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Re: [TenTec] COmputer hook up to Omni VI+

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Subject: Re: [TenTec] COmputer hook up to Omni VI+
From: Jim Allen <jim.allen@longhornband.net>
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Date: Fri, 16 May 2014 09:25:20 -0500
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By "converter" do you mean merely a cable with the appropriate connectors
or is there a "black box" device somewhere?

The terminology is confusing to me, I guess.  On the 706 the Icom CIV cable
used for HRD was just a cable.  Will that work here?

73 de W6OGC  Jim Allen


On Thu, May 15, 2014 at 9:17 PM, n5bi <n5bi@juno.com> wrote:

> Yes, I also, have a usb to civ converter..works great on omy Omni VI+.
>
> Gary Branch, N5BI
> Macon, GA
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Carl Moreschi" <n4py3@earthlink.net>
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> Sent: Thursday, May 15, 2014 9:59 PM
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>
>  Yes it can if you have a USB to CIV converter.  The bottom line is you
>> still connect to a USB port on the computer.
>>
>> Carl Moreschi N4PY
>> 58 Hogwood Rd
>> Louisburg, NC 27549
>> www.n4py.com
>>
>> On 5/15/2014 9:44 PM, Jim Allen wrote:
>>
>>> Can the Icom CIV be used instead of the serial port and routed to a USB
>>> port directly?
>>>
>>> TIA
>>>
>>> 73 de W6OGC  Jim Allen
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Thu, May 15, 2014 at 8:10 PM, Carl Moreschi <n4py3@earthlink.net
>>> <mailto:n4py3@earthlink.net>> wrote:
>>>
>>>     USB to serial converters are what is used now.  They are available
>>>     for $10 to $40.  They take a serial port DB9 and converter it to
>>>     connect to a USB port on the computer.  Then windows even assigns a
>>>     comport number to it so you can use it as a normal serial port.  For
>>>     a DB25, you need a DB9 to DB25 adapter on the end of the USB to
>>>     serial converter.
>>>
>>>     The Omni VI also had a 1/8 inch CIV jack which is the Icom method of
>>>     connection.  This is because the Omni VI uses the Icom command
>>> protocol.
>>>
>>>     Carl Moreschi N4PY
>>>     58 Hogwood Rd
>>>     Louisburg, NC 27549
>>>     www.n4py.com <http://www.n4py.com>
>>>
>>>
>>>     On 5/15/2014 8:42 PM, Jim Allen wrote:
>>>
>>>         I see that the Omni VI+ has a connection called a "serial port"
>>>         in the
>>>         back, as well as an "Interface Port" which resembles a serial
>>>         port DB
>>>         connector..
>>>
>>>         The description in the manual leads me to believe the Interface
>>>         Port is to
>>>         be used to connect to a computer.  Today's computers seldom have
>>>         serial
>>>         ports, and I see that cables are offered on eBay for these
>>>         radios that are
>>>         1/8th" to USB, similar to the Icom cable.
>>>
>>>         What's the story?  What should one use?  What should one do with
>>>         a computer
>>>         having no serial ports?
>>>
>>>         73 de W6OGC  Jim Allen
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