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Sent from my iPhone > On Jan 15, 2020, at 1:05 AM, Rod Neumann via BVARC <[email protected]> wrote: > > I probably shouldn't be replying because I really don't know about FT450 or > FT8. But this question totally is befuddling to me as it doesn't say what's > the problem. Maybe I can say one or two things that are helpful. > > Here's an RS232/USB cable for $9 from Amazon. It has a male DB9 plug on one > end and a USB connector on the other. If your radio has a female DB9 port, > then you're good, otherwise buy a DB9 gender changer. Googling about the > FT450, it says the RS232 Port on the radio is male also, so you'll need a > female/female DB9 gender changer... like this gender change for $5 on Amazon. > > Then you'll need to install the driver software. This can all get confusing > with the fact that the computer will see this interface as a serial COM port, > so you need to set up the right COM port after you plug in the cable to your > USB on the computer. Or maybe you got a disc with the radio and it has all > the software needed? > > And reading further about the FT450.... this Yaesu radio actually labels the > DB9 port "CAT". Huh? Can anybody explain what CAT stands for where it > applies to an RS232 serial communications port? AFAIK the term CAT is about > a cable of multi twisted pair. In other words CAT cable is like saying COAX > cable -- it's not about the signals going through it or what its used for, it > is about the physical conductor construction of the cable itself. Or is this > something merely lost in the Japanese/USA translation and now we have this > confusing term CAT being misapplied. Is it a misnomer? > > Or have I been Rip Van Winkle and this word CAT is now standard and has a > reasonable place in the vernacular, in application to what this is used for? > > > Rod Neumann cell: (832)444-0192 > ALLogic Inc. / AdorStore > PO Box 217 > New Ulm, TX 78950 > > > >> On Tue, Jan 14, 2020 at 6:10 PM Martin Blaise via BVARC <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> I just purchased a $30 cat cable from Mouser and first of all they sent me >> the wrong thing. The end has male pins, not female. I did have a male to >> female adapter and I then plugged that into the rs 232 port on the back of >> the Yaesu 450d. >> >> However that still did not work. I plugged the cable into the USB port and >> heard click click click and the radio was stuck on transmit and I had to >> unplug the cable to get it unstuck. I got multiple com port errors. Same >> problem as before. Cannot control radio with cat cable. >> >> Everyone - I cannot fix this problem by myself. I guess now I need to send >> the cable back to Mouser and tell them its the wrong thing. Also, I have >> done everything in my power to try and figure this out. I need help. Either >> by teamviewer or in person. I am at a dead end. I cannot operate ft8 with a >> stuck transmitter. My phone number is 713-305-2148. Sorry to keep bringing >> this up, but it is really getting frustrating. Thanks. Marty, AG5T >> ________________________________________________ >> Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club >> Get on the air - 146.94 Repeater >> Volunteer now for the Houston Hamfest >> >> BVARC mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org > ________________________________________________ > Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club > Get on the air - 146.94 Repeater > Volunteer now for the Houston Hamfest > > BVARC mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org
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