Yaesu FTM-100D WIRES-X PDN Basic Setup

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Basic setup steps to get on the air using the Yaesu FTM-100DR in portable digital node (PDN) mode using the WIRES-X system.
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@thomasgreen3557 4 года назад

Honestly this is the first video I found that offers a very practical explanation of PDN. Thanks for the straight forward help.

@GhostRider1974 4 года назад

Thank you for the kind words! 73

@kevinokeefe7796 5 лет назад

Well done keep it simple So many of these RU-vid guys like to show you how smart they are. I appreciate your basic explanation. Keep up the videos I’m learning

@GhostRider1974 5 лет назад

Kevin OKeefe ...glad it was helpful, and thanks for the kind comment!

@530eman 4 года назад

Agreed, very well done, please do more...😎

@Macjohn1419 2 месяца назад

I’ve had the FTM 100DR for number of years and could not figure out WiresX. Eventually, I put it back in the box and it’s sitting in my storage room. I just found your video and it explains in easy peasy terms how to set up the radio. I even watched John Kruk’s dragged out boring video and was totally turned off from WiresX as being a total geek show. Thank you for this video that explains and enlightened my mind how to now enjoy the FTM 100DR. I’ll be pulling out the radio once more and put it through its paces. Thanks.

@kbeast98 4 года назад

So far you're the only who mentioned you need to register. Even the manuals don't mention that! Finally realized once the software was showing blank IDs and this video juat confirmed for me. Thsnks, 73!

@walteredwards544 4 года назад

Thank You. I needed a simple, straight line explanation of the steps I need to take to utilize the digital features of my radio. You have done just that. Once again thank you and 73

@alanthomas8817 2 года назад

Thanks for this, I have had my radio, software and SCU 20 for a while and never had any luck useing these to connect and work together. Finally all good, It's working!

@stacyadiaz Год назад

Thanks for the video! Yeasu has made some minor changes since the video was made but this still really helpful. Yaesu has taken some of the download files off the main page and only shares the links after you are registered with WIRES-X. Also, the driver for the SCU-20 that Yaesu currently provides isn't compatible with Windows 11 so some may experience this issue. There's many RU-vid videos that cover the driver work-around.

@GhostRider1974 Год назад

Thanks for the heads up on all that! The technology changes so fast, its hard to keep up!

@phillipzx3754 4 месяца назад

@@GhostRider1974 Knowing I'm late to the party, I just picked up the new "SCU-58" kit from HRO yesterday. $39.00 and it includes both the new USB and the audio cable.

@john733739 4 года назад

Your explanation is very clear. I subscribed, in case you are going to do any more related videos. This is all very new to me. I've had a General Class license since 1961 but have been inactive for almost 40 years though I kept renewing the license. Coming back to it, it's like I'm a time traveler from the distant past to a future that has a lot in common with Star Trek. If you ever get and install an HRI-200 I'd be very interested in your video about that, since it has a bit more capability from what little I understand so far.

@stevesf28 4 года назад

Your video is very helpful and straightforward. Thanks.

@tubetone74 2 года назад

As others have said a VERY helpful video for a newbie wanting to get started in PDN. Kudos!

@phillipzx3754 4 месяца назад

As an FYI for anyone just learning about this. There's a SCU-58 cable kit for Windows 11. It includes a new USB cable and an audio cable. You'll need the audio cable if you want to do digital or analog rather than just digital. I picked one up at HRO yesterday for $39 bucks. They were close to 90 bucks before Win 11 broke their SCU-20 cable. 🙂

@kibble8820 2 года назад

Pressing the A/B button changes you from direct mode to Access Mode... Not to HRI mode.. The DX and the GM keys + power on gets you to HRI mode...

@rudim3188 2 года назад

thank you so much for usefull informations !73 and stay healthly

@1crazynordlander 5 лет назад

Sorry to bug you again. I bought the FT2-DR and planned to use it to communicate to my FTM-100DR into the Wires-X system around my home. The way I understand the diagram on the Wires-X page is you would have to buy a SCU-40 cable kit that can with the cable to connect to the computer and some extra cables that connect the audio to the computer someway. I understand at this point i would need an antenna hooked up to the FTM-100DR. Have you tried this yet. I was thinking of making my 100 the base station and leaving it there and using my HT around the house and farm to communicate on.

@GhostRider1974 5 лет назад

1crazynordlander - See my follow up video on the “WIRES-X Node Hack”...I think there may be a way around buying the SCU-40 kit using that mode instead.

@1crazynordlander 5 лет назад

@@GhostRider1974 Thanks because I think you just get another SCU-20 with some audio cables...

@AppalachianFreedom 5 лет назад

Thanks for the help Sir -- I'm up 'and running -- 73!

@smitty2721 3 года назад

I looked for the download "Wires-x portable digital node function PC software" It is not listed.

@GhostRider1974 3 года назад

The software may be downloaded from Yaesu’s site under the HRI-200 device... www.yaesu.com/indexVS.cfm?cmd=DisplayProducts&ProdCatID=249&encProdID=1D23D01F7B34D76072988D9857AA1A7C&DivisionID=65&isArchived=0

@smitty2721 4 месяца назад

@@GhostRider1974 Thanks, I figured it out and got it working. Now I am waiting on my Wires-x registration node ID.

@Alex-yg3mg 4 года назад

Please ask me a question, when the radio is connected in a room, and is transmitting, does it radiate something through the antenna?

@GhostRider1974 4 года назад

Negative if you are in PDN mode. The audio is only ported through the computer. You can use the HRI function so that the audio comes out as RF and you can go back in to the radio connected to the computer with an HT (in DN mode).

@Alex-yg3mg 4 года назад

@@GhostRider1974 TKS, 73.

@chrissewell1608 2 года назад

So with this new adapter cable. Do you still need the HRI-200 (Wires X) box, to access the internet?

@GhostRider1974 2 года назад

No, using the certain Yaesu radios configured for PDN mode (portable digital node), no HRI-200 is required. However, you will have to always use DN mode (not analog FM in). The rigs that have this feature, to my knowledge, are the FTM-100, FTM-300, FTM-400, FT-2D, FT-3D, FT-5D.

@chrissewell1608 2 года назад

@@GhostRider1974 Wow. I am very interested. Thanks man!

@dcmsr5141 5 лет назад

For those of us with the FT2D it isn't that simple we have to register with Yaesu our product and then an acquired code which is suppose to take 5 days, will be sent to email, at which point you can then participate in WIRESX.

@thepacketnarc7634 3 года назад

Do I need an antenna connected to use the Station as PDN only ? (not RF repeater)

@GhostRider1974 3 года назад

If you are using true PDN only mode, no RF is sent out of the radio, only data through the computer connection.

@1crazynordlander 5 лет назад

At 12:57 you connect to the DARC room which I can listen to off a repeater 20 miles north of me in Madison MN. I have my ID and firmware updated. We have the snowstorm of the century coming in tomorrow and is supposed to last until Friday afternoon. It's supposed to dump 24" of snow on us. I need to be in Huron SD to take my General exam Saturday morning. I guess I will get this Yaesu FTM-100DR hooked up while I am stranded at home in this blizzard. Question, in the direct mode do you have to have an antenna or a dummy load hooked up?

@GhostRider1974 5 лет назад

No RF is being produced in the PDN mode. I do not think a dummy load or antenna is required.

@1crazynordlander 5 лет назад

@@GhostRider1974 If you get the #40 cable and use the access point mode I would assume that you use your regular base station antenna.

@GhostRider1974 5 лет назад

@@1crazynordlander -- that is my understanding, but I have not yet tried HRI mode with any of my rigs. Search Ham Radio Crash Course and check out Josh's video on using HRI mode... it's pretty informative. 73

@1crazynordlander 5 лет назад

@@GhostRider1974 Thanks!

@vynpopplewell6099 4 года назад

Well done can you expand on the cabling needed for connecting to analog and digital rooms?

@GhostRider1974 4 года назад

I am able to connect to both analog and digital rooms by booting the radio up in Wires-X mode. See my video on the "Wires-X Hack". Now, I have to still use the DN mode for my audio doing this. To get in using analog modulation, additional cables are required. I don't have those, but they should be similar to what Josh shows on his "Ham Radio Crash Course" channel in a video where he demonstrated connecting an FT2D handheld using the additional cables.

@swedishCBchannel 2 года назад

my SCU-20 give me problem have wires-x program still cantwrite down radio-id mm

@davidroygodden 5 лет назад

super nice explanation. Is that a Begali Expedition paddle on your desk. Now how cool is that!!!!

@applejacks971 Год назад

What's the purpose of having a PDN? Only reason I can come up with is if there's no Wires-X capable repeater in the area to connect to directly with the radio. Am I missing something?

@GhostRider1974 Год назад

That’s correct. Radio doesn’t transmit RF when connected to computer…straight pass thru to internet and the Wires-X system.

@AlSario 4 года назад

Hello, could you please teach me how to get the GPS working on a fixed station installation? Thank you in advance.

@GhostRider1974 4 года назад

Good evening! There should be GPS settings in the radio / manual. You have to assure the GPS is turned on, then allow it to acquire all the satellites. This takes longer inside the house without a clear view to the sky. If you also mean to run APRS, you have to put the frequency on 144.390, assure the APRS modem is turned on in the settings, enter in your APRS callsign, and assure the data speed is at 1200 baud.

@530eman 4 года назад

Super helpful, thank you so much...! As a Mac person I realize I have to break down and buy a pc but am very excited to fire up my FT-70DR and wiresX💥 PS/ what is a node or node station...? Thank you sir

@GhostRider1974 4 года назад

Eric Child ...Good evening. I’m pretty fresh into digital as well, but my understanding of a node station is a radio connected to the Wires-X network via a computer/ internet link. So if you join in PDN mode with your radio, you are a node station. A repeater linked to Wires-X also shows up as a node station, typically with a -R after the call sign. 73

@robdaines2448 4 года назад

when in portable digital node connected to my pc do you still have to connect an antenna to the radio as well or do you only use your home internet all very new to me thanks rob m1ayt

@GhostRider1974 4 года назад

PDN mode does not transmit any RF when going straight to computer...73

@tomcatGB 4 года назад

Did that cable SCU-20 come with the radio?

@GhostRider1974 4 года назад

tomcatGB ...yes, it was included.

@tomcatGB 4 года назад

@@GhostRider1974 thank you....

@zelloToiletsTalk 4 года назад

WIRES-X Node ID : 36818 WIRES-X Room ID : 46818 Richard the tortoise

@sinatralala 4 года назад

Fantastic video!!! Two questions. In PDN Mode I can only get into digital rooms, correct? Also, I was told that in the PDN mode, and not using the HRI 200, I cannot host a room. Is that correct? If it is correct, why do I have to apply for a node number? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

@GhostRider1974 4 года назад

All radios accessing the Wires-X system are assigned both a node number and room number, unique to your radio’s digital ID, regardless whether you have an HRI-200 or not. If you have 3 radios you want to use on the Wires-X system, you will need to apply for a separate node number for each (and you will have to use a different username each time you apply - write all those down). Check out my Wires-X Hack video...you can get into the digital/analog rooms using that, not only the digital only rooms. Hope this helps.

@GhostRider1974 4 года назад

And correct...you can’t host your own room without an HRI-200.

@applejacks971 Год назад

Wires-x won't go past the ID Entry box. I enter room and node #, nothing happens. I give up.

@GhostRider1974 Год назад

Make sure the software recognizes your radio’s Digital ID in the upper left. Enter the node and room ID, then click the ID Entry box at the bottom.

@applejacks971 Год назад

@@GhostRider1974 Yup, its there. I did the firmware update even though I already had it, did all the drivers, changed all the ports, watched all the vid's and did installs per instructions, nothing works. This hi-tech radio stuff just isn't worth it for me. I'm gonna stick to repeaters and simplex.

@drumhd1 4 года назад

Another ham friend of mine is running this radio in PDN mode not putting out any RF I guess direct, and he says his fan starts running when he is receiving signals but not when he transmits. Have you heard of this?......thanks de,....W2lIR.......

@GhostRider1974 4 года назад

drumhd1 ...hmm, I don’t recall that on mine. If the dan did run, it wasn’t noticeable. 73

@drumhd1 4 года назад

Ghost Rider Ok thanks....

@vynpopplewell7364 4 года назад

I tried to find the wires-x pull down from the site as you did, only way to find it now is a web searcb. Once you find itmand open it is ask to enter your email and sent it so they can confirm i am real. The problem is the send button does not work even aftsr trying it again even backing off tne page? Have they shut xown issuimg registrations? Thanks vyn

@GhostRider1974 4 года назад

vyn Popplewell ...hello Vyn, I don’t think they have stopped issuing registrations because that is where one gets assigned a Wires-X node number. Perhaps try again on a different browser or computer. 73

@vynpopplewell7364 4 года назад

Ghost Rider Thanks I have tried three different browsers with the same results. I have also sent an email to the company questioning the page and how to register. I thank you for your video and fir getting back in my question. 73

@andrewmacrides 4 года назад

Hi , Thanks for video . I have done every step but when I push the DX button to connect it doesnt connect using my sc20 cable can u help ? Thanks M0FXB

@GhostRider1974 4 года назад

Andrew Macrides ...have you installed the USB drivers for the cable? If the radio is booted up in the correct mode, the Wires-X software should recognize the radio when the program is launched.

@andrewmacrides 4 года назад

@@GhostRider1974 Hi -Yes all installed it boots up and recognises radio but when i push the x it flashes then stops .

@GhostRider1974 4 года назад

🥺 man, I hate that...can’t think of what it might be offhand. Hard to diagnose without sitting there looking at it.

@aaronlabranche2977 4 года назад

So this can not be used remotely?

@GhostRider1974 4 года назад

It can if you use your cell phone hotspot as bridge for your computer to the internet, 73!

@aaronlabranche2977 4 года назад

So I need the x box to pump it out my antenna?

@GhostRider1974 4 года назад

No, you can toggle to HRI type mode (at least on an FTM-400) by pressing the band B volume button...however, you will then need another Fusion-capable radio, such as an HT, to hear what is being transmitted and to transmit back into the system.

@aaronlabranche2977 4 года назад

@@GhostRider1974 so I would need to sell the 100 get the 400?

@aaronlabranche2977 4 года назад

@@GhostRider1974 have a ft3d and a 300 in the car so if i replaced the 100 in the shack with a 400 I send the wire x signal out the antenna but only digital in the same or similar way as a piatar?

@PaulPetersen2014 2 года назад

Didn’t show step

@HomeMade.atv. 4 года назад

because this wire has bluetooth function It is possible With the help of the radio to make hands-free phone calls

@GhostRider1974 4 года назад

Some Yaesu radios are Bluetooth capable or can have the Bluetooth module added. This allows you to use a Bluetooth headset or similar with the radio for PTT during voice calls. If you are referring to the radio making it somehow allowing cellular calling by somehow tying in with a cell phone, I am not aware that this function exists.

@HomeMade.atv. 4 года назад

@@GhostRider1974 thanks for the reply I would like to know if due to the fact that the mobile bluetooth is connected it also gives you the possibility to do it wirelessly and for phone use it would be a great advantage if this particular wireless and any wireless could do it imagine that with a wireless we would have in our car on mobile we could give the problem of open listening to our phone So I wondered if he can do it or not as he has Thank you for the response SV2QLU

@GhostRider1974 4 года назад

Ah, I see. I have heard that some headsets or earpieces, normally used for pairing with a cell, will work with the Yaesu Bluetooth for talking on the radio. I’m not an authority on this since I don’t own any Yaesu Bluetooth equipped radios. I think you can set the radio to operate based on vox keying the radio using this method.

@HomeMade.atv. 4 года назад

@@GhostRider1974 I would ask you if it is possible to see If this wireless can also do the hands-free function on the phone such as a bluetooth in a simple car it would be very convenient to do it because anyway we carry the wireless where we carry it together because of his hobby if he could do this job it would be very useful for me as a driver in my mobile truck and this thing would help me a lot in general for a better and safer driving

@HomeMade.atv. 4 года назад

to know that I do not know English and we write translator So there is a case that he writes too many wrong things I want you to forgive me for this in advance

@DaleFerguson 5 лет назад

I searched Yaesu for the SCU-20 drivers but I haven’t been able to find them. Could you post a link for them? I like your instructions better than Yaesu ‘s. Thanks de WV8DOF

@GhostRider1974 5 лет назад

Dale... you should be able to find the SCU-20 drivers here: www.yaesu.com/indexVS.cfm?cmd=DisplayProducts&ProdCatID=249&encProdID=227201D29C822AEFF8482F3367495319&DivisionID=65&isArchived=0

@1crazynordlander 5 лет назад

Well, I made my first contact in this PDN mode. Thanks for the video!

@shawnmcnelis370 5 лет назад

Hey Ghostrider, I have connected my FT2DR to WIRES-X rooms but I hear no audio. I have done this via PDN and Portable HRI modes, both direct and access point. The John Kruk and Hoshnasi videos don't go into detail on Windows settings for audio. It seemed like you were hearing audio thru your radio's speaker. How did you set the Windows audio settings to achieve this? P.S. I am far more familiar with Mac, but the WIRES-X software only runs on Windows.

@GhostRider1974 5 лет назад

Shawn McNelis ...Howdy! I don’t recall setting any windows sound settings. The audio automatically routed through the radio. Make sure the audio and playback devices are set to the same Com/USB device. 73

@chrissewell1608 2 года назад

It also depends on which Windows system you are running! Windows 10 is a freaking pain, getting it set up. And once you do, any random mandatory updates, can upset all those settings, and screw up you sound settings for connecting to a radio!

@KX4UL 4 года назад

Good video! Very helpful...Thanks!

@joeloverti5394 5 лет назад

Straight forward explanation. Thanks very much!

@kevinokeefe7796 5 лет назад

do you have a video for the hri mode so i can get into digital and analog rooms.I thought i had everything set but im getting no sound. I dont get error messages just hear nothing. my pc has both jacks so im not running a spliter and am only using the one cable per instructions for the direct mode in hri

@GhostRider1974 5 лет назад

Kevin OKeefe ...see my vid called “Wires-X Hack” and see if that helps. I have actually never used the HRI mode.

@kevinokeefe7796 5 лет назад

Ghost Rider I’ve seen that before you start in the hri mode and connect to any room however you are not sending an analog stream and you actually are not hearing analog stations just digital . But thanks anyway I’ll keep trying to figure it out

@GhostRider1974 5 лет назад

I used the Wires-X mode (not HRI) and was able to access all rooms, digital or analog (for example America Link) without any additional analog audio cables. Granted, my audio out was digital only to my computer.

@FUNKY65TOWN 4 года назад

Very Hepful,thank you for getting me started 73"

@neatnick1 4 года назад

Thanks for the video! I am brand new in Fusion and am a little confused! I have an FT1 & a FTM400dr along with a HRI200, with the HRI200 connected to the PC & the 400, I have the wires X program installed, but I cannot get the 400 to talk to window-X program. Port check is OK, if you have any suggestions, I would appreciative them? Again Thank you! Nick KC3EFW

@GhostRider1974 4 года назад

Thanks for the comment! Unfortunately, I’m woefully ignorant on the HRI-200. I don’t have one and have never set one up. Maybe in the future? 73

@karlke0jwk368 4 года назад

Near the beginning of the video, you said we do not need the HRI-200, and then later, you showed downloading the HRI-200 software. Did I get that correct, that I won't need the HRI-200, but I do need the software for it? I'm getting ready to buy a radio, and just want to be sure what all I will need with it. Thanks, Karl.

@GhostRider1974 4 года назад

The Wires-X software is used with your radio in PDN mode and also with the HRI-200 (if you are using one). The software is one and the same independent of the hardware being used. 73

@allanmacuser 4 года назад

thank you for the video l am about to get one. regards allan uk

@kb0to1mb 4 года назад

OK - 1st - AM NOT using HRI200 so I don't get the software page you have on screen. How does this all work then when I am using just the FTM400XDR ? How do I get the software ? Have the SCU20 driver set and working. I don't see where the Firmware is updated - MUST be missing something SO have no results for PDN and WIRESX usage. LOST !!

@GhostRider1974 4 года назад

Good evening! I"m not using an HRI-200 either. The software is a free download from Yaesu's website... although it is under the HRI-200 page, your FTM-400 can run in PDN mode with the software. Here is the link: yaesu.com/downloadFile.cfm?FileID=15178&FileCatID=42&FileName=wx1530en.zip&FileContentType=application%2Fx%2Dzip%2Dcompressed

@GhostRider1974 4 года назад

You will still need to register your FTM-400 on the Wires-X site with Yaesu so they can assign you a node number specific to your radio's digital ID. Here is the link where you can do that: www.yaesu.com/jp/en/wires-x/regist/index.php ... also Yaesu just uploaded some new videos that go into detail on all this on RU-vid... I think it is a 3-part series of videos.

@ghostmandka5498 4 года назад

Good video! Thanks for the information! What are you running on your desk with the big fan on top?

@GhostRider1974 4 года назад

GhostmanDKA ...Thanks! That’s a Yaesu FT-2900R 2-meter rig. Found an old computer fan and placed it on top to keep it cool for long rag-chews. 73

@zanado11 5 лет назад

Will the also work with the ft70 dr? Thanks de Roger w8rlp

@GhostRider1974 5 лет назад

zanado11 ...I don’t think so, at least not yet. It wouldn’t surprise me if a firmware update in the near future allows for this though. 73

@glenmartin2437 4 года назад

Thanks. N0QFT

@GabDalPietro 5 лет назад

Hi! Nice Video! Could you make a new video with the default settings on the service menu (the hidden settings)?. Following these instructions, you can access. I probably made some mistakes and I would like to fix it!. The instructions ara available on these sites: radioaficion.com/cms/ftm-100d-alignment/ www.hamoperator.com/Fusion/FusionFiles/K9EQ-FUSION-PDF-0026_FTM-100_Power_Adj.pdf Note that previously you must set the second display into the default setting. Thank you! 73´s from LU1YES

@spacecoyote6646 3 года назад

I'm trying to install the software on my PC and I get an error about a parameter length. Anybody know what to do about that?

@HomeMade.atv. 4 года назад

It would be very convenient to use the wireless and as an auxiliary machine for hands-free telephone calls there is this possibility

@robertklug3863 4 года назад

Ya. I agree with last post. KISS. Keep it simple as possible. Gr8 video!!

@webmasterdnepr 3 года назад

recommend car antenna for Yaesu FTM-100D! Thanks!

@GhostRider1974 3 года назад

I’d go with a Tram 11861

@webmasterdnepr 3 года назад

@@GhostRider1974 thanks )

@thomashenderson603 4 года назад

Can other people connect to your radio or do you need to go with the Hri 200

@GhostRider1974 4 года назад

Thomas Henderson ...others that have a Fusion-capable Radio can connect to Wires-X if they are using the digital narrow mode. However, I have to be in HRI mode instead of PDN. That is, I have to select on my radio the operation where it sends and receives RF (on frequencies you select within the Wires-X software) during communications.

@thomashenderson603 4 года назад

@@GhostRider1974 Thank you, there are no wires x repeaters up here in Vermont where i'm in.. So I was thinking to put something on the air to give others a chance to try it. and I also could connect mobile...

@GhostRider1974 4 года назад

Thomas Henderson ...yessir, that will work! Keep in mind though that you’ll need a separate radio (HT or your mobile radio) to hear what’s going on. The rig tied to the Wires-X software will be tied up transmitting RF when anyone is having a QSO.

@thomashenderson603 4 года назад

@@GhostRider1974 So I assume to keep the Wires working you must leave the computer on running the program?