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- Page 1 & VR-500 User Guide Programming and using the Yaesu VR-500 Scanner Written by Neil Walker June 2008...
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Page 2: Table Of Contents
Contents Connecting the VR-500 to the computer ..................2 Reading config and memory channel data from the radio ............. 3 Writing config and memory channel data to the radio ..............5 Editing memory channel data ......................7 Acknowledgements ......................... 7 Appendix ............................ -
Page 3: Connecting The Vr-500 To The Computer
1. 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. Connect the TTL-RS232 interface adaptor to the computer, i.e. the RS232 cable to the serial •... -
Page 4: Reading Config And Memory Channel Data From The Radio
VR-500 on (the display on theVR-500 will now show two options: 1. RX CLONE and 2. TX CLONE). Once the scanner is on, click 'OK' in the box in tk500 and then press '2' on the VR-500 •... - Page 5 The tk500 software will now copy the memory and config data from the VR-500. A window • will open in the tk500 software showing the read progress: When the read process is complete, a ‘Transfer Complete’ message will open in the tk500 •...
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Page 6: Writing Config And Memory Channel Data To The Radio
3. Writing config and memory channel data to the radio (Note: If data had just been read from the VR-500, the tk500 must be restarted prior to programming commencing). In the tk500 software, go to File, Open and select the appropriate .tk5 file. - Page 7 The tk500 software will now write the memory and config data from the .tk5 file 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 •...
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Page 8: Editing Memory Channel Data
Note: If desired, the .tk5 config file can be saved so as to include the updated memory channel data. 5. Acknowledgements The tk500 software is produced by Bob Parness and can be downloaded for free from his website at: http://www.parnass.org/tk500/ Page 7... -
Page 9: Appendix
6. Appendix 6.1. General notes on VR-500 usage To access the main settings menu, press ‘Ent’ whilst holding the ‘FUNC’ button. Use the ‘Dial’ • knob to scroll through the menu options. Turn the ‘Dial’ knob whilst holding the ‘FUNC’ button to change settings within a menu. -
Page 10: Useful Links
and then press the ‘Ent’ key. To enable bank scanning, use the ‘Dial’ knob to scroll to menu option 17 ‘Bank Scan’ and then turn ‘Dial’ whilst holding ‘FUNC’ to set it to ‘ON’. While in Memory Scanning (MS) mode and while the ‘Bank Scan’ option is on, the VR-500 will only scan the bank numbers specified in menu option 18.