Remote Rig
RRC-Nano => General => Topic started by: m0wnt on 2015-03-12, 14:12:39
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Hi,
I was wondering if someone could help?
I purchased a ci-v cable from http://www.g4zlp.co.uk/unified/IcomCAT.shtml its the one at the bottom of page, could someone please advise me if this cable is the right one? just that i cant get all functions working
thanks,
neil
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Hi
No that kind of cables do not work as I have tried to explain on the web. Pirate cables like that steal power from unused pins in the PC RS-232 connector, but the RRC do not have those pins. If you want to use that you must make a cable in between where you can connect power to the pins that it use for powering.
73 de mike
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Thanks for getting back to me. Do you know Where can I purchase the right cable from?
Regards
Neil
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Hi Neil
You have to get an i/f with its own power. But if you want to open your existing cable and you can easily feed the i/f with external power.
Your cable looks something like the schematics on this page: http://www.qsl.net/g3vgr/civ.html
There you can see which pin(s) you have to feed with 12V DC.
Otherwise, Icom has it's own i/f CT17 and there are other out there as well.
Good Luck!
73 SM0NEK, Lars-Owe
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Thanks for the support on the forums got it working by putting 12v to supply the ct17 on pins 4 and 5. Hope the software guys will include a tune button in the near future :-)
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Hi m0wnt
Which cable did you finally buy. The ct17 from G4ZLP? i
I'm interested in knowing the right solution.
Many TNX
Josep, EA3BT
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http://shop.microbit.se/webshop/catalog/product_info.php?currency=EUR&products_id=190 (http://shop.microbit.se/webshop/catalog/product_info.php?currency=EUR&products_id=190)