29Installing Your KPC-3 PlusThe goal of this chapter is to guide you as quickly as possible through the steps ofsetting up your packet radio station.The major steps involved in installing (i.e., connecting the parts) your packet radiostation are as follows:connect your KPC-3 Plus to a power source and confirm that the unit powers onwhen it should,connect the ―Computer‖ port on the KPC-3 Plus to a serial port on your computer,install terminal communication software in the computer if necessary, andconfigure the terminal software and the KPC-3 Plus so digital information can besent back and forth between the KPC-3 Plus and the serial port on the computer,connect the ―Radio‖ port on your KPC-3 Plus to your transceiver and adjust thevolume of the transceiver, so the KPC-3 Plus can receive signals from thetransceiver for processing and the KPC-3 Plus can send signals to thetransceiver for transmission,(optionally) use the ―Computer‖ port on the KPC-3 Plus to connect your KPC-3Plus to a GPS device, so the KPC-3 Plus and the GPS device can send digitalinformation back and forth.To show you where you are heading with the step-by-step configuration covered below,we start with a brief section on equipment needs for your station and an overviewdiagram that shows how the parts of your station will be connected when you are readyto begin using it.
