SS-9000 Control software

[Bob And Bettina Groh]

Thanks, Mike. There are also several other manual supplier's that have 
SS-9000 Operatoration Manuals. Wish I had one to check to see if my 
memories are correct! (i.e. that there is a  section that deals with 
controlling the SS-9000). If someone has their own copy, maybe they 
could check to see if the info is there. If the manual is their own, 
maybe they could make an extract available for others to use.  That 
would be nice.

Also thanks to the gentleman who noted the SS-9000 on Ebay. Wish I could 
afford one!  Sigh.

73 de WA2CKY
Bob Groh

Spencer Allen wrote:

> Don't know if this helps but found it on line:
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> http://www.w7fg.com/search.php?find=SS-9000%20Operator
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> Mike Allen, K4JEM
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> On Mar 24, 2006, at 11:19 AM, Bob And Bettina Groh wrote:
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>> 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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