I forgot that, too…. I’ve been using the RS232, but now that you mention it,
it sounds familiar. I don’t look at the back panel very often ;-)
Jim AF3Z
Jim Goudie — jagoudie@comcast.net
610 Kraybill Church Rd
Mount Joy, PA 17552
> On Jan 14, 2018, at 7:46 AM, Carl Moreschi <n4py3@earthlink.net> wrote:
>
> Yes, it has two ports just as you describe.
>
> Carl Moreschi N4PY
> 58 Hogwood Rd
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>
> On 1/14/2018 1:35 AM, Stan Gammons wrote:
>> 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
>>>> 610 Kraybill Church Rd Mount Joy, PA 17552
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