Tk500 & vr-500 user guide programming and using the yaesu vr-500 scanner written by neil walker june 2008.
Page 1 contents 1. Connecting the vr-500 to the computer ........................................................................................ 2 2. Reading config and memory channel data from the radio ............................................................. 3 3. Writing config and memory ch...
Page 2 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. T...
Page 3 2. Reading config and memory channel data from the radio • choose 'read from radio' in the 'radio' menu. • follow the instructions in the box that opens, i.E. Hold down the 1, 8 and ent key whilst switching the vr-500 on (the display on thevr-500 will now show two options: 1. Rx clone and 2. ...
Page 4 • 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 software and the vr-500 will show the message ‘clone [tx...
Page 5 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. • choose ‘write to radio' in the 'radio' menu...
Page 6 • 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 software and the vr-500 will show the...
Page 7 4. Editing memory channel data • use microsoft excel to edit the appropriate .Csv file as required. • connect the vr-500 to the computer as described in chapter 1 and start the tk500 software. • in tk500, select file, open and choose the appropriate .Tk5 config file. • select the ‘data’ menu ...
Page 8 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. Note that the settin...
Page 9 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 number...
