk500

Page 1: ...tk500 VR 500 User Guide Programming and using the Yaesu VR 500 Scanner Written by Neil Walker June 2008...

Page 2: ...computer 2 2 Reading config and memory channel data from the radio 3 3 Writing config and memory channel data to the radio 5 4 Editing memory channel data 7 5 Acknowledgements 7 6 Appendix 8 6 1 Gene...

Page 3: ...00 Double click tk500 bat to run the software Connect the TTL RS232 interface adaptor to the computer i e the RS232 cable to the serial port and the power USB cable to a free USB port Connect the gree...

Page 4: ...e Radio menu Follow the instructions in the box that opens i e Hold down the 1 8 and ENT key whilst switching the VR 500 on the display on theVR 500 will now show two options 1 RX CLONE and 2 TX CLONE...

Page 5: ...open in the tk500 software and the VR 500 will show the message CLONE TX PASS Press ENT on the VR 500 and click the OK button in the tk500 software To save this data go to File Save As and name the fi...

Page 6: ...o programming commencing In the tk500 software go to File Open and select the appropriate tk5 file Choose Write to radio in the Radio menu Follow the instructions in the box that opens i e Hold down t...

Page 7: ...to the radio A window will open in the tk500 software showing the write progress When the write process is complete a Transfer Complete message will open in the tk500 software and the VR 500 will sho...

Page 8: ...y channels In the box that opens click to confirm that you wish to clear the memory channel data Go to the File menu choose Export memory channels and select the appropriate csv file Finally follow th...

Page 9: ...ng again after the transmission stops by turning the Dial knob one click Turning the Dial knob again will resume the search The VR 500 has 1000 channels 10 banks of 100 The banks are designated 0 9 Th...

Page 10: ...erential scanning press button 3 whilst holding FUNC to start scanning and then press button 5 whilst holding FUNC PMS Preferential Memory Scanning will now be displayed on the screen The resume mode...