German Translation, Serial Port?

[W2HX]

in case anyone is interested...Actually the coupler does communicate with the GX007 but only optionally. The serial control simply loops through from the coupler to the GX unit and right to a serial terminal (my understanding from various docs I have gathered on the subject). The TX/RX lines just loop directly in and then back out of the GX to the DB25 serial port.

I agree, however, that the length could easily exceed the specs for RS232. In fact I had expected this system to  use some differential signalling like RS422/485 and was surprised that it did not seem to. The serial communication is actually optional. There are about 26 lines (4 power, 3 serial comm and about 19 others) used to either configure or report status. Personally I would prefer to use the serial control to avoid running 26 lines from the shack to the antenna site.

Ultimately, this coupler only needs 26VDC @ 6A and nothing else. It will work totally automatically (when set to work that way). But it is nice to get temperature and other details from the status messages.

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From: cctalk <cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org> on behalf of Bill Gunshannon via cctalk <cctalk at classiccmp.org>
Sent: Friday, August 10, 2018 3:25 PM
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Subject: Re: German Translation, Serial Port?

On 08/10/2018 01:47 PM, Eric Smith wrote:
On Thu, Aug 9, 2018 at 8:26 PM, Bill Gunshannon via cctalk <cctalk at classiccmp.org<mailto:cctalk at classiccmp.org>> wrote:
On 08/09/2018 09:39 PM, W2HX via cctalk wrote:
> Hello friends. I need a translation from a German manual describing serial port parameters. I used google translate but it  doesn't quite give me the warm and fuzzy. Anyone here speak German? Here is what it says:
>
> Betriebsart:  Asynchron 16

Possibly they are referring to a UART that internally uses 16x oversampling, which is quite common, but that information is not normally needed in a description of communication parameters.


OK, Having read the manual on the antenna tuner and done some
research I have found that there is a box that connects to the tuner
and and a terminal.  My guess is that "Asynchron 16" refers to some
proprietary hardware/communications protocol used between the
antenna tuner and the GX007 control unit.
Considering the function of the unit, I expect the distance between
the tuner and any terminal would have exceeded RS-232 and the
environment could easily be too harsh for RS-232 as well (think static
electricity and even lightening!!)  An interesting device at any rate.
Wish I had one.  :-)

bill