[TenTec] Omni VI plus to computer hookup

[Stan Gammons]

So, the Omni VI has a CI-V port as well as a standard RS-232 port for 
rig control?   I use the RS-232 port or as Ten-Tec calls it, the 
"interface port" for rig control.


73

Stan
KM4HQE


On 1/13/2018 10:52 PM, Dave Edwards wrote:
> I have an Omni VI+, and use this cable.....
>
> https://www.ebay.com/itm/Icom-CT-17-USB-FTDI-Chipset-CI-V-Cat-Control-Programming-Cable-10-Feet/390984623176?epid=528023774&hash=item5b087fe448:g:hdwAAOSwa~BYO2fr 
>
>
>
> .....Dave
>
>
> On 1/13/18 4:35 PM, Joe Papworth via TenTec wrote:
>> Hi Jim,
>>
>> I got lucky and found a new HP laptop with a DB-9 on it at Micro 
>> Center. This was about 2 years ago so I don't know if there are any 
>> more out there.
>> The guy said they were special-ordered by a company that used the 
>> serial port for trouble-shooting their machines. (Medical equipment, 
>> I think).
>>
>> Here's the info if you wanna snoop around:  Product: HP ProBook 650 
>> G1  L4A21UT#ABA
>>
>> Later, Joe, K8MP
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Jim Goudie <jagoudie at comcast.net>
>> To: Ten-Tec List <tentec at contesting.com>
>> Sent: Sat, Jan 13, 2018 3:14 pm
>> Subject: [TenTec] Omni VI plus to computer hookup
>>
>> Hello, My Omni VI opt. 3 is hooked up to my old Dell Laptop (new in 
>> Dec 2000). I use that connection almost entirely for logging. It’s 
>> about time I retire that old laptop, but newer computers don’t have 
>> those old wide connections any more (I didn’t look up the name for 
>> those thingees); I assume that I’ll probably have to work through a 
>> USB port. What it needed to go from the Omni VI opt 3 to a USB port 
>> and a good working connection to the computer? If this is old hat 
>> stuff, as opposed to Red Hat stuff, feel free to just point me in the 
>> right direction…. Thanks, Jim AF3Z Jim Goudie — jagoudie at comcast.net 
>> 610 Kraybill Church Rd Mount Joy, PA 17552 
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