[ICOM] IC7000 Remote Options?

[Rossbach, David]

Mike, thanks for the response and ideas.. yeah I am starting to head down the VNC path and then since the Heil headset is connected via a catV plug, I was just thinking about pinning it out from the existing catV run I already have next to the radio, which dumps into the office anyway. so its possible to do this. I would just have to make sure from Heil first that I dont screw anything up from extending the headset and foot pedal that way... So thanks again!

Dave
N5DJR




On Aug 22, 2011, at 11:54 AM, mikea wrote:

> On Mon, Aug 22, 2011 at 11:45:08AM -0500, Rossbach, David wrote:
>> Hello, I have an IC7000 that I am currently using with the remote head
>> and a Heil PSE6-IC headset with footpedal. I have the radio connected to
>> a Mac via USB CI-V and utilize the MacLoggerDX program.
>> 
>> The setup is currently on the first floor in my living room and Im
>> wanting to move it upstairs into my office.. Both of the rooms up and
>> down share a common outside wall.
>> 
>> I was thinking of trying to get a cable run done with the 16foot OPC1444
>> remote head cable and then extend the USB CI-V cable via a 16 foot 3.5mm
>> cable. I realize that the capabilities of USB drop after 16foot and 16
>> foot is really pushing the limits of the wall run distance.
>> 
>> So I was wondering if anyone on the list has ran into something similar
>> and wanted to know what you decided to use to remote your IC7000 to
>> another room in the house?
>> 
>> I suppose another option would be to use a program like HRD to remote
>> the radio, but not sure how the audio and foot pedals etc would all work
>> without purchasing additional hardware?
> 
> Interesting problem! 
> 
> A pair of USB-to-fiber-optic extenders would solve your problem very
> neatly. The audio and foot pedals are a different problem set, but there
> should be a way to map contact closures on some set of switches to relay
> closures on the other end of a fiber. Be warned: these extenders are
> _PRICEY_ -- enough so that it may be worth your while to build a small
> Part-15 solution. 
> 
> An alternative for control of the radio is VNC, which gives you a direct
> image on computer B of whatever's happening on computer A. If you have
> wireless, this is a really good solution for control. It doesn't ship
> audio, but there are things like icecast for that, and it doesn't do
> switch closures. 
> 
> -- 
> Mike Andrews, W5EGO
> mikea at mikea.ath.cx
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