Re: [TenTec] Omni VI plus to computer hookup

[Stan Gammons <s_gammons@charter.net>]

So, the Omni VI has a CI-V port as well as a standard RS-232 port for 
rig control?   I use the RS-232 port or as Ten-Tec calls it, the 
"interface port" for rig control.

73

Stan
KM4HQE


On 1/13/2018 10:52 PM, Dave Edwards wrote:
> I have an Omni VI+, and use this cable.....
>
> https://www.ebay.com/itm/Icom-CT-17-USB-FTDI-Chipset-CI-V-Cat-Control-Programming-Cable-10-Feet/390984623176?epid=528023774&hash=item5b087fe448:g:hdwAAOSwa~BYO2fr 
>
>
> .....Dave
>
>
> On 1/13/18 4:35 PM, Joe Papworth via TenTec wrote:
> > Hi Jim,
> >
> > I got lucky and found a new HP laptop with a DB-9 on it at Micro 
> > Center. This was about 2 years ago so I don't know if there are any 
> > more out there.
> > The guy said they were special-ordered by a company that used the 
> > serial port for trouble-shooting their machines. (Medical equipment, 
> > I think).
> > Here's the info if you wanna snoop around:  Product: HP ProBook 650 
> > G1  L4A21UT#ABA
> > Later, Joe, K8MP
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Jim Goudie <jagoudie@comcast.net>
> > To: Ten-Tec List <tentec@contesting.com>
> > Sent: Sat, Jan 13, 2018 3:14 pm
> > Subject: [TenTec] Omni VI plus to computer hookup
> >
> > Hello, My Omni VI opt. 3 is hooked up to my old Dell Laptop (new in 
> > Dec 2000). I use that connection almost entirely for logging. It’s 
> > about time I retire that old laptop, but newer computers don’t have 
> > those old wide connections any more (I didn’t look up the name for 
> > those thingees); I assume that I’ll probably have to work through a 
> > USB port. What it needed to go from the Omni VI opt 3 to a USB port 
> > and a good working connection to the computer? If this is old hat 
> > stuff, as opposed to Red Hat stuff, feel free to just point me in the 
> > right direction…. Thanks, Jim AF3Z Jim Goudie — jagoudie@comcast.net 
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