I have one Idiom Press card in a TailTwister and it works great. Unfortunately
I think Idiom Press is out of business, or at least they are not responding to
new orders. I tried to buy another one but could not get any response via email
or phone. Phone appears to be disconnected.
I bought the ERC controller. So far it seems to work great. Does take a little
bit of time to build it and install it in the control box, but it is more of an
‘add-on’ which could be removed if you wanted to in the future. Not difficult
at all. (The Idiom Press unit is a complete rewire of the controller, at least
for the T2X.) I bought the one that can control two rotators on a single USB
port. Unfortunately I forgot to check if the logging programs support that
option and I don’t think they do, but I can still use one output. But you can
get a stand alone card that has the controller and the relays in a single card
for a single rotator. Excellent response (from DL no less) and a very active
support Yahoo group. The designer is very responsive to questions and requests.
Highly recommended. Unit is high quality and instructions very good.
Ken K6MR
From: towertalk@contesting.com
Sent: Tuesday, 22 July, 2014 21:24
To: towertalk@contesting.com
Just thinking about some increased automation. The tower will be an MA-550 with
a 2 el Steppir and 1 or 2 el 40M.
A Yaesu G-800DXA should turn this. The Yaesu RS-232B is an amazing $600+ just
to add computer control to a $500
rotor. The Idiom Press remote card doesn't have a positive review on EHAM for
the last 2 years.
Any ideas?
73, Bill KO7SS / KO7AA
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