[TenTec] COmputer hook up to Omni VI+

[n5bi]

Yes, I also, have a usb to civ converter..works great on omy Omni VI+.

Gary Branch, N5BI
Macon, GA
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Carl Moreschi" <n4py3 at earthlink.net>
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Sent: Thursday, May 15, 2014 9:59 PM
Subject: Re: [TenTec] COmputer hook up to Omni VI+


> 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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