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The second tab, CAT / CI-V, is used to enable a CAT or CI-V connection, sets the serial port or CI-V settings, and specifies what model radio you are using for ports A (radio or amplifier 1) and B (radio or amplifier 2, if you have the SO2R TG XL). The first allows you to give your TG XL a unique name and set up your network. Clicking on the gear icon in the upper right-hand side of the desktop app opens the ‘Tuner Genius Configuration’ window (see Figure 4). Once you connect to the TG XL, you can configure the tuner. When you start the desktop app, it will automatically discover your TG XL if you are on your LAN. You need to configure the TG XL to work with your transceiver or transceivers that will drive it. I find it much easier to use the desktop app. Caution: If you are not operating in the Flex ecosystem, remember to put your amplifier in standby and set your transceiver for low power (20 W recommended) before tuning. Clicking on the TUNE button will cause the TG XL to tune. The BYP button bypasses the tuner and allows you to measure the native SWR of your antenna system. The STBY button puts the TG XL in standby. Next to the component controls you will see the STBY, BYP, and TUNE buttons. The blue circles show the position of the TG XL components and can be used to manually adjust them. When transmitting, the PTT block light shows which one is transmitting. Meters show the output power and SWR for radio A (1) and radio B (2) when transmitting on either. The TG XL can operate fully automatically, or you can manually tune it. I connect to my radio, amplifier, and tuner with a laptop computer, using my home network Wi-Fi. I like to sit on my back porch and operate. The desktop application becomes handy - it is available anywhere you can connect to your LAN.

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But keep in mind that the TG XL is fully bypassed internally while in standby, and very little current is consumed it is similar to having your TV in an off position. If you can’t easily see the back of the TG XL, it can be frustratingly difficult to find to turn your TG XL on or off. My only quibble is with the really small ON/OFF switch on the back, immediately adjacent to the dc power input jack. There are appropriate jacks for those inputs available, along with CI-V jacks for Icom radios.

You may choose to use either CAT or band data from your radios to provide frequency information to the TG XL. The TG XL will sense the frequency when either radio 1 or radio 2 is keyed, and react accordingly.

Connect the coax from radio or amplifier 1 (if you use only one) along with the PTT line to the radio A TX and PTT A jacks, and do the same for radio or amplifier 2 to the appropriate B jacks. The simplest method to do that is to use the RF Sense ability of the TG XL. The Tuner Genius can also be used with other transceivers/amplifiers from almost any manufacturer. Connect the coax from your antenna or antenna switch (antenna 1) to the ANTENNA A jack, and the coax from antenna 2 to the ANTENNA B jack.