[1000mp] FT1000mp serial port communication

[Eugene Klingler]

general information............I am using a usb to serial converter with my 
mark V and dxbase 2006....everything works great, gene klingler n8zx 
n8zx at hughes.net     the unit i am using has 4 serial ports on it .... it is 
a PL-4COM from Byte Runner Technologies........800-274-7897......you can see 
the unit on their website.....price $79.00
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Pete Smith" <pete.n4zr at gmail.com>
To: "All about Yaesu 1000mp" <1000mp at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Sunday, May 14, 2006 9:56 AM
Subject: Re: [1000mp] FT1000mp serial port communication


> Just a side-note - this is often true of parallel ports, too, particularly 
> add-in's.  Logic 1 may be 5 volts, or it may be 3.3.  I had an add-in port 
> that wouldn't work with one of my band decoders, because of this 
> difference.
>
> Since both hardware serial and parallel ports are on the way out, it would 
> be interesting to know if USB adapters powered from the motherboard are 
> standardized on 5 or 3.3 volts, and if they deliver whatever maximum 
> voltage the motherboard gives them to the serial output.
>
> 73, Pete N4ZR
>
> 73At 09:45 AM 5/14/2006, you wrote:
>>I had a problem communicating between my laptop and my Mark V serial port. 
>>I
>>checked everything - the laptop worked fine with everything else, the 
>>cables
>>were fine, all the pini outs were right, etcetra. Turns out these radios
>>require an unusually high serial signal input level, and my laptop, 
>>although
>>it works fine with everything else, just wasn't shouting loud enough to 
>>get
>>any response from the rig. I switched to an old tower computer and the rig
>>talks to it fine, never a problem.
>>
>>Perhaps your home brew serial port is just 'on the edge' of your rig's
>>signal level requirement. If it is, the only fix is a different (higher
>>output) serial port.
>>
>>I remember muttering what about the RS232 standard, and being advised that
>>it is often referred to as the RS232 non-standard...
>>
>>Just a thought
>>
>>Robert Murray    VA7RMM
>>RR1 S5 C16
>>Edgewood, BC    V0G 1J0
>>Phone/Fax (250) 269-7698
>>
>>
>>
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