strange cable

strange cable

[Gregory Nowak]

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Hi all.

I just found this strange cable here. One end is a standard 9-pin
serial port connector, and the other end is what looks like a 1/8 inch
standard headphone connector.

Does anyone know what this is used for? I thought that it might be
used to do backups onto a tape via a serial port maybe, but I didn't
want to plug one end into a serial port, and the other end into a
microphone jack of a tape player, and risk frying one or both
devices. BTW, the serial port end does in fact plug into a serial port
just fine, and the headphone end plugs into a headphone socket on a
tape player, or any other device with a headphone jack just fine as
well. Thanks.

Greg


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Re: strange cable

[John McCann]

Hi Greg:

Okay, it probably can be used for any number of things, but, as a radio 
amateur / scanner enthusiast, I have most often seen cables such as these in 
connection (no pun intended) with software programs that allow you to 
download frequency and configuration information. The Icom CI5 standard 
comes to mind, though, having been away from the aforementioned hobbies now 
for some time, I dare say that that standard has been superceded by 
something newer...computer technology being what it is.

Sorry I can't be of more help, but, to state the patently obvious, whatever 
is on the "one eighths inch" end of the connection is a device which is 
expecting to see serially-transmitted ASCII data at some voltage level or 
another.

John

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Subject: strange cable


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> Hi all.
>
> I just found this strange cable here. One end is a standard 9-pin
> serial port connector, and the other end is what looks like a 1/8 inch
> standard headphone connector.
>
> Does anyone know what this is used for? I thought that it might be
> used to do backups onto a tape via a serial port maybe, but I didn't
> want to plug one end into a serial port, and the other end into a
> microphone jack of a tape player, and risk frying one or both
> devices. BTW, the serial port end does in fact plug into a serial port
> just fine, and the headphone end plugs into a headphone socket on a
> tape player, or any other device with a headphone jack just fine as
> well. Thanks.
>
> Greg
>
>
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RE: strange cable

[Jason Custer]

It's probably the data cable for a parrot voice mate.


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Sent: Thursday, October 21, 2004 11:08 AM
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Subject: Re: strange cable


Hi Greg:

Okay, it probably can be used for any number of things, but, as a radio
amateur / scanner enthusiast, I have most often seen cables such as these in
connection (no pun intended) with software programs that allow you to
download frequency and configuration information. The Icom CI5 standard
comes to mind, though, having been away from the aforementioned hobbies now
for some time, I dare say that that standard has been superceded by
something newer...computer technology being what it is.

Sorry I can't be of more help, but, to state the patently obvious, whatever
is on the "one eighths inch" end of the connection is a device which is
expecting to see serially-transmitted ASCII data at some voltage level or
another.

John

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To: <speakup@braille.uwo.ca>
Sent: Thursday, October 21, 2004 1:30 PM
Subject: strange cable


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> Hi all.
>
> I just found this strange cable here. One end is a standard 9-pin
> serial port connector, and the other end is what looks like a 1/8 inch
> standard headphone connector.
>
> Does anyone know what this is used for? I thought that it might be
> used to do backups onto a tape via a serial port maybe, but I didn't
> want to plug one end into a serial port, and the other end into a
> microphone jack of a tape player, and risk frying one or both
> devices. BTW, the serial port end does in fact plug into a serial port
> just fine, and the headphone end plugs into a headphone socket on a
> tape player, or any other device with a headphone jack just fine as
> well. Thanks.
>
> Greg
>
>
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Re: strange cable

[Gregory Nowak]

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Is that one of those digital voice note recorders? Does that mean that
this could be usable with a regular tape player?

Greg


On Thu, Oct 21, 2004 at 02:18:49PM -0700, Jason Custer wrote:
> It's probably the data cable for a parrot voice mate.
> 
> 

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RE: strange cable

[Jason Custer]

If it is for a voice mate, it is just an adapter using pins 2, 3, and
ground. It would probibly not work with anyther device because the computer
would expect to recieve checksum bits as it sent data. If you can just send
data as text, no protocals, (cat myfile > /dev/ttyS0), then cat /dev/ttyS0 >
myfile), it may work. You'll have to try it.
Bare in mind that it may not be for the voice mate, I just have a cable that
fits that description and it's for my voice mate.


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Subject: Re: strange cable


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Is that one of those digital voice note recorders? Does that mean that
this could be usable with a regular tape player?

Greg


On Thu, Oct 21, 2004 at 02:18:49PM -0700, Jason Custer wrote:
> It's probably the data cable for a parrot voice mate.
>
>

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Re: strange cable

[Janina Sajka]

These are fairly rare cables, but not unknown. I have one for the
purpose of uploading software upgrades to a small telecomm device I
happen to have. It's just as you describe--standard mini-phone at one
end, and standard db9 at the other. In my case I attach it correctly and
run minicom. Don't know about your case, but I do know it's possible to
plug it into the wrong port though I doubt it will do anything harmful
for that.

Gregory Nowak writes:
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> Hi all.
> 
> I just found this strange cable here. One end is a standard 9-pin
> serial port connector, and the other end is what looks like a 1/8 inch
> standard headphone connector.
> 
> Does anyone know what this is used for? I thought that it might be
> used to do backups onto a tape via a serial port maybe, but I didn't
> want to plug one end into a serial port, and the other end into a
> microphone jack of a tape player, and risk frying one or both
> devices. BTW, the serial port end does in fact plug into a serial port
> just fine, and the headphone end plugs into a headphone socket on a
> tape player, or any other device with a headphone jack just fine as
> well. Thanks.
> 
> Greg
> 
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Re: strange cable

[Janina Sajka]

Gregory Nowak writes:
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> Is that one of those digital voice note recorders? Does that mean that
> this could be usable with a regular tape player?

Only if you have a tape player with a serial port terminated in such a
juack. Never seen such a thing myself.