SS-9000 Control software

[Spencer Allen]

Don't know if this helps but found it on line:

http://www.w7fg.com/search.php?find=SS-9000%20Operator

Mike Allen, K4JEM


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On Mar 24, 2006, at 11:19 AM, Bob And Bettina Groh wrote:

> I will contribute what little I can to this topic but I'm afraid it  
> isn't much. Despite the fact that I was Project Leader for the  
> SS-9000 project, I left Heathkit just before the unit shipped so I  
> have neither one of the units (darn! and double darn!) nor any of  
> the documentation.  What I do remember of the protocol used to talk  
> with the SS-9000 is that it was an simple character-based (ASCII)  
> aynchronous serial RS-232 protocol - pretty low speed (300 or 1200  
> baud - maybe more). We used an H-89 to talk to the SS-9000. You  
> could control the SS-9000 (change bands, frequencies, etc) and  
> query the SS-9000 relative to it's frequency, etc.  Again all done  
> with a simple set of ASCII based queries and responses.  I believe  
> the protocol was outlined in the operating manual and an example  
> program written in MBASIC was provided.  I think.
> I also vaguely remembering some conversation on this list a couple  
> of years ago about the subject. Terry Perdue is lurking somewhere  
> and he was heavily involved in the digital side of the SS-9000 so  
> maybe he (or some of the other Heathkit guys) can chip in some info.
> I have always wished I had one of those radio's - I was always  
> proud of it.  Lot of my blood, sweat and tears in the design (as  
> well as many of the other guys at Heathkit, of course). Ah, nostalgia!
>
> Bottom line - I think there is info on the protocol along with a  
> list of the commands and responses out there (quite possibly in the  
> manual). Should be a simple job to write some programs to talk to  
> it and to display the responses. Seems I remember using a H-19  
> terminal for debugging so I think it is quite easy to do.  Sorry I  
> can't offer more.
>
> 73 de WA2CKY
> Bob Groh
> Heathkit Engineer from 1977 to 1981
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