I use the FT-65 manufactures cable and have NEVER had a problem.
KD2YEM Frank *Be sure to strip out all email addresses before forwarding and help prevent Identity Theft.* *To Team 6: ".... people sleep **peaceably** in their beds at night only because tough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf."; George Orwell* "The ultimate authority ... resides in the people alone. ... The advantage of being armed, which the Americans possess over the people of almost every other nation ... forms a barrier against the enterprises of ambition, more insurmountable than any..." —James Madison (1788) Per tutta la Mia famiglia e gli amici ti amo oggi, domani e sempre! [ For all of My family and friends I love you today, tomorrow and forever!] 'Be who you are and say what you feel... Because those that matter... don't mind...And those that mind... don't matter.' Deo adjuvante non timendum [ With God's help you have nothing to fear] "We cannot be sure of having something to live for unless we are willing to die for it." The things that will destroy us are: politics without principle; pleasure without conscience; wealth without work; knowledge without character; business without morality; science without humanity; and worship without sacrifice" Mathatma Mohandas Karamchand Ghandi John Wayne said "Life's tough. It's tougher when you're stupid!!" People fear what they don’t understand *"Any man who thinks he can be happy and prosperous by letting theGovernment take care of him better take a closer look at the AmericanIndian." *Henry Ford On Mon, Aug 22, 2022 at 2:57 PM David Ranch <ch...@trinnet.net> wrote: > > Last time I checked, RT Systems cables use FTDI USB to Serial chips but > they are programmed with non-standard USB VID:PID to make them > "proprietary". If you look at http://www.linux-usb.org/usb.ids and > search for "RT Systems", you can see a short list of some known VID:PID > combinations that Linux will then load the FTDI kernel module and treat the > USB device as a serial port. For unknown ports, I don't know if you can > fake out Windows to recognize RT System cables as a standard serial cable > but you CAN do this with Linux for ANY VID:VID using either some USB or > UDEV tricks. > > I wrote the following up some time ago to either temporarily or > permanently recognize the RT Cable and create a /dev/ft857_prog serial > device instead of a generically named /dev/ttyUSB0 device: > > > Temporary USB recognition (this example does this for a Timewave Navigator > device): > > https://www.trinityos.com/HAM/CentosDigitalModes/hampacketizing-centos.html#2c.kernelnavigatorudev > > > Permanent USB recognition across reboots (this example is for one of RT > Systems cables for a Yaesu FT857): > > > https://www.trinityos.com/HAM/CentosDigitalModes/hampacketizing-centos.html#1d.presetup-udevusbserial > -- > #Device #3 - RT Systems CT-62B 1-port USB to serial adapter for > FT817/857/897 (FTDI-based) > # > #NOTE: This adapter is NOT recognized by the Linux kernel as a > valid > # serial device. RT System does this ON PURPOSE so their > programming > # software will only work with their cables! You can change > these IDs > # if you wish with > http://www.ftdichip.com/Support/Utilities.htm#FT_Prog > # > # Alternatively, the following will run a script to poke the > RT Systems > # USB IDs into the kernel FTDI driver so it can recognize > the new > # device as a serial port. > # > BUS=="usb", SYSFS{idVendor}=="2100", SYSFS{idProduct}=="9e56", > ENV{ID_MM_DEVICE_IGNORE}="1", RUN+="/usr/local/sbin/RTSystems-addports.sh &" > SUBSYSTEM=="tty", ATTRS{idVendor}=="2100", > ATTRS{idProduct}=="9e56", SYMLINK+="ft857_prog" > -- > > --David > KI6ZHD > > > > On 08/22/2022 11:34 AM, Dave Matthews wrote: > > Trying to avoid RT systems. Not sure if they will work with CHIRP or if > it is only for their software. > > Dave > W2IJL > > On Mon, Aug 22, 2022 at 2:32 PM KE5EOT <ke5...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Gigaparts shows the RT Systems cable to be in stock. >> >> >> https://www.gigaparts.com/usb-55-programming-and-data-cable.html?msclkid=ebfffb88e3301f63459a988b29a1dcfa >> >> Randy (KE5EOT) >> ARRL, QCWA, ARES, RACES, ROWH >> http://ke5eot.webs.com >> >> On 8/22/22 1:18 PM, Dave Matthews wrote: >> >> Looking at picking up a ft-65 but the scu-35 cable looks to be out of >> stock with no eta. Anyone using any of the Amazon clones successfully? I >> will be using Ubuntu so most of the driver issues are not a problem. >> >> Dave >> W2IJL >> >> _______________________________________________ >> chirp_users mailing >> listchirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.comhttp://intrepid.danplanet.com/mailman/listinfo/chirp_users >> This message was sent to Randy Morton at ke5...@gmail.com >> To unsubscribe, send an email to >> chirp_users-unsubscr...@intrepid.danplanet.com >> To report this email as off-topic, please email >> chirp_users-ow...@intrepid.danplanet.com >> Searchable archive: >> https://www.mail-archive.com/chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> chirp_users mailing list >> chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com >> http://intrepid.danplanet.com/mailman/listinfo/chirp_users >> This message was sent to W2IJL at n36...@gmail.com >> To unsubscribe, send an email to >> chirp_users-unsubscr...@intrepid.danplanet.com >> To report this email as off-topic, please email >> chirp_users-ow...@intrepid.danplanet.com >> Searchable archive: >> https://www.mail-archive.com/chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > chirp_users mailing > listchirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.comhttp://intrepid.danplanet.com/mailman/listinfo/chirp_users > This message was sent to David Ranch at ch...@trinnet.net > To unsubscribe, send an email to > chirp_users-unsubscr...@intrepid.danplanet.com > To report this email as off-topic, please email > chirp_users-ow...@intrepid.danplanet.com > Searchable archive: > https://www.mail-archive.com/chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com > > > _______________________________________________ > chirp_users mailing list > chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com > http://intrepid.danplanet.com/mailman/listinfo/chirp_users > This message was sent to Frank at coloradomountainri...@gmail.com > To unsubscribe, send an email to > chirp_users-unsubscr...@intrepid.danplanet.com > To report this email as off-topic, please email > chirp_users-ow...@intrepid.danplanet.com > Searchable archive: > https://www.mail-archive.com/chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com
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