[TenTec] COmputer hook up to Omni VI+

[Carl Moreschi]

It looks like it is just a cable but there is actually a black box 
inside the USB connector end.  The CIV to USB that you have will work.


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

On 5/16/2014 10:25 AM, Jim Allen wrote:
> By "converter" do you mean merely a cable with the appropriate connectors
> or is there a "black box" device somewhere?
>
> The terminology is confusing to me, I guess.  On the 706 the Icom CIV cable
> used for HRD was just a cable.  Will that work here?
>
> 73 de W6OGC  Jim Allen
>
>
> On Thu, May 15, 2014 at 9:17 PM, n5bi<n5bi at juno.com>  wrote:
>
>> 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>
>> To:<Undisclosed-recipients:>
>> Cc: "Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment"<tentec at contesting.com>
>> 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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