WiRES-II Setup and Running
by KD8FWV on May.31, 2007, under HAM
Well I finally got everything setup and running. My server ID is 1468, and it is running in simplex mode on frequency of 433.125 MHz and a tone of 94.8. It is running from a tower on my roof, so not the greatest footprint, but it is a start. To get a list of active WiRES-II stations click here, http://www.vxstd.com/en/wiresinfo-en/activelist.html.
There were some problems along the way and getting information from Yaesu was like getting your teeth pulled. I would also like to thank WD7F John from Arizona for helping me fix some problems in my configuration and tolerating me tying up his repeaters.
One of my problem was trying to figure out how to connect the HRI-100 to the FT-8900R. Every diagram I have seen on how to setup WiRES-II shows the configuration I have, so you would think it would include everything you would need to connect these 2 devices. However when you get the HRI-100 it doesn’t include the expected cable. It does include a 8 pin DIN connector with about 2′ of wire, so I ended up having to order the CT-39 packet connector for the FT-8900R. This is a 6 pin DIN connector with again about a 2′ of wire. You would think that after getting all this hardware that it should go together in a snap. Well you would be wrong. I couldn’t find anywhere online where there was a wiring diagram on how to connect the HRI-100 to the FT-8900R. I just couldn’t believe that the configuration they display doesn’t have a wiring diagram. Well I emailed the support email on the WiRES-II web site, and would you believe the email address they have for the US is a bad address, so that was no help.
After about a week of emails to any address I could find I finally emailed the main customer service email on the Yaesu site complaining about the lack of support, and would you believe the next day I got an answer to my email. I finally got my wiring diagram got everything connected together and it wasn’t working. The system wasn’t transmitting, so I rechecked my connections and I did everything that they showed. I reviewed the packaging of of the CT-39A and I noticed that the PTT line wasn’t connected in their diagram. I thought that was strange so I decided to wire the PTTs together and see what happened, and would you believe it worked. I finally had WiRES-II transmitting and receiving on the Internet and on my local radio.
So nobody else has to go through the headache that I did wiring this up here is the correct wiring diagram (pin outs) that you would need to connect your HRI-100 to a FT-8900R
| Wiring Layout FT-8900R to HRI-100 |
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| FT-8900R | HRI-100 | |||
| PIN | Description | PIN | Description | |
| 1 | PKD (Data in) | 3 | Audio Out | |
| 2 | GND | 5 | GND | |
| 3 | PTT | 6 | PTT | |
| 4 | RX9600 | 8 | N/C | |
| 5 | RX1200 | 7 | AF Input | |
| 6 | PKS (SQL) | 1 | Busy/COR | |
Well I hope that can help someone out there. Where my headache can be someone else’s joy and easy setup.
You would think that this would be the worst of it, but you would be wrong. I can’t believe in this day and age that to sign up for an Internet based service you have to snail mail in your application. I don’t understand why I can’t fill out this application online and then within a few hours I should get my server ID. I sent in my application and about 10 days later I got an email with my server ID. The software I had was older so I went to the web site to download the newer version. To access the download site you need your server ID and the serial number of your HRI-100. Well my login wouldn’t work, I couldn’t login to the download site or sign-in to the older software that I already had. The serial number that they had was wrong. Several emails and many hours later they fixed my serial number on their servers and everything was working.
All that said I am pretty happy with the setup, it is nice to see a manufacture make a full Internet solution. I do have a couple suggestions that I would like to see. First I would like to see them put user forums on their WiRES-II web site. Their email support is so slow and user forums could really help. I would also like to see them make the software compatible with EchoLink. There should be no reason they couldn’t do this and it would really widen the reach of a WiRES-II system.
WiRES-II isn’t very popular in the US, so I may have to switch to EchoLink down the road. I may see if I can cross connect them myself on the same radio and computer, but I am not sure if all this will run on one computer with multiple sound cards.
November 21st, 2007 on 9:04 am
Have you looked at http://allstarlink.org/. They have a internet linking without the uses of a main hub. Plus full duplex, autopatch and more.
David
December 3rd, 2007 on 12:53 am
I just checked it out thanks for the link. That looks like a much bigger system than what I want to setup right now. WiRES is something that is pretty simple to setup once you have the basics, and I hope my site will help other people trying to setup a WiRES system.
Thanks for visiting my site. I know it has been a while since I have updated it, but I do plan on posting more.
April 3rd, 2008 on 10:27 pm
They now have a USB interface. The use of EasyBoxVox.org make the install very easy. Check out http://www.xelatec.com/xipar/
73′s KE6UPI
November 23rd, 2008 on 11:09 pm
Hello All, Just an update on the AllStarLink.org. They now have IRLP and ECHOLINK working… Next is D-Star..
73′s KE6UPI
November 25th, 2008 on 4:34 pm
THANK YOU FOR THE PIN OUT FOR WIRES HRI-100
DO YOU KNOW HOW TO PUT A REPEATER CONTROLLER ON TO A
FT-8800 YAESU RADIO SO IT WILL GIVE A ID OUT .
OR WHERE I COULD GET THIS INFORMATION .
MY E-MAIL GEORGEWEBBER46@GMAIL.COM
CALL W1DVG LYNN,MA
December 6th, 2008 on 2:19 am
No sorry I don’t know how to put a repeater controll on a FT-8800.
March 5th, 2009 on 3:39 pm
Greetings,
I have a WIRES capable HT (VX5R) and a wires ready FT-7800R. I have a RD Tecnologies DRSCI, interface that I use for Packet and APRS running PEPRO engine.
I was led to beleive that wires was a way to do packet. My qestion is: with what I am using can I connect to wires, is there special software for wires, and where are the nodes?
I am a snowbird from Nevada to Arizona.
73’3 KE7EAA
March 19th, 2009 on 12:08 pm
WIRES does require special hardware and sofrware. For hardware you need the HRI-100, and when you get that you need to register with Yaesu. Once you register with Yaesu they will give you the information needed to install the software.
Hope this helps.
73 – KD8FWV
June 30th, 2009 on 1:22 pm
WIRES II Info: If you are having problems figuring out how to wire up your Wires II, Call Yaesu and tell them what radio you will be using. They have a plug-N-play cable ready to go. It is a bit costly at $30.00 but no headaches.
Yaesu
Parts Department (Manuals, Parts 8 am – 4 pm PST):
(714) 827-7600
(714) 527-1706 FAX
Email : yaesuparts@vxstdusa.com
October 31st, 2009 on 11:08 am
How can I get WiresII server ID?
December 3rd, 2009 on 7:03 am
Hi, can you help? I have just bought a HRI-100 wires unit from e-bay, no power cable no audio cables and no computer cable or software and manual. The only thing that came was a lead that goes from the radio socket on the back of the wires unit to an RS232 male plug on the other end. Not knowing anything about this but wanting to have a go as any keen radio ham would. Please if possible and if you have the time tell me how to set it up to my Yaesu 847 also i have wirless broadband here and my computer has only usb sockets. If possile could you send me a copy of the Hri-100 cd as from the yaesu its not all there and bits are missing. Sorry to ask so much but it seems there are very few people you can ask or even get advice from. Happy christmas de 2e1 ikb (Baz)
December 3rd, 2009 on 11:26 am
I will look at mine and figure out what power adapter it takes. For audio cables you just need mono 3.5mm cables from radio shack.
December 3rd, 2009 on 11:27 am
There should be a card that came with the HRI-100 you need to mail it in. I can’t believe you need to mail it in, but you do.
December 29th, 2009 on 5:47 pm
I JUST CANNOT UNDERSTAND IT AFTER WAITING ALMOST THREE WEEKS NOW YAESU UK HAVE STILL NOT SENT ME ANYTHING REGARDING REGISTRATION FOR WIRES. I HAVE TELEPHONED THEM AND THE PERSON Responsible said he is waiting for the people in Japan to get back to him, but he acknowledged reciept of my registration document. So much for quick service, never mind this time next year we should have just got started, thats if we follow the current trend. Happy new Year to one and all de 2E1 IKB (BAZ).