cat cable works but wsjt crashes
On Wed, Jan 15, 2020 at 1:51 PM Martin Blaise <[email protected]> wrote: > May be working now will try again > > On Wed, Jan 15, 2020 at 10:39 AM Jeffrey Carson via BVARC <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Martin: >> Using male to female adapters on CAT cables is usually where the problem >> lies. If you had the right cable for the job in the first place, I dont >> think you would have had any issues. You are trying to make the wrong cable >> work right and creating more complexity. I'd stop and wait till you got the >> right cable before you get too frustrated. >> >> On Wednesday, January 15, 2020, 10:14:22 AM CST, Travis Burgess via BVARC >> <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >> I concur. RT Systems has cables that are Radio specific and matched to >> your >> radio. They are the highest quality. >> >> Travis >> K5HTB >> >> No trees were harmed in the production of this message, however, a great >> many electrons were >> >> terribly inconvenienced. >> >> >> ------------------------------ >> *From:* BVARC <[email protected]> on behalf of Terry Leatherland >> via BVARC <[email protected]> >> *Sent:* Wednesday, January 15, 2020 6:45 AM >> *To:* BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB <[email protected]> >> *Cc:* Terry Leatherland <[email protected]> >> *Subject:* Re: [BVARC] $30 cat cable still does not work >> >> I buy my cables from rt systems. Work perfect and have great email >> support. >> >> 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. >> <https://www.amazon.com/Cable-Matters-Serial-Adapter-RS232/dp/B00J4N9T9C> >> 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. >> <https://www.amazon.com/WOVTE-Changer-Coupler-Adapter-Connector/dp/B00W7BZ31G/ref=sr_1_3?keywords=female+to+female+db9&qid=1579070518&sr=8-3> >> >> 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. 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