[ICOM] Radio Shack USB - CIV control adapter
Tom Crawford
TMCsail at sbcglobal.net
Tue Apr 24 23:10:28 EDT 2007
I caught wind of this Radio Shack cable/adapter (maybe here) quite some time ago and finally decided I had to give it a try.
It is intended as a PC interface for several of their scanners.
It's a very nice package - the SMD circuit board has LEDs indicating TX and Rec (of the serial data). The board is housed in a transparent case.
The package comes with an adapter which must be used with ICOMs.
Installation was a snap - I plugged the USB connector into a USB port. The "Found New Hardware" installation prompt opened. I told it not to look for a driver 'cause I had it..... so forth.
I looked at the device manager and saw that the driver had installed the adapter as COM4.
I control my rigs (746pro and 706mk2g) with DxLab and I also use Ham Radio Deluxe. I set the software to look for the radio on COM4 and set DTR and RTS off and all works as expected.
Here are the details:
Radio Shack
Full-Speed USB Scanner Programming Cable
20-047
I paid $29.99
73,
Tom, W3TMC
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