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CATCOMPUTERAIDEDTRANSCEIVEROPERATION
VX-1700
CATOPERATION
REFERENCEBOOK
VX-1700CATOPERATIONREFERENCEBOOK
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CATCOMPUTERAIDEDTRANSCEIVEROPERATION
OVERVIEW
TheCAT(ComputerAidedTransceiver)SysteminNOTE
theVX-1700providescontroloffrequency,memory,TheCATsystemprotocolisavailablefromLot
andothersettingsusinganexternalpersonalcom-028orlaterproducts.
puter.ThisallowsmultiplecontrolkeystrokestobeWhentheSELCALLorALEfunctionisactivat-
fullyautomatedasasinglemouseclickorkeystrokeing,youcannotusetheCATsystemprotocol.
operationonthecomputerkeyboard.WhenusingtheCATsystemprotocol,itisneces-
TousecomputercontrolofyourVX-1700transceiver,saryforyoutochangetheDIPswitchsettingof
aD-SUB9-pincrosscable(“nullmodem”)willbetheVX-1700.
requiredforconnectionoftheVX-1700transceiver
toyourcomputer’sserial(“COM”)port.Besurethat
theserialcablehasthepropergenderandnumber
ofpins(someCOMportsuseda9-pinratherthana
25-pinconfiguration).Ifthecomputerusesacustom
connector,youmayhavetoconstructtheserialcable;
inthiscase,refertothetechnicaldocumentation
suppliedwithyourcomputerforcorrectconnections.
TheillustrationbelowshowsanexampleofCATsys-
temconnections.
VertexStandardCo.,Ltd.doesnotproduceCAT
Systemsoftware,owingtothewidevarietyorper-
sonalcomputersandoperatingsystemsinuseworld-
wide.However,theinformationpresentedinthis
chapterexplai