FLEX-6000 Signature Series – Maestro User Guide
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27.2.1 CAT Cables
CAT cables are serial data communication cables on which a small subset of the CAT command set is
implemented. Most of the functions implemented on these cables are frequency reporting functions.
Each cable has an associated source device in the radio which supplies the frequency information
communicated across the cable.
The sources are:
• TX Slice - The cable will report the frequency of the slice receiver that holds the Transmit
Indicator.
• Active Slice - The cable will report the frequency of the active slice receiver (the slice that has
the yellow cursor).
• TX Panadapter - The cable will report the center frequency of the panadapter that contains
the transmit slice
• Specific Slice - The cable will report the frequency of the specified slice (A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H)
• RX Antenna - The cable will report the frequency of the specified receive antenna (ANT1,
ANT2, XVTR, RXA, RXB). Note: If multiple slices are on the same RX Antenna then the frequency
of the last tuned slice will be reported.
• TX Antenna - The cable will report the frequency of the specified transmit antenna (ANT1,
ANT2, XVTR). Note: This frequency is only changed/reported when the TX Slice is connected to
the specified antenna.
The Advanced menu provides configuration for link speed, number of data bits, parity, stop bits and
flow control.