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

[Reed Krenn]

To keep the Orion "replacement" ahead of its time, why not design in a
state-of-the-art interface:

https://thunderbolttechnology.net/

10 - 20 Gb/s ought to be fast enough...... :)

Reed / WW3A


On Mon, Apr 7, 2014 at 5:51 PM, Mike Chatfield <mikechat at embarqmail.com>wrote:

> 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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