<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small">Hi Bob,</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small">thanks for your comments, it is for a multi op station. I will try addidng LPT ports, it is easier.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small">For SO2R I am ok with my u2R :) </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small">thanks for your help.</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><font style="color:rgb(0,0,0)" face="tahoma, sans-serif" size="2">73's Filipe Lopes </font><div><font style="color:rgb(0,0,0)" face="tahoma, sans-serif" size="2">CT1ILT - CR6K</font><div><font size="2"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif">F4VPX - TM3M</font></span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"> </span></font></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">2015-09-28 19:41 GMT+02:00 Bob Wilson, N6TV <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:n6tv@arrl.net" target="_blank">n6tv@arrl.net</a>></span>:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div>If your radio has a band data output, that's the best way to drive a band decoder, because it works even when your computer is off or you reboot. But, are you using a TS-590 with no band data outputs?</div><div><br></div><div>USB to Parallel port adapters will not work.<br></div><div><br></div><div>You could try an RS-232 port sniffer, but I have no experience with this:</div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://www.stockcorner.nl/index.php/component/jshopping/product/view/12/37?Itemid=0" target="_blank">http://www.stockcorner.nl/index.php/component/jshopping/product/view/12/37?Itemid=0</a><br></div><div><br></div>Real LPT ports (DB-25 parallel ports) can still be added to most notebook computers via an ExpressCard slot, or to most desktop computers via PCIe card, giving you many useful output pins on a single connector (CW keying, PTT, 4-pin Band Data, TX Focus, RX Focus, Stereo On/Off, and 4-6 msg pins for External DVK). This is supported by Win-Test. But only for one radio. If you are doing SO2R with two TS-590s, this will not work.<div><br></div><div>The microHAM MK2R+ lets you copy BCD data for both radios to the 25-pin ACC connector on the back, providing similar function with a single USB connection.<div><br></div><div>With USB to COM adapters, you only get two useful pins per port (RTS & DTR). Four pins are needed for BCD data. So you would need to dedicated two COM ports and combine them to get BCD data, which could work, but it would be quite a mess of wiring compared to using an SO2R box like the MK2R+ or an RS-232 sniffer. Win-Test would also have to be modified to split the BCD data to two ports. You would need to dedicate four serial ports to get BCD data for two radios.</div><div><br></div><div><div class="gmail_extra"><div><div>73,<div>Bob, N6TV</div></div></div>
<br><div class="gmail_quote"><div><div class="h5">On Mon, Sep 28, 2015 at 6:11 AM, Filipe Lopes <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ct1ilt@gmail.com" target="_blank">ct1ilt@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br></div></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex"><div><div class="h5"><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small">Hello guys,</div><div style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small">Does anyone know if using a USB TO COM converter we have BCD band data to connect to a band decoder?</div><div style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small">I read somewhere that on the LPT of a PC it works with pins 2, 7, 8 and 9. LPT ports are not in use for many years. How can we do it with Laptops?</div><div style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small">Thanks in advance</div><div style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><font style="color:rgb(0,0,0)" face="tahoma, sans-serif" size="2">73's Filipe Lopes </font><div><font style="color:rgb(0,0,0)" face="tahoma, sans-serif" size="2">CT1ILT - CR6K</font><div><font size="2"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif">F4VPX - TM3M</font></span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"> </span></font></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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