Kenwood TS-690s questions

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Hi, I have a Rev 1.9 board and the Kenwood TS-450 cords for Digirig Mobile cord set I want to get working with my TS-690s. I don’t think I ordered the cords and the digirig at the same time and since the pads are not touched (see photo) I assume it’s the default logic levels and I need to solder the 3 pads for RS-232 together.

But, looking at the pictures in the blog post, the two of pads supposed be be soldered together already, and I need to cut them, but mine aren’t. Can you confirm that I just need to solder the three pads together and this is the right cable set?

Thanks!

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Those pads are indeed connected, The connections is under the black solder mask making it appear as if there are none. For additional guidance, check out this video: