<div><div>I opened up my RT systems cable and found that it has a FTDI chip in it. It's a standard chip, but they programmed it with their own USB vendor ID codes so that it loads their custom driver. I doubt they did this to be mean spirited, but who knows for sure. This gives them the ability to make their software works in a plug-and-play fashion where you don't need to configure any port settings. Just plug in the USB cable and it will automatically find your radio.</div>
<div><br></div><div>However, because it's a standard chip, I was able to get their cable to work by downloading the regular FTDI Virtual Serial Port (VSP) driver and forcing it to be used instead of the default one.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Here's what worked:</div><div><br></div><div>- Download the VCP driver zip file and expand it to a folder - <a href="http://www.ftdichip.com/FTDrivers.htm">http://www.ftdichip.com/FTDrivers.htm</a></div>
<div>- Open up the device manager and update the driver for the RT cable device</div><div>- Go though the "let me choose" and "have disk" options to point it at the folder where the files were unzipped.</div>
<div>- Install the driver that shows up even if it warns about it not being compatible.</div><div>- The device now shows up as "USB Serial Converter", go to its properties/advanced tab and check the box called "Load VCP".</div>
<div>- Unplug the device and plug it back in</div><div>- A new com port device will show up, but a driver will not load for it automatically.</div><div>- Go thought the same process as before to install the driver from that unzipped folder.</div>
</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Sep 28, 2012 at 3:19 PM, D.J.J. Ring, Jr. <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:n1ea@arrl.net" target="_blank">n1ea@arrl.net</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Are there any cables or cable makers which sell cables that aren't bobby trapped?<div><br></div><div>I should have to right to buy cables and use whatever I want with it.</div>
<div><br></div><div>If they want to bugger the cables, they should give them away free to run with their software.</div>
<div><br></div><div>73</div><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><div>DR</div>
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