[ICOM] 756ProII: Remote On/Off Help Needed

[John Luthy]

Rich,

Our club has a 746 pro on top of Santiago, in So. Cal. at 5600 feet. I
have seen summer temps in excess of 130 and low temps below freezing.
It has been turned on for the last 2 years, before that we had a 706
running in the same conditions, the 706 now sits in my shack and seems
to have suffered no ill effects from it's "burn in" .

We do have a relay set up on one of the digital outputs from the
controler to power off the rig in case of a TX lock up condition,  It
is a all day trip to go to the hill, and the relay has saved our bacon
at least once.

Well good luck with your project, also just currious, What controller
are you going to use? we are using the NHRC-10 and are very happy with
it.  It's almost plug n play.

73
N7JL

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Richard Thorne" <rmthorne at cox.net>
To: <icom at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Sunday, July 11, 2004 9:09 AM
Subject: [ICOM] 756ProII: Remote On/Off Help Needed


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>
> Hello Group:
>
> I have a 756ProII which I'm running in a remote controlled
environment.
>
> Unfortunately, the ProII does not have a software command to turn
the
> rig on and off, as far as I know.  If a command exists, I sure would
> like to know the command.
>
> So I'm looking for ways/ideas to turn the rig on/off remotely.  I
have
> access to remote controlled relays so I will have the capability.
Heres
> a few ideas I've bounced around:
>
> 1: install a relay between the power supply and rig.  I've confirmed
> that the rig will turn on and off with the power supply.  The rig
must
> be turned on initially from the front pannel, but after that the rig
> will come on when the supply is turned on and will turn off when the
> power supply is turned off.
>
> 2:  Figure out a way to bring a control lead from the power switch
on
> the inside of the rig to the outside of the rig so I could connect a
> relay to it.  I'm not a real fan of modifying the rig, but I'm
willing
> to do it if I can do it right.
>
> Any ideas/thoughts would be welcomed.  I really don't want the rig
left
> on all the time.
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
>
>
> Rich Thorne
> ARS: N5ZC
> AMA: N5ZC
> Amarillo, TX
>
>
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