Connecting a Kenwood TS-590, TS-590SG, TS-890, or TS-990 to your PC
The TS-590, TS-590SG, TS-890, and TS-990 each provide a USB connector that when directly connected to a USB port on your PC will support transceiver control with no need for a serial port, and will provide Transceiver-to-Soundcard Audio and Soundcard-to-Transceiver Audio connections with no need for a soundcard. However, you must install the correct Kenwood-supplied driver on your PC and configure the radio to accept audio from the desired source.
Important Notes
If your PC is running Windows 2000 or Windows XP, you must establish the USB connection between your PC and transceiver before you install the driver
If your PC is running Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, or Windows 10, you must wait to establish the USB connection between your PC and transceiver until after you have installed the driver
You can configure WinWarbler to use Commander for RX-TX switching
The TS-590, TS-590SG, TS-890, and TS-990 drivers also create a virtual soundcard, enabling WinWarbler and other digital mode applications to directly send and receive audio over the USB connection; after driver installation is complete,
open the Soundcard tab of WinWarbler's Config window and select Speakers (USB Audio CODEC) in the PSK & RTTY Reception panel, and Microphone (USB Audio CODEC) in the Transmission panel's PSK & RTTY and Phone sub-panels:
the TS-590 can accept audio input from its front panel MIC input, from the ANI (pin 11) input of its backpanel ACC2 connector, or from its USB interface
to accept audio input from the MIC input, uncheck the Data transmission from USB interface or ANI input box in the Radio panel on the General tab of Commander's Configuration window
to accept audio input from the ANI input,
check the Data transmission from USB interface or ANI input box in the Radio panel on the General tab of Commander's Configuration window
set the TS-590's Menu 63 to ACC2
adjust the TS-590's Menu 66 as required, as described on page 58 in the Kenwood TS-590 Instruction Manual; also see Setting RTTY Audio Input Levels
to accept audio input from the USB interface,
check the Data transmission from USB interface or ANI input box in the Radio panel on the General tab of Commander's Configuration window
set the TS-590's Menu 63 to USB
adjust the TS-590's Menu 64 as required, as described on page 58 in the Kenwood TS-590 Instruction Manual; also see Setting RTTY Audio Input Levels
Menu 65 controls the USB audio output level; Menu 67 controls the ADD2 audio output level
The Kenwood TS-590SG can accept audio input from its front panel MIC input, from the ANI (pin 11) input of its backpanel ACC2 connector, or from its USB interface
to accept audio input from the MIC input, uncheck the Data transmission from USB interface or ANI input box in the Radio panel on the General tab of Commander's Configuration window
to accept audio input from the ANI input,
check the Data transmission from USB interface or ANI input box in the Radio panel on the General tab of Commander's Configuration window
set the TS-590SG's Menu 69 to ACC2
adjust the TS-590SG's Menu 73 as required, as described on page 61 in the Kenwood TS-590SG Instruction Manual; also see Setting RTTY Audio Input Levels
to accept audio input from the USB interface,
check the Data transmission from USB interface or ANI input box in the Radio panel on the General tab of Commander's Configuration window
set the TS-590SG's Menu 69 to USB
adjust the TS-590SG's Menu 71 as required, as described on page 62 in the Kenwood TS-590SG Instruction Manual; also see Setting RTTY Audio Input Levels
Menu 72 controls the USB audio output level; Menu 74 controls the ACC2 audio output level
The Kenwood TS-890 can accept audio input from the ANI (pin 11) input of its backpanel ACC2 connector and from its USB interface, and can route audio output to the ANO (pin 3) output of its backpanel ACC2 connector and to its USB interface
Menu 7-06 controls the audio input from the ANI (pin 11) input of its backpanel ACC2 connector; also see Setting RTTY Audio Input Levels
Menu 7-07 controls the audio input from the USB interface; also see Setting RTTY Audio Input Levels
Menu 7-09 controls the audio output to the ANO (pin 3) output of its backpanel ACC2 connector
Menu 7-08 controls the audio output to the USB interface
The Kenwood TS-990 can accept audio input from its front panel MIC input, from the ANI (pin 11) input of its backpanel ACC2 connector, or from its USB interface
to accept audio input from the MIC input, uncheck the Data transmission from USB interface or ANI input box in the Radio panel on the General tab of Commander's Configuration window
to accept audio input from the ANI input,
check the Data transmission from USB interface or ANI input box in the Radio panel on the General tab of Commander's Configuration window
set the TS-990's Audio Source to ACC2, on pages 9-1 and 9-2 in the TS-990 Instruction Manual
set the TS-990's input audio level as described on page 16-20 in the TS-990 Instruction Manual; also see Setting RTTY Audio Input Levels
to accept audio input from the USB interface,
check the Data transmission from USB interface or ANI input box in the Radio panel on the General tab of Commander's Configuration window
set the TS-990's Audio Source to USB-B, on pages 9-1 and 9-2 in the TS-990 Instruction Manual
set the TS-990's input audio level as described on page 16-21 in the TS-990 Instruction Manual; also see Setting RTTY Audio Input Levels
To adjust the audio level supplied by a Kenwood TS-990 to its ACC2 or USB connectors, see pages 16-20 and 16-21 in the TS-990 Instruction Manual; also see Setting RTTY Audio Output Levels in Windows
Windows will alert you to various events by playing sounds on the soundcard designated as the default Windows soundcard. To prevent such sounds from being transmitted while you are operating in PSK, RTTY, or Phone, use a soundcard other than (Speakers) USB Audio CODEC to serve as the default Windows soundcard.