[TenTec] Fw: [1000mp] FT1000mp serial port communication

[Eugene Klingler]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Eugene Klingler" <n8zx at hughes.net>
To: "All about Yaesu 1000mp" <1000mp at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Sunday, May 14, 2006 12:31 PM
Subject: Re: [1000mp] FT1000mp serial port communication


> general information............I am using a usb to serial converter with 
> my mark V and dxbase 2006....everything works great, gene klingler n8zx 
> n8zx at hughes.net     the unit i am using has 4 serial ports on it .... it 
> is a PL-4COM from Byte Runner Technologies........800-274-7897......you 
> can see the unit on their website.....price $79.00
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Pete Smith" <pete.n4zr at gmail.com>
> To: "All about Yaesu 1000mp" <1000mp at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Sunday, May 14, 2006 9:56 AM
> Subject: Re: [1000mp] FT1000mp serial port communication
>
>
>> Just a side-note - this is often true of parallel ports, too, 
>> particularly add-in's.  Logic 1 may be 5 volts, or it may be 3.3.  I had 
>> an add-in port that wouldn't work with one of my band decoders, because 
>> of this difference.
>>
>> Since both hardware serial and parallel ports are on the way out, it 
>> would be interesting to know if USB adapters powered from the motherboard 
>> are standardized on 5 or 3.3 volts, and if they deliver whatever maximum 
>> voltage the motherboard gives them to the serial output.
>>
>> 73, Pete N4ZR
>>
>> 73At 09:45 AM 5/14/2006, you wrote:
>>>I had a problem communicating between my laptop and my Mark V serial 
>>>port. I
>>>checked everything - the laptop worked fine with everything else, the 
>>>cables
>>>were fine, all the pini outs were right, etcetra. Turns out these radios
>>>require an unusually high serial signal input level, and my laptop, 
>>>although
>>>it works fine with everything else, just wasn't shouting loud enough to 
>>>get
>>>any response from the rig. I switched to an old tower computer and the 
>>>rig
>>>talks to it fine, never a problem.
>>>
>>>Perhaps your home brew serial port is just 'on the edge' of your rig's
>>>signal level requirement. If it is, the only fix is a different (higher
>>>output) serial port.
>>>
>>>I remember muttering what about the RS232 standard, and being advised 
>>>that
>>>it is often referred to as the RS232 non-standard...
>>>
>>>Just a thought
>>>
>>>Robert Murray    VA7RMM
>>>RR1 S5 C16
>>>Edgewood, BC    V0G 1J0
>>>Phone/Fax (250) 269-7698
>>>
>>>
>>>
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