[chirp_users] ID-880H Macintosh interconnectivity

[Dan Smith]

>  1. Can you use the Icom OPC-1529R cable with Chirp and a USB-serial
>     adapter?

Yep, should be able to.

>  2. If not which cable do I use - is it the Icom OPC-478UC and if so
>     does this work without any drivers on the Mac OS? I'm not after
>     cheap eBay cables - just reliable connectivity.

The OPC-478 is the older cable, which has a TTL converter in it. Their
newer radios have started to support cloning via the regular RS-232 port
that they now have. I can't say I've tried it with the 880, but as
consistent as the Icoms are, I'd expect no issues. I have an 880 here, I
guess I should check it :)

>  3. If I can use the OPC-1529R then does anyone have a USB-serial
>     adapter which they are using on Mac OS 10.8.x with that cable which
>     works well? If so which one?

From my experience, the KeySpan is the best one for your platform. It's
big (although I wouldn't call it clunky), but it has a removable cable
and does a lot of neat stuff that the others won't.

What chip/driver is in your Belkin? They're usually prolific, which is
the most common, but also the most commonly problematic on MacOS, in my
experience. I think Tom would argue for FTDI-based gear, but I'll let
him speak up.

> Just with respect to a current discussion on the list about Mac where it
> was suggested it is a "boutique platform" - I'm not sure that you can
> say that about the biggest selling laptop platform in the US for the
> last quarter ;)

Heh, I hadn't heard that, and I'm certainly skeptical of such a claim.
However, regardless of growth, there's a lot of ground to make up.
Further, due to Windows' architecture, some of the driver cores have
been around longer than OSX has been a commercial product.

Yikes, I sound like a Windows advocate. Ya'll know I don't own a single
machine with Windows on it, right?? :)

-- 
Dan Smith
www.danplanet.com
KK7DS

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