[Premium-Rx] Tentec RX330A Questions

[Brooke Clarke]

Hi John:

Have you asked Ten-Tec?

Have Fun,

Brooke Clarke

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John Green wrote:

>Firstly a vote of thanks to Greg and Jan for doing a great job in keeping
>the list running smoothly, especialy over the recent change of server..
>
>I just acquired a couple of Tentec RX330A HF DSP receivers, but no
>information.  Using an RX340 manual, and making the assumption that the
>computer interface would be similar, I managed to establish comms with
>hyperterminal on a PC.
>
>However, immediately both radios continually send a stream of mysterious
>messages to the PC.  The radios will accept input commands while this is
>going on and act upon them, but I would welcome any information on what the
>messages are and how to turn them off.
>
>Typical messages are 16R49C LOCKED 16R59C LOCKED 16R4C INTERN, etc. etc in a
>continuous stream.
>
>In between all this I managed to invoke the 3 levels of BITE (pass/fail,
>assembly and system).   All seem to pass or fail, seemingly at random, even
>though the radio appears to be working in that it will pick up broadcast
>stations fine.
>
>Is there any way to get more information out of the BITE tests to determine
>what it thinks is failing?
>
>The firmware is V1.11 dated 1995.  Is there any more recent firmware out
>there?
>
>And finally, what are the differences between the 330A, the 331 and the 340
>(apart from the front panel on the 340!)?
>
>TIA for any help.
>
>Regards
>
>John Green.
>
>
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