[chirp_users] FT-65 cable - any aftermarket work?

Mon Aug 22 12:26:43 PDT 2022

I use the FT-65 manufactures cable and have NEVER had a problem.

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On Mon, Aug 22, 2022 at 2:57 PM David Ranch <chirp at trinnet.net> wrote:

>
> Last time I checked, RT Systems cables use FTDI USB to Serial chips but
> they are programmed with non-standard USB VID:PID to make them
> "proprietary".  If you look at http://www.linux-usb.org/usb.ids and
> search for "RT Systems", you can see a short list of some known VID:PID
> combinations that Linux will then load the FTDI kernel module and treat the
> USB device as a serial port.  For unknown ports, I don't know if you can
> fake out Windows to recognize RT System cables as a standard serial cable
> but you CAN do this with Linux for ANY VID:VID using either some USB or
> UDEV tricks.
>
> I wrote the following up some time ago to either temporarily or
> permanently recognize the RT Cable and create a /dev/ft857_prog serial
> device instead of a generically named /dev/ttyUSB0 device:
>
>
> Temporary USB recognition (this example does this for a Timewave Navigator
> device):
>
> https://www.trinityos.com/HAM/CentosDigitalModes/hampacketizing-centos.html#2c.kernelnavigatorudev
>
>
> Permanent USB recognition across reboots (this example is for one of RT
> Systems cables for a Yaesu FT857):
>
>
> https://www.trinityos.com/HAM/CentosDigitalModes/hampacketizing-centos.html#1d.presetup-udevusbserial
>    --
>          #Device #3 - RT Systems CT-62B 1-port USB to serial adapter for
> FT817/857/897 (FTDI-based)
>          #
>          #NOTE: This adapter is NOT recognized by the Linux kernel as a
> valid
>          #      serial device.  RT System does this ON PURPOSE so their
> programming
>          #      software will only work with their cables!  You can change
> these IDs
>          #      if you wish with
> http://www.ftdichip.com/Support/Utilities.htm#FT_Prog
>          #
>          #      Alternatively, the following will run a script to poke the
> RT Systems
>          #      USB IDs into the kernel FTDI driver so it can recognize
> the new
>          #      device as a serial port.
>          #
>          BUS=="usb", SYSFS{idVendor}=="2100", SYSFS{idProduct}=="9e56",
> ENV{ID_MM_DEVICE_IGNORE}="1", RUN+="/usr/local/sbin/RTSystems-addports.sh &"
>          SUBSYSTEM=="tty", ATTRS{idVendor}=="2100",
> ATTRS{idProduct}=="9e56", SYMLINK+="ft857_prog"
>    --
>
> --David
> KI6ZHD
>
>
>
> On 08/22/2022 11:34 AM, Dave Matthews wrote:
>
> Trying to avoid RT systems.  Not sure if they will work with CHIRP or if
> it is only for their software.
>
> Dave
> W2IJL
>
> On Mon, Aug 22, 2022 at 2:32 PM KE5EOT <ke5eot at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Gigaparts shows the RT Systems cable to be in stock.
>>
>>
>> https://www.gigaparts.com/usb-55-programming-and-data-cable.html?msclkid=ebfffb88e3301f63459a988b29a1dcfa
>>
>> Randy (KE5EOT)
>>   ARRL, QCWA, ARES, RACES, ROWH
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>>
>> On 8/22/22 1:18 PM, Dave Matthews wrote:
>>
>> Looking at picking up a ft-65 but the scu-35 cable looks to be out of
>> stock with no eta.  Anyone using any of the Amazon clones successfully?  I
>> will be using Ubuntu so most of the driver issues are not a problem.
>>
>> Dave
>> W2IJL
>>
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