Do you have a Gremlin in your ham shack? Want to keep
the Icom ® PW-1 from blowing up when using a logger or contest
program? Eliminate unusual behavior of your Icom
CI-V bus while under computer control? Use a CI-V Router!
This box is an intelligent replacement for the ICOM ® IC CT-17.
It provides a USB interface to the PC and three isolated CI-V
ports, with ICOM ® message store and forward between each of the
total of four ports to prevent collisions.
The Icom CI-V bus does
not work and play well when more than two items are on the
bus. This is especially true if you connect a logging program
to the bus while another piece of radio equipment is trying to
'follow' an Icom Radio. If you are an owner of an ICOM ® PW-1,
did you know that Icom ® put an errata sheet in with your amplifier
that tells you not to connect your transceiver and amplifier to a
computer? Here is the
document. The CI-V Router ends collisions on the
bus and acts as an intelligent interface to your host
computer. Read a
detailed description on how it works.
Features:
High speed bi-directional USB interface to host
computer. Supports Windows, Linux, Mac.
Three isolated CI-V ports
Powers off of USB or an external power supply
Bypass relays disconnects router when powered down.
Eliminates collisions and erratic behavior of the ICOM
® CI-V bus
For more information, read the User Guide. To acquire the
lastest software, both source code and "pre-built" easy to download
code, click on the Software download link below.
Currently selling in two forms, a full up router, assembled
and tested for $160 or just the CI-V Router board assembled and
tested for $50, the user can source the other elements. For
details read the User Guide. Standard shipping is USPS
Priority Mail Small Box with delivery confirmation ($6.25).
Please contact me
for current delivery estimates. Standard delivery time is 2 to
3 week.
International orders: Contactme.
Do not order with the "Buy Now" below. Only CI-V interface
boards are shipped internationally, and shipping costs vary with
county. International payment is best done through PayPal.
Thirty day unconditional warranty, if you are unhappy for any
reason, send everything without modifications back and get your
money back. Ardunio warranty applies to the Arduino board.
Current stock status: Full Routers: In
stock CI-V Interface board: In stock
I will not be at the Dayton Hamvention this year.
Out of state orders
(non-California):
Full CI-V Router:
Arduino Mega2560 board,
CI-V Router Interface board,
USB Cable,
Power Supply,
Case assembled and tested
CI-V Router Interface board ONLY
assembled and tested
Orders within the state
of California - (includes California Sales Tax):
Full CI-V Router:
Arduino Mega2560 board,
CI-V Router Interface board,
USB Cable,
Power Supply,
Case assembled and tested
CI-V Router Interface board ONLY
assembled and tested
Being an Arduino based
product , it is easy to customize the CI-V router to do
other things in your shack! It is trivial to make CI-V
router into a band decoder to select antennas and or band filters.
Some notes are available.
Full CI-V routing source code is available. If you want to
read about my own tricked out CI-V router, read
this write up.
Keep in mind, this is a hobby for me, it is not my day
job. If this sells beyond any reasonable expectations, I
might make about five cents per hour for my time. :->
copyright (C) 2012 James A Michener
August 16, 2012
Prices subject to change without notice.
Acknowledgements:
I would like to thank Sir James Abraham, W6EB, for beta testing
and providing constant feedback and the loan of a second Icom XCVR
for testing.
Units are available for loan to DXpeditions for credit upon
request.
