[TenTec] Argonaut V CAT interfacing

[n8kom at wowway.com]

Hi Bob,

For CAT interface - serial communications between the Argo V and the PC - it is simply a 9-pin 
RS-232 cable, the same used for most all RS-232 serial computer devices. - No special cable or box 
is needed.  MixW (I think) allows the ArgoV to be selected from the setup menu for CAT control of 
frequency, mode, and PTT.  There are some other SW programs that also have the serial CAT 
command set for the Argo built in.

The audio interface cable (that Ten Tec sells for the Argo V) is simply a 5 pin DIN connector that 
breaks out to RCA jacks for the audio in, audio out, and PTT.  This pinout is in the maunal.

On Sun, 18 Jun 2006 14:45:11 +0100, Bob Towers wrote
> I recently bought a second-hand Argoanut V with TCXO and fan. My 
> main interest is digtal modes and I would like to interface the rig 
> to my PC. The manual is pretty useless and, in contast with the 
> manual for my Omni V, all it says is "buy the cable". The cable is 
> even rarer than the Argonaut V over here!
> 
> If anybody could help with cable pinouts and connections, it would 
> be much appreciated. I plan to use it with MixW - as I do with the 
> Omni - and would like full CAT control, including switching the PTT 
> line via software.
> 
> Thanks and 73
> 
> Bob
> 2M0KDZ
> 
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