[1000mp] CAT cables etc

[Jim Martin]

Hi Duncan
You only need the three connections and it is a straight through cablefor 9
way D type connectors.
You may find you have to short out a couple of pins on the PC end of the
cable depending on the age/make of the PC
Try shorting together RTS and CTS  (7+8) and then short out DSR and DTR
(6+4).  Making serial ports work has never been an exact science so you may
find that either of the options may work or you will need both.
Let me know if this does not work as I have a notes somewhere for different
makes of PCs
Jim


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----- Original Message -----
From: "Duncan Clark" <1000mp@dnamp.com>
To: <1000mp@mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Thursday, July 11, 2002 10:52 AM
Subject: [1000mp] CAT cables etc


> Hi Folks,
>
> I'm trying to set up MixW to work via CAT on the 1000mp.
>
> I am obviously doing something wrong, my guess is the RS232 cable.
>
> Which pins are actually needed (just 2,3 and 5 or all ?) and are pins 2
> and 3 crossed over from one end to other?
>
> The other possibility is that I am running an older Sony Vaio portable
> which only has a single USB port. I have that hooked to a Targus port
> replicator which gives me the serial port. MixW and DX4Win recognise and
> send data to the serial port. All the other Targus ports (USB, keyboard,
> mouse, parallel) work fine so that is why I am looking at the CAT lead
> as the problem.
>
> I had DX4Win working a a long time ago with the 1000mp using an old PC
> but A) I can't find the serial lead I used then and B) the computer was
> just too noisy, electrically, to use next to the rig.
>
> Many thanks
>
> Duncan
> G4ELJ
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>
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