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Computer steering or Rig Control |
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This is a method by which a radio can be controlled by a PC. The radio and
computer talk backwards and forwards to each other using a serial cable, or
increasingly now, USB. |
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How you do this exactly will depend on what radio you have but most will
connect to the serial port of your computer. |
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Many base/mobile scanners just have a serial port on the back and all you
need here is a bog standard serial lead with the correct number of pins
(usually 9 or 25). |
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Others, typically handhelds will probably need a voltage level converter
in order to interface to your computer. This is a box which goes in line
and translates the voltages which are used with computer serial ports to
those which are used in the scanner. Sometimes, it's just built into the
lead and powered by the serial port. |
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The Icom CT-17 which can control up to four radios from one computer |
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Icom were the first manufacturer to bring rig control to the forefront.
They developed a protocol called CI-V which stands for Computer interface five, the letter
V being a Roman numeral. |
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Other manufacturers followed with
their own proprietary protocols. |
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There is a combined
level converter and slicer under development which we hope to have
available as a kit in the fullness of time |
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Rig control is different from cloning and data manipulation. |
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