[TenTec] Steppir vs Orion

[Bernard(wtrone)]

    Martin: I had the same problem with my Orion.  They sent me the K2 cable
and it just wouldn't work.  After a couple of conversations with Jim at
SteppIR, we decided that the pin connections were incorrect.  They sent me
another cable, but I built one in the meanwhile.

    The correct pin to pin connections are Pin 2 to Pin2, Pin5 to Pin5, Pin3
to Pin3, and Pin7 to Pin7?  Pin 7 and Pin 9 must be jumpered at the SteppIR
Controller end.  This worked for me and the cable that I later received also
worked.

    I think if you make up a cable with these pin outs you will get the
interface to work.

                73,


                 Bernard, WA4OEJ

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Martin Ewing" <martin at aa6e.net>
To: <tentec at contesting.com>
Sent: Tuesday, August 24, 2004 8:28 PM
Subject: [TenTec] Steppir vs Orion


> Just got my SteppIR up yesterday.  All is well, except...
>
> Hooked the Orion serial port to the Steppir data in using
> Steppir-supplied "K2" cable.  Set everything up according to manual, I
> think.  No communication, despite power cycling, master reset, etc.
>
> This is with firmware 1.371.
>
> There was a lot of discussion a few months back about Orion/steppir.
> One may be forgiven for naively thinking it should work out of the box
> for current production.
>
> Anyone know the scoop?  TIA
>
> 73, Martin, AA6E
> pics at www.aa6e.net/aa6e
>
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