Uses FTDI chip to provide the best compatibility and reliability.
After Windows XP detected the new hardware, the FTDI serial port drivers were loaded and the 2 ports installed as COM3 (Winkey) and COM4 (CI-V). Standard CT17 CI-V CAT interface in a USB dongle with 1.8 meter lead.
Eventually, all the terminals are available on standard and easy to use RCA cinch and 3.5mm stereo jack plugs. Icoms USB Cable for Radio to PC Connection New. Everything worked first-time as soon as I plugged in the USB cable. This helps you to troubleshoot PC or optocoupler/interface issues.
In addition to that, LEDs for CAT, CW and PTT activity monitoring are placed so you always know whether CW/PTT are going out of the USB to UART module or if your computer communicates with your transceiver. The serial terminals of the chip are then connected to the respective outputs with very few supporting elements - current-limiting resistors for the CAT, TTL to RS-232 level converter (for the -R model), LC-based RFI filters for both CAT and FootSwitch terminals, optocouplers for CW and PTT isolation (in case you are going to use it on a radio with high voltage levels on these inputs). At first I just used a USB cable for rig control and digital modes but I could not send CW from DM780 and I wanted to send CW from that and N1MM Logger. So what to do I didnt want to rick killing my IC-718, and existing circuits almost universally use an MAX232 level converter from RS232.
There are many reasons for using this specific chip, to name few of them:ĭriver availability for different operating systems - Windows, MacOS, LinuxĪdopted and recommended by most of the HAM radio software developersĮasy to find in my own country, so I can speed up manufacturing process It will work with any radio that has a standard Icom CI-V interface jack. It is effectively equivalent to the combination of an Icom CT-17 along with a USB to serial interface, without the tangle of wires and extra power supply. The heart of SUCCIv2 is the well-recognized FTDI USB to UART chip FT-232RL. The USB Icom CI-V Interface is powered off the USB bus, no external power is required.