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

[Eugene Klingler]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Eugene Klingler" <n8zx at hughes.net>
To: "Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment" <tentec at contesting.com>
Sent: Sunday, May 14, 2006 12:57 PM
Subject: Fw: [1000mp] FT1000mp serial port communication


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> ----- 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
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>> 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
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>>> 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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