[TenTec] Orion Interfacing

[Joe Giacobello]

Congratulations on ur new Orion, George.  The furniture investment paid  
off.

73, Joe

George Skoubis wrote:

>Hi,
> 
>  I just received my Orion Monday and have been interfacing it with my
>main computer and have a question for you guys…
> 
>  I would like to hook up my PTT/CW/FSK interface (home brew with
>opto’s) to the AUX I/O jack and have the rig ready for any mode.  I like
>to operate RTTY using FSK and have found a small problem and was
>wondering how the rest of you have solved it.
> 
> Here is how I have my connections to my interface made currently; the
>PTT (Pin 3) is used for PTT in SSB and FSK modes.  I use a foot switch
>so I use a Y cable to connect the foot switch to the interface PTT, the
>FSK goes to pin 7, audio out (from soundcard) to pin 1, left audio out
>pin 4 (to left soundcard channel), right audio out pin 6 (to right sound
>card channel), and pin 2 to ground.
> 
>  The only thing missing is a way to connect the CW jack from my
>interface to Pin 3 when I’m in CW mode.  I could use a switch and
>manually select whether Pin3 connects to the CW jack on the interface or
>the footswitch/PTT from interface combo.  
> 
>  Does anyone else have an automatic solution or does everyone use a
>switch or manually swap cables?
> 
>Thanks,
> 
>George / KF9YR
> 
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