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+
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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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