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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>John,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Ron put me onto the use of mouse extension cables.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>I ended up using some KVM cables that I had laying around at work<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>to make a cable for Yaesu FT—817. Works great.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>You can get the DB-25 male connector at Radio Shack that has<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>the individual pins that you can solder to and then push them into<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>the connector. I find that a lot easier to do than to try to solder the<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>backs of the pins when they are already in the connector. You end up<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>with a DB-25 connector that only has the 5 to 6 pins in it instead of<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>the complete 25 pins.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Bill<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>WD9EQD<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'> arm-allstar-bounces@hamvoip.org [mailto:arm-allstar-bounces@hamvoip.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>John<br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, June 25, 2014 2:10 PM<br><b>To:</b> BeagleBone Black ARM Allstar<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [arm-allstar] BBB<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>Great information, Ron! Thanks for that pearl. I was eyeing some extension cables at Radio Shack but thought they'd be shy of a wire or two. I'll revisit that approach.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>John<br><br>Sent from my iPhone<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><br>On Jun 25, 2014, at 12:06 PM, Ron Wenig <<a href="mailto:rwenig@verizon.net">rwenig@verizon.net</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><p class=MsoNormal>Hi John,<br><br>During my packet days I've made cables that connected to the 6 pin din connector that is used for packet TNCs and now can be used for the Allstar URIx. I also got stuck on the fact that the mouse cable, usually you had spare mice laying around, didin't have all 6 wires connected to the molded connector. I've found that mice extension cables had all wires connected and 1 cable that are normally used for KVM switches can make 2 cables. You can get the connectors from Mouser but man are those solder connections small and hard to see :-)<br><br>73, Ron NY3J<br><br><br><o:p></o:p></p><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>The major hiccup in my node construction now is lack of a mini-din connector to tap into the data port on a Kenwood TMV-7. I thought I could sacrifice an old mouse cable, but the darned thing lacks wires on the proper pins. Cable is on order. In the mean time, I downloaded and installed Steve Henke's PTT Dispatcher (iaxrpt)<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>73 for now<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>John / WB5NFC<br>John Kenney <o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><br><br><br><o:p></o:p></p><pre>_______________________________________________<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre>arm-allstar mailing list<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><a href="mailto:arm-allstar@hamvoip.org">arm-allstar@hamvoip.org</a><o:p></o:p></pre><pre><a href="http://lists.hamvoip.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/arm-allstar">http://lists.hamvoip.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/arm-allstar</a><o:p></o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre>Visit the BBB web page - <a href="http://www.crompton.com/hamradio/BeagleBoneBlackAllstar/">http://www.crompton.com/hamradio/BeagleBoneBlackAllstar/</a><o:p></o:p></pre></blockquote><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></blockquote><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><p class=MsoNormal>_______________________________________________<br><br>arm-allstar mailing list<br><a href="mailto:arm-allstar@hamvoip.org">arm-allstar@hamvoip.org</a><br><a href="http://lists.hamvoip.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/arm-allstar">http://lists.hamvoip.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/arm-allstar</a><br><br>Visit the BBB web page - <a href="http://www.crompton.com/hamradio/BeagleBoneBlackAllstar/">http://www.crompton.com/hamradio/BeagleBoneBlackAllstar/</a><o:p></o:p></p></div></blockquote></div></body></html>