How can it use a universal cable when the radios use different connections
to program them? Speaker Jack on the 8000 and 7000 the VX-8DR uses the
external mic/gps connecter etc.. Inside the RT usb side you will find a
small pc board if you crack it open. I have 3 radios 3 cables :)
Brian Mackey
KC1MAC
Hams don't let hams get stuck on 2 meter repeaters!
From: ka3ffy <ka3ffy_ka3ffy@...>
Reply-To: <ic7000@...>
Date: Sunday, December 22, 2013 at 9:07 PM
To: "ic7000@..." <ic7000@...>
Subject: Re: [IC-7000] IC-7000 / RT Systems software
This is why they have lost so many sales. restricting software to special
this special that, etc. only drives customers away. myself, if it doesn't
use a universal cable, i won't buy it. it is bad enough to have to buy a
couple cables, let alone 20 to 50 cables for different radios to program,
then controller cables, etc.
myself, i do not want a lot of cables, this way in case of emergency, i
can grab a couple cables tops and do everything i need to do.
also, laptops only have a couple USB's. and when you have to load a ton of
different drivers for all those different special cables your limited RAM
memory runs out fast, just with an operating system chews up enough memeory,
let alone add more on top, like drivers for all those cables. which on my
laptop. i can only run 3 max at a time, one is always used by my mouse. many
times i have a cell phone in another. so that gives me one free USB for rig
control, one for digital modes, etc. not much room..
The phone aside,
one port is for HF rig control and HF digi-modes, the other port is for
VHF/UHF rig control and digi-modes.
only 2 cables for 2 rgs. why should i need to add more cables?
From: Alex Netherton <anetherton@...>
To: ic7000@...
Sent: Sunday, December 22, 2013 8:31 PM
Subject: Re: [IC-7000] IC-7000 / RT Systems software
I really didn't quite understand why they tied the cable to the software like
that.Still makes it a little difficult when their cable, a Prolific, decides
not to work with Windows or vice versa. Mine keeps coming up as "device not
recognized, a USB device has malfunctioned blah blah etc". Perhaps it is the
cable itself. Maybe it was fixed in a recent update, as I haven't seen this
lately.
73 de KC4BO
Alex Netherton
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On Sun, Dec 22, 2013 at 3:34 PM, ham.4x1uf <ham.4x1uf@...> wrote:
I am not working for RT systems but I do know that a lot of manpower in
term of time are invested to write such programs and its only natural they
want to protect it, so they use special cable, they make sure you can't
copy their CD (although I'd love to have a backup).
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*73,*
*Izzy 4X1UF*
*Extra Class, Active ham since October 1964, QCWA # 35058, member of SKCC, *
*mail: ham.4x1uf@... <ham.4x1uf@...>, Skype: ham4x1uf*
On Sun, Dec 22, 2013 at 9:05 PM, Alex Netherton <anetherton@...>wrote:
The RT System software is made for the 7k and it only works with its own
cable. Don't know why. I have not found any software that works as well.
You may be able to make a cable yourself but RT won't like it. It makes
life so much better. Worth the price.
73 de kc4bo
On Dec 22, 2013 1:53 PM, <ve5kc@...> wrote:
Anyone know what's so special about the RT Systems programing cable?
Has anyone tried using a USB CIV cable?
The software price is not bad, when bought as a digital download, no
shipping required.. but it says "
*Works only with the RT Systems USB-RTS01 cable" 73.. Ken - VE5KC *
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