[TenTec] Any update on a replacement for the Orion II?

Mike Chatfield mikechat at embarqmail.com
Mon Apr 7 17:51:11 EDT 2014


Thanks as always John, Your input is always read carefully. As an Orion 
II owner, waiting for a suitable replacement keeps me even more patient 
than I really am.

Don't forget, there are a LOT of Ten-Tec Orion users out here that will 
purchase the Orion replacement. In my opinion the Orion was WAY AHEAD of 
its time....

"Don't forget us out here."

73
All the Best
Mike
W0BBC

On 4/7/2014 7:48 AM, John Henry wrote:
> Regarding control interfaces.
> Everything TEN-TEC makes from this point on will follow either the Orion II
> or the OMNI-VII protocol.
> There are minute differences between the Eagle and the Orion protocols. For
> instance, the version query, the Eagle returns text to say it is an Eagle
> 599, the Orion returns 565 or 566. So, yes, the control programs need to
> change IF they look for the version name. And when necessary, there may be
> other minor changes from rig to rig. e.g. the Eagle does not respond to
> second receiver Orion commands. It doesn't have one.
> Every attempt is being made to keep them all always on those two protcol
> paths, so, hopefully, unless the control program asks "who are you?" with
> the ?V command, it should work pretty much using the Orion command set (for
> the Eagle/ArgoVI), or the Jupiter command set (for the OMNI-VII).
> Sorry for the two branches of commands, but we are where we are and those
> were brought out different many many years before my control.
> I guess OMNI-RIG should get an update, but I don't know who will do that
> for TEN-TEC. I have do have a bone to pick though, another company gets
> several volunteers to update those for them. Wonder why...... We do all we
> can with our hands as full as they are. This omni-rig request has been on
> the reflectors for quite some time. For the Eagle, and other TEN-TEC rigs.
> I'm very busy working on a hardware enhancement for one of our current
> production rigs, and a software update for the OMNI-VII, new rig
> development, etc.  We be very very busy in house.
> Orion II replacement? Someday, but not right away, that takes time.
>
> Thanks, and 73,
> John Henry, KI4JPL
> TEN-TEC Engineering
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