[TenTec] Question about FSK with Orion II

[Larry Menzel]

How silly of me!  Obviously the TT "dongle" has no pin 7. It's a 5 pin DIN.

You have to make up a new DIN plug, as you can see from previous posts.  Not 
a hard thing, of course, but be careful if you're going to maintain the 
integrity of the audio lines, pins 1, 4 and 6 which should be shielded. Your 
"new" plug may look a bit funny, unless you can find some 8 wire stuff with 
three shielded pairs (assumes a common ground I suspect), at least that what 
Stan at TT told me.  How would one go about that, anyhow?

While pin 5 currently has NC, it would be wise to at least make provision 
for its future use in your connector and then not connect it on the far end.

Larry, N0XB


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Larry Menzel" <retire at means.net>
To: <na9u at arrl.net>; "Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment" 
<tentec at contesting.com>
Sent: Sunday, February 19, 2006 8:54 AM
Subject: Re: [TenTec] Question about FSK with Orion II


> He wouldn't have to mess with the socket, John, just open the DIN plug and
> move the wire from pin 5 to pin 7.  That would work fine.
>
> Larry
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "John Nason / NA9U" <na9u at arrl.net>
> To: "Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment" <tentec at contesting.com>
> Sent: Sunday, February 19, 2006 7:08 AM
> Subject: Re: [TenTec] Question about FSK with Orion II
>
>
>>I would speculate that they either found a cable
>> vendor that made the cable that way or they are trying
>> to use the cable for several different
>> rigs/applcations.  It's your rig and you do what you
>> want to it but I would just make up a cable rather
>> than tamper with the socket.
>>
>> 73,
>> John NA9U
>>
>> --- CaseKE at aol.com wrote:
>>
>>> I would like to use the Auxiliary I/O plug and cable
>>> sent with the Orion II
>>> without modification if possible.  The I/O socket is
>>> 8-pin and the plug is
>>> 5-pin.  Pin 5 of the socket is a "no connection
>>> (NC)," but pin 5 of the plug does
>>> have a wire connected to it (Red).   FSK is
>>> available on pin 7 of the socket,
>>> but there is no pin 7 of the plug (does this strike
>>> anybody else as strange?).
>>>  Can I simply put a jumper from pin 5 of the socket
>>> to pin 7 of the socket
>>> (or alternatively rewire pin 7 to pin 5) so I have
>>> FSK on pin 5 of the supplied
>>> plug and cable?
>>>
>>> Thanks,  Ken K5KC
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