[TenTec] Omni VI serial control

[Duane Calvin]

I'm not Carl, but the advantage is that the CI-V port interface allows
multiple radios to talk to your PC using only one serial port.  So, if you
have a couple of ICOM radios and an Omni VI, all can be talking to the PC at
the same time.  Some of them even allow (if I remember correctly) for one
radio to "track" another.  An article in QST back in the early 90's
described a homebrew CI-V interface which was very simple, easy to build.  I
ran my ICOM's and Omni VI+ with it for several years.  By the way, the Omni
VI used a superset of the ICOM CI-V instruction set (i.e., it was a richer
set of instructions.)

	73, Duane

Duane Calvin, AC5AA
Austin, Texas
www.ac5aa.com  
 
-----Original Message-----
From: tentec-bounces at contesting.com [mailto:tentec-bounces at contesting.com]
On Behalf Of Dennis OConnor
Sent: Tuesday, January 16, 2007 6:25 AM
To: tentec at contesting.com
Subject: [TenTec] Omni VI serial control

Carl, what is the point of the mini plug CI-V interface?  I have used a
standard serial cable from a com port to the DB25 on the rear of the Omni 6
for years and it works without any interfaces... Am I missing something?
   
  denny / k8do

 
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