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I have a Icom 718 and a ci-v cable.. I am setting up raspi4 following KM4ACK's wonderful work..?
The CI-V cable works but doesn't control PTT.. I am using Gordon Gibby's digital interface kit to isolate raspi4 and radio.? That will require a sound card dongle and ?USB? connection to the ACC jack on the rear.
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On Mon, Apr 20, 2020 at 12:44 PM Ed Bloom, KD9FRQ via <ewbloom= [email protected]> wrote:
Mike,
I know the FT-450 does and I have a plain serial to serial cable on it now to my big PC.
So you are saying that as along as I order a CAT-62 equivalent, I should be able to plug
it into a USB port on the Pi and be good to go (once all the settings are in place?
That is what I have done.? I use this one
??
?
I just don't want to spend the money on a cable someone else has already tried and found
to be lacking in functionality.
In the example of Jason, KM4ACK, his rig had a direct USB port so he does not need anything
special just a USB-A to USB-B.
I think the FT-897 will be the same serial port as the FT-450. I will need to check as it has
been boxed in the Go Case for a while.? the ICOM 718 is is new enough to me that I have not
fully reached the point yet.
I don't have an IC-718 but it looks like it takes a standard Icom style CI-V cable.
Here is the Icom version I have -? ? I like these versions because they use FTDI USB to serial chips which are better supported.? You may find lower cost options.? For Linux, FTDI may not be as important.
There are a lot of counterfeit Prolific chips, which may not work with Windows.?
-- John D. Hays
Kingston, WA K7VE
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I have the 857D.?? There is no official
USB cable for it...but there are some available on ebay/amazon (I
don't remember where I bought mine.) in any case...the cable did
talk the radio but I could not transmit with it.??
So I had to buy the correct serial CAT
cable for the Yaesu (meaning the not cheap one)...AND a generic
USB to serial cable...and that combo is plug and play on both
Windows and the Pi.?
I got a USB to serial cable like this
one...and like I said, it worked for Windows and the Pi.
?
Mike
On 4/20/2020 2:43 PM, Ed Bloom, KD9FRQ
via groups.io wrote:
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Mike,
I know the FT-450 does and I have a plain serial to serial
cable on it now to my big PC.
So you are saying that as along as I order a CAT-62
equivalent, I should be able to plug
it into a USB port on the Pi and be good to go (once all
the settings are in place?
I just don't want to spend the money on a cable someone
else has already tried and found
to be lacking in functionality.
In the example of Jason, KM4ACK, his rig had a direct USB
port so he does not need anything
special just a USB-A to USB-B.
I think the FT-897 will be the same serial port as the
FT-450. I will need to check as it has
been boxed in the Go Case for a while.? the ICOM 718 is
is new enough to me that I have not
fully reached the point yet.
I stilled asked the question, so I could go ahead and
order the "I have successfully used "cables
even if they do sit a month or two on the bench.
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-----Original
Message-----
From: Mike B <kf5dey@...>
To: RaspberryPi-4-HamRadio
<[email protected]>
Sent: Mon, Apr 20, 2020 1:42 pm
Subject: Re: [RaspberryPi-4-HamRadio] CAT Control Options
I am pretty sure
all of those radios have available serial cables to CAT.
From there you
use a USB to serial adapter...I use a generic one I got
on Amazon... it is plug and play on the Pi basically.
Mike
On Mon,
Apr 20, 2020 at 11:12 AM Ed Bloom, KD9FRQ via <ewbloom= [email protected]>
wrote:
In working on using the Build A Pi script from
Jason, KM4ACK, I have come across the need for
assistance.
I need some guidance on identifying available
cables to allow FLRIG to control the RIG via CAT
as built in the
script / setup.
I own an older FT-450 (currently my main Base
HF Rig using a SignaLink), an FT-897 (my target HF
Rig for
mobile / portable ops) and an ICOM 718
(currently planned to be my back shack rig with a
SignaLink and also
connected to my 80m dipole).
The reason I am looking for cable for all three
rigs is that I will eventually want to move away
from the big PC
I am using in my shack and move the PI and
totally 12v operation.
Thank you in advance for your help in locating
cable options for CAT control on the PI for these
rigs.
--
John
D. Hays
Kingston,
WA
K7VE
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Mike,
I know the FT-450 does and I have a plain serial to serial cable on it now to my big PC.
So you are saying that as along as I order a CAT-62 equivalent, I should be able to plug
it into a USB port on the Pi and be good to go (once all the settings are in place?
I just don't want to spend the money on a cable someone else has already tried and found
to be lacking in functionality.
In the example of Jason, KM4ACK, his rig had a direct USB port so he does not need anything
special just a USB-A to USB-B.
I think the FT-897 will be the same serial port as the FT-450. I will need to check as it has
been boxed in the Go Case for a while.? the ICOM 718 is is new enough to me that I have not
fully reached the point yet.
I stilled asked the question, so I could go ahead and order the "I have successfully used "cables
even if they do sit a month or two on the bench.
Sent from Webmail access
-----Original Message-----
From: Mike B <kf5dey@...>
To: RaspberryPi-4-HamRadio < [email protected]>
Sent: Mon, Apr 20, 2020 1:42 pm
Subject: Re: [RaspberryPi-4-HamRadio] CAT Control Options
I am pretty sure all of those radios
have available serial cables to CAT.
From there you use a USB to serial
adapter...I use a generic one I got on Amazon... it is plug and
play on the Pi basically.
Mike
On Mon, Apr 20, 2020 at 11:12
AM Ed Bloom, KD9FRQ via <ewbloom= [email protected]>
wrote:
In working on using the Build A Pi script from Jason,
KM4ACK, I have come across the need for assistance.
I need some guidance on identifying available cables to
allow FLRIG to control the RIG via CAT as built in the
script / setup.
I own an older FT-450 (currently my main Base HF Rig
using a SignaLink), an FT-897 (my target HF Rig for
mobile / portable ops) and an ICOM 718 (currently
planned to be my back shack rig with a SignaLink and also
connected to my 80m dipole).
The reason I am looking for cable for all three rigs is
that I will eventually want to move away from the big PC
I am using in my shack and move the PI and totally 12v
operation.
Thank you in advance for your help in locating cable
options for CAT control on the PI for these rigs.
--
John D.
Hays
Kingston,
WA
K7VE
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"I need some guidance on identifying available cables to
allow FLRIG to control the RIG via CAT as built in the
script / setup."
A specific question...just because ebay has a CAT cable,
doesn't mean it will work...how do I know??? I bought an ebay
usb CAT cable...it recognized the radio...but would not allow
radio to transmit.
So I gave a specific answer...there are serial to CAT cables
available...and from there you can use a generic USB to serial
adapter.
And that adapter will be plug and play with the Pi.
Mike
I have to ask...is that how you mentor other amateurs trying
to learn something new in the hobby?
On 4/20/2020 1:48 PM, John D Hays -
K7VE wrote:
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That was not?a
mean answer.? It was a link that will help you get to a
search.
The search
lists a number of places to get the cables at different price
points.
You don't
need a USB to serial cable, if the cable is USB to the proper
CAT connection.
On Mon, Apr 20, 2020 at 11:42
AM Mike B < kf5dey@...> wrote:
If you are going to give a mean answer...why answer at
all.
I am pretty sure all of those radios have available
serial cables to CAT.
From there you use a USB to serial adapter...I use a
generic one I got on Amazon... it is plug and play on the
Pi basically.
Mike
On 4/20/2020 1:34 PM, John D Hays - K7VE wrote:
?
I use
these USB cables on Raspberry Pi to do CAT control on
Yaesu and on Icom
?
On Mon, Apr 20, 2020
at 11:12 AM Ed Bloom, KD9FRQ via <ewbloom= [email protected]>
wrote:
In working on using the Build A Pi script from
Jason, KM4ACK, I have come across the need for
assistance.
I need some guidance on identifying available
cables to allow FLRIG to control the RIG via CAT
as built in the
script / setup.
I own an older FT-450 (currently my main Base
HF Rig using a SignaLink), an FT-897 (my target HF
Rig for
mobile / portable ops) and an ICOM 718
(currently planned to be my back shack rig with a
SignaLink and also
connected to my 80m dipole).
The reason I am looking for cable for all three
rigs is that I will eventually want to move away
from the big PC
I am using in my shack and move the PI and
totally 12v operation.
Thank you in advance for your help in locating
cable options for CAT control on the PI for these
rigs.
--
John
D. Hays
Kingston,
WA
K7VE
--
John D.
Hays
Kingston,
WA
K7VE
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That was not?a mean answer.? It was a link that will help you get to a search.
The search lists a number of places to get the cables at different price points.
You don't need a USB to serial cable, if the cable is USB to the proper CAT connection.
On Mon, Apr 20, 2020 at 11:42 AM Mike B < kf5dey@...> wrote:
If you are going to give a mean
answer...why answer at all.
I am pretty sure all of those radios
have available serial cables to CAT.
From there you use a USB to serial
adapter...I use a generic one I got on Amazon... it is plug and
play on the Pi basically.
Mike
On 4/20/2020 1:34 PM, John D Hays -
K7VE wrote:
?
I use these
USB cables on Raspberry Pi to do CAT control on Yaesu and on
Icom
?
On Mon, Apr 20, 2020 at 11:12
AM Ed Bloom, KD9FRQ via <ewbloom= [email protected]>
wrote:
In working on using the Build A Pi script from Jason,
KM4ACK, I have come across the need for assistance.
I need some guidance on identifying available cables to
allow FLRIG to control the RIG via CAT as built in the
script / setup.
I own an older FT-450 (currently my main Base HF Rig
using a SignaLink), an FT-897 (my target HF Rig for
mobile / portable ops) and an ICOM 718 (currently
planned to be my back shack rig with a SignaLink and also
connected to my 80m dipole).
The reason I am looking for cable for all three rigs is
that I will eventually want to move away from the big PC
I am using in my shack and move the PI and totally 12v
operation.
Thank you in advance for your help in locating cable
options for CAT control on the PI for these rigs.
--
John D.
Hays
Kingston,
WA
K7VE
-- John D. Hays
Kingston, WA K7VE
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If you are going to give a mean
answer...why answer at all.
I am pretty sure all of those radios
have available serial cables to CAT.
From there you use a USB to serial
adapter...I use a generic one I got on Amazon... it is plug and
play on the Pi basically.
Mike
On 4/20/2020 1:34 PM, John D Hays -
K7VE wrote:
toggle quoted message
Show quoted text
?
I use these
USB cables on Raspberry Pi to do CAT control on Yaesu and on
Icom
?
On Mon, Apr 20, 2020 at 11:12
AM Ed Bloom, KD9FRQ via <ewbloom= [email protected]>
wrote:
In working on using the Build A Pi script from Jason,
KM4ACK, I have come across the need for assistance.
I need some guidance on identifying available cables to
allow FLRIG to control the RIG via CAT as built in the
script / setup.
I own an older FT-450 (currently my main Base HF Rig
using a SignaLink), an FT-897 (my target HF Rig for
mobile / portable ops) and an ICOM 718 (currently
planned to be my back shack rig with a SignaLink and also
connected to my 80m dipole).
The reason I am looking for cable for all three rigs is
that I will eventually want to move away from the big PC
I am using in my shack and move the PI and totally 12v
operation.
Thank you in advance for your help in locating cable
options for CAT control on the PI for these rigs.
--
John D.
Hays
Kingston,
WA
K7VE
|
? I use these USB cables on Raspberry Pi to do CAT control on Yaesu and on Icom ?
On Mon, Apr 20, 2020 at 11:12 AM Ed Bloom, KD9FRQ via <ewbloom= [email protected]> wrote:
In working on using the Build A Pi script from Jason, KM4ACK, I have come across the need for assistance.
I need some guidance on identifying available cables to allow FLRIG to control the RIG via CAT as built in the
script / setup.
I own an older FT-450 (currently my main Base HF Rig using a SignaLink), an FT-897 (my target HF Rig for
mobile / portable ops) and an ICOM 718 (currently planned to be my back shack rig with a SignaLink and also
connected to my 80m dipole).
The reason I am looking for cable for all three rigs is that I will eventually want to move away from the big PC
I am using in my shack and move the PI and totally 12v operation.
Thank you in advance for your help in locating cable options for CAT control on the PI for these rigs.
-- John D. Hays
Kingston, WA K7VE
|
In working on using the Build A Pi script from Jason, KM4ACK, I have come across the need for assistance.
I need some guidance on identifying available cables to allow FLRIG to control the RIG via CAT as built in the
script / setup.
I own an older FT-450 (currently my main Base HF Rig using a SignaLink), an FT-897 (my target HF Rig for
mobile / portable ops) and an ICOM 718 (currently planned to be my back shack rig with a SignaLink and also
connected to my 80m dipole).
The reason I am looking for cable for all three rigs is that I will eventually want to move away from the big PC
I am using in my shack and move the PI and totally 12v operation.
Thank you in advance for your help in locating cable options for CAT control on the PI for these rigs.
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Bill Lamm
John Hays - K7VE / WRJT-215