Re: [TenTec] Orion serial thought

[Ken Hunter <kenh@hunters.org>]

Serial Ports:

I will chime in on the serial port chatter. I work with Intel and Mac based 
motherboards every day. Alot of times- I have devices or comm programs 
listening on the 'other' side of that serial port.

So - if you have a device connected to a serial port - where that device is 
a type that polls his connection - or can come under the influence of 
signals on that port - you can pretty well count on some 'oolies' as we 
call them occurring when you restart your pc, etc.

I would bet the Orion will ignore signal influence on that port unless 
configured to interact with it via its menus, etc.


73 de Ken
WI4CW






At 6/23/2004 17:58, you wrote:
> Well Tom. Just think. If you have some RF on your serial cable and you're
> sending cw at your usual 70 wpm, the Orion might interpet your dits and dahs
> as ascii data. CQ de W4BQF might translate to "screw up radio" in Orion
> speak.
> Anyway. I wonder what would happen if one were to first, initilize the rig
> then reload the firmware and finally, disconnect the serial cable and put it
> away for another day. Maybe, just maybe, there's some PCs out there that are
> spitting out some unwanted data from their serial ports in the Orion. Let's
> find out.
> Steve N4LQ
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Tommy" <aldermant@alltel.net>
> To: <tentec@contesting.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, June 23, 2004 5:10 PM
> Subject: Re: [TenTec] Orion serial thought
>
>
> > Hay..glad to see  your awake!
> >
> > Good suggestion and will give that a try. I  found an  electronics shop in
> > south Georgia (gasp!!) that has about four different sizes of split
> ferrites
> > and have bought a hand full and put on every connection to the Orion,
> > including the RF coax cable. Didn't help anything, but it won't hurt
> either.
> > Think I will download v1.371 again and install it in the Orion and then
> > remove the serial cable and see what  happens. Tks  for the suggestion.
> >
> > 73,
> >
> > Tom - W4BQF
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "n4lq" <n4lq@iglou.com>
> > To: <tentec@contesting.com>
> > Sent: Wednesday, June 23, 2004 1:38 PM
> > Subject: [TenTec] Orion serial thought
> >
> >
> > > I just this thought. I wonder if possibly leaving the serial cable
> hooked
> > > up between the Orion and a PC could present problems? After all, when
> the
> > > PC is booted it does pulse one or more of the serial connector's leads.
> > > Maybe by some chance that glitch screws up something in the rig's
> > > firmware.
> > > Something to try anyway.
> > >
> > > Steve N4LQ
> > >
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