Hi Art
Just your average, run of the mill cable will work. That is usually the
standard, male 25 for the rig, female db 9 on the other end of the cable for
the pc. If this is all new to you, a trip to Best Buy, etc. should get you
what you want. Just tell them you need a RS 232 cable, with male on the DB
25 end and female on the DB 9 end. Your radio will probably already be setup
and radio to go. With the rig and computer off, install the cable. This
probably isn't a "have to", but I like to have things shut off when
installing devices. N1MM has a Setup area, there you should be able to find
your Omni, and tell the software it's on com 1. There are some settings that
may need to be changed, but lets not get into that, since this is all new to
you. More then likely, those settings will be correct anyway. I didn't
notice before because I downloaded N1MM for contesting, but it does have a
DXpedition mode. It may or may not keep track of your Dxcc, Was, etc. If
what you need is a daily loggere, you may want to go to another program.
But, it's hard to beat the price of N1MM! If the comport and radio are setup
right, you should see the radio frequency in one of the N1MM logger's
windows.
There are a lot of things you can do with interfacing radios to computers,
but since you are new to this, lets go one step at a time. Since you only
have the one comport on the pc, when the software asks what comport number,
select com 1.
73, Mike K9MI
----- Original Message -----
From: "Arthur Bernstein" <n2ka@optonline.net>
To: <tentec@contesting.com>
Sent: Tuesday, February 07, 2006 07:10
Subject: [TenTec] Computer Control of OMNI VI Opt.3-Help, Suggestions
Please!!
Hello All,
Been away from the list for quite some and old Rip Van Winkle here has
just awakened. I'm looking to use my venerable OMNI VI Opt.3 with my
computer to do logging and rig control. The freeware program by N1MM has
been highly recommended to me. Any suggestions or warnings here?
In addition, I believe a serial cable is needed to interface the OMNI VI
to the computer. The OMNI has a female DB-25 and my computer has but just
one male DB-9 (luckily not being used.) From the wiring diagram at the
rear of the OMNI VI manual there appears 2 serial cable diagrams. One
using a DB-25 and DB-9, the other using 2 DB-25s. The wiring seems
different. Not being knowledgeable about these cables, I put together some
cables to give myself a DB-9 female at one end and a DB-25 Male at the
other end. The pinout continuities do not match what's in the manual. Does
such a cable exist or do I have to fabricate one? Any suggestions are
welcomed.
I can use all the help I can get and I feel this will be a steep learning
curve for me. Maybe I don't know what I'm getting myself into!
Again many thanks in advance.
73,
Art, N2KA
n2ka@optonline.net
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