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 work 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.
However, because it is 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.
On Fri, Sep 28, 2012 at 3:19 PM, D.J.J. Ring, Jr. n1ea@arrl.net wrote:
Are there any cables or cable makers which sell cables that aren't bobby trapped?
I should have to right to buy cables and use whatever I want with it.
If they want to bugger the cables, they should give them away free to run with their software.
73 DR
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