Bingo Tom, BTW, if you click on the link near "html scrubbed" then you douwnload readable HTML source, with some copy-paste one can reconstruct the original text (without the special fonts) 73 groeten Peter petervn(a)hetnet.nl <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ; pa0pvn(a)hetnet.nl <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ; pa0pvn(a)gmail.com ; pa0pvn(a)amsat.org .
________________________________ Van: [EMAIL PROTECTED] namens Tom Clark, K3IO Verzonden: zo 8-7-2007 22:02 Aan: [email protected] Onderwerp: Re: [Flexradio] Flex 5000a flexwire plug Hopefully the 4th time is a charm. This is one more attempt to avoid the HTML scrubber. Apparently, because I had a couple of fonts (because of cut 'n paste), it took my posting as HTML. Thanks to Tim and Cecil for the help. I apologize for the previous useless QRM postings. Neal Campbell wrote: >> I can already predict a lot of people will be plugging serial port cables >> into the db 9 female port on the 5000a. Do you need all 9 signals on the >> port? If not, why not put a stop in one of the holes so an OEM male db9 will >> not fit? I assume that we will be buying devices that include the cable and >> they can just snip off whatever signal you block on the plug. >> > As I understand, the 9-pin connector is NOT an RS232 serial port. The principal communication protocol for FlexWire is a bi-directional 3-wire SPI (signal+clock+gnd) that also has compatibility with Dallas/Maxim one-wire. Some of the other pins support functions like PTT, Key, etc. The official word on FlexWire is: > With the introduction of the FLEX-5000 family of transceivers, FlexRadio Systems introduces > FlexWire, an intelligent, high speed, bi-directional communications interface that allows > PowerSDR to communicate with a host of peripheral devices such as antenna tuners, rotor > controllers and band switchers just to name a few. A family of FlexWire peripherals will be > forthcoming from the company. Complete specifications and the programming interface will >be published to allow home brew and third party add-on products. Perhaps one of the current beta-testers has actually used the connector and can make some definitive comments (including the pin-outs). BTW, breaking off a pin on a DB9M is pretty trivial. And a toothpick in a DB9F is a fine blocker for an unused pin 73 de Tom, K3IO (ex W3IWI) _______________________________________________ FlexRadio mailing list [email protected] http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ FlexRadio Knowledge Base: http://kb.flex-radio.com/ FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mail.flex-radio.biz/pipermail/flexradio_flex-radio.biz/attachments/20070709/ee531e41/attachment.html _______________________________________________ FlexRadio mailing list [email protected] http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ FlexRadio Knowledge Base: http://kb.flex-radio.com/ FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/
