[TenTec] COmputer hook up to Omni VI+

[Carl Moreschi]

Yes it can if you have a USB to CIV converter.  The bottom line is you 
still connect to a USB port on the computer.

Carl Moreschi N4PY
58 Hogwood Rd
Louisburg, NC 27549
www.n4py.com

On 5/15/2014 9:44 PM, Jim Allen wrote:
> Can the Icom CIV be used instead of the serial port and routed to a USB
> port directly?
>
> TIA
>
> 73 de W6OGC  Jim Allen
>
>
>
>
> On Thu, May 15, 2014 at 8:10 PM, Carl Moreschi <n4py3 at earthlink.net
> <mailto:n4py3 at earthlink.net>> wrote:
>
>     USB to serial converters are what is used now.  They are available
>     for $10 to $40.  They take a serial port DB9 and converter it to
>     connect to a USB port on the computer.  Then windows even assigns a
>     comport number to it so you can use it as a normal serial port.  For
>     a DB25, you need a DB9 to DB25 adapter on the end of the USB to
>     serial converter.
>
>     The Omni VI also had a 1/8 inch CIV jack which is the Icom method of
>     connection.  This is because the Omni VI uses the Icom command protocol.
>
>     Carl Moreschi N4PY
>     58 Hogwood Rd
>     Louisburg, NC 27549
>     www.n4py.com <http://www.n4py.com>
>
>
>     On 5/15/2014 8:42 PM, Jim Allen wrote:
>
>         I see that the Omni VI+ has a connection called a "serial port"
>         in the
>         back, as well as an "Interface Port" which resembles a serial
>         port DB
>         connector..
>
>         The description in the manual leads me to believe the Interface
>         Port is to
>         be used to connect to a computer.  Today's computers seldom have
>         serial
>         ports, and I see that cables are offered on eBay for these
>         radios that are
>         1/8th" to USB, similar to the Icom cable.
>
>         What's the story?  What should one use?  What should one do with
>         a computer
>         having no serial ports?
>
>         73 de W6OGC  Jim Allen
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