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Adriano Perazio

K3 serial to serial

Anyone knows if the Serial to Serial cable from FT-2000 would work w/ the k3?

Tnx again
PY2ADR
K3 4795
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Nr4c

Re: K3 serial to serial

It should work fine. I replace my TS570 with a K3 and used the same
serial cable.

...bill nr4c

Quoting Adriano <[hidden email]>:

> Anyone knows if the Serial to Serial cable from FT-2000 would work w/ the k3?
>
> Tnx again
> PY2ADR
> K3 4795
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Guy, K2AV

Re: K3 serial to serial

I'm not so sure... My FT-1000 MP Cat connection has a male DB9 connection,
and the K3 has a female connection. If the MP's convention is "standard" for
Yaesu rigs, then the FT2000 cord will not work. Serial cord connections on
PC's are male. The K3 requires a cord with male on one end and female on the
other. The MP requires a double female cord. That fact made all the cords
I had used with my MP directly unusable with the K3.

If the FT2000 CAT connection on the back of the rig has pins, the cord will
not work for the K3 as is. An inexpensive male serial gender changer on the
rig end will convert a double female.

I found the gender changers inconvenient with cord replacement (K3 travels a
bit with me), and eventually bought new cords.

73, Guy.

On Tue, Mar 1, 2011 at 11:49 AM, <[hidden email]> wrote:

> It should work fine. I replace my TS570 with a K3 and used the same
> serial cable.
>
> ...bill nr4c
>
>
> Quoting Adriano <[hidden email]>:
>
> > Anyone knows if the Serial to Serial cable from FT-2000 would work w/ the
> k3?
> >
> > Tnx again
> > PY2ADR
> > K3 4795
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Vernon Mauery

Re: K3 serial to serial

On Tue, Mar 1, 2011 at 8:54 AM, Guy Olinger K2AV <[hidden email]> wrote:

Oh, but be careful with gender changers because with serial
connections, because not all serial cables are created equal; often, a
double-female-ended cable will be a null modem cable (with RX/TX wires
crossed), but not always. You can test your cable with a continuity
tester to make sure that the pins on each end are all the same pin.
The K3 needs a standard cable, not a null modem cable. See
http://www.lammertbies.nl/comm/cable/RS-232.html for more info.

--Vernon N7OH

> I found the gender changers inconvenient with cord replacement (K3 travels a
> bit with me), and eventually bought new cords.
>
> 73, Guy.
>
> On Tue, Mar 1, 2011 at 11:49 AM, <[hidden email]> wrote:
>
>> It should work fine. I replace my TS570 with a K3 and used the same
>> serial cable.
>>
>> ...bill nr4c
>>
>>
>> Quoting Adriano <[hidden email]>:
>>
>> > Anyone knows if the Serial to Serial cable from FT-2000 would work w/ the
>> k3?
>> >
>> > Tnx again
>> > PY2ADR
>> > K3 4795
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Nr4c

Re: K3 serial to serial

In reply to this post by Guy, K2AV

OK, yes, My TS-570 has a gender changer mounted on it's rear RS232
port. My main response was to the fact that the wiring is the same,
and I didn't consider gender. However, the cable I used for the 570
is the same cable I use for the K3, minus the gender changer.

...bc nr4c

Quoting Guy Olinger K2AV <[hidden email]>:

> I'm not so sure... My FT-1000 MP Cat connection has a male DB9 connection,
> and the K3 has a female connection. If the MP's convention is "standard" for
> Yaesu rigs, then the FT2000 cord will not work. Serial cord connections on
> PC's are male. The K3 requires a cord with male on one end and female on the
> other. The MP requires a double female cord. That fact made all the cords
> I had used with my MP directly unusable with the K3.
>
> If the FT2000 CAT connection on the back of the rig has pins, the cord will
> not work for the K3 as is. An inexpensive male serial gender changer on the
> rig end will convert a double female.
>
> I found the gender changers inconvenient with cord replacement (K3 travels a
> bit with me), and eventually bought new cords.
>
> 73, Guy.
>
> On Tue, Mar 1, 2011 at 11:49 AM, <[hidden email]> wrote:
>
>> It should work fine. I replace my TS570 with a K3 and used the same
>> serial cable.
>>
>> ...bill nr4c
>>
>>
>> Quoting Adriano <[hidden email]>:
>>
>> > Anyone knows if the Serial to Serial cable from FT-2000 would work w/ the
>> k3?
>> >
>> > Tnx again
>> > PY2ADR
>> > K3 4795
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Guy, K2AV

Re: K3 serial to serial

Details, details.... :>) 73, Guy.

On Tue, Mar 1, 2011 at 3:08 PM, <[hidden email]> wrote:

> OK, yes, My TS-570 has a gender changer mounted on it's rear RS232 port.
> My main response was to the fact that the wiring is the same, and I didn't
> consider gender. However, the cable I used for the 570 is the same cable I
> use for the K3, minus the gender changer.
>
> ...bc nr4c
>
>
>
>
> Quoting Guy Olinger K2AV <[hidden email]>:
>
> I'm not so sure... My FT-1000 MP Cat connection has a male DB9
>> connection,
>> and the K3 has a female connection. If the MP's convention is "standard"
>> for
>> Yaesu rigs, then the FT2000 cord will not work. Serial cord connections on
>> PC's are male. The K3 requires a cord with male on one end and female on
>> the
>> other. The MP requires a double female cord. That fact made all the
>> cords
>> I had used with my MP directly unusable with the K3.
>>
>> If the FT2000 CAT connection on the back of the rig has pins, the cord
>> will
>> not work for the K3 as is. An inexpensive male serial gender changer on
>> the
>> rig end will convert a double female.
>>
>> I found the gender changers inconvenient with cord replacement (K3 travels
>> a
>> bit with me), and eventually bought new cords.
>>
>> 73, Guy.
>>
>> On Tue, Mar 1, 2011 at 11:49 AM, <[hidden email]> wrote:
>>
>> It should work fine. I replace my TS570 with a K3 and used the same
>>> serial cable.
>>>
>>> ...bill nr4c
>>>
>>>
>>> Quoting Adriano <[hidden email]>:
>>>
>>> > Anyone knows if the Serial to Serial cable from FT-2000 would work w/
>>> the
>>> k3?
>>> >
>>> > Tnx again
>>> > PY2ADR
>>> > K3 4795
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