It looks like it is just a cable but there is actually a black box
inside the USB connector end. The CIV to USB that you have will work.
Carl Moreschi N4PY
58 Hogwood Rd
Louisburg, NC 27549
www.n4py.com
On 5/16/2014 10:25 AM, Jim Allen wrote:
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
Subject: Re: [TenTec] COmputer hook up to Omni VI+
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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