[TenTec] orion and computer control

[jack b friend]

On Fri, 2009-12-25 at 09:26 -0500, w1dxh at aol.com wrote:
> can't get radio to talk to computer, settings are 57600 baud,no parity, 8 data bits, 1 stop it and handshake dtr/rts. dx4win says some radios such as tentec and icom require radio address? what does tentec use, can't seem to find this info. also want to use n1mm with tentec orion and need to set up. any help appreciated, this is all new to me as I never ad m Orion hooked up to computer. Thanks and Merry Christmas to all.
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> Steve W1DXH
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i have been using LOGic8 in Windows and xlog in Ubuntu. neither needs an
address. both read the Orion. 57000 baud, etc are the important info
along with a serial port assignment. if you don't have a serial port a
USB to serial port adapter works fine for LOGic8 and xlog.

Merry Christmas jack ak7o