Actually it does use a COM port. It's a virtualized COM port over the USB link. The USB implementation is essentially just a different plug.
From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Louis Cashmer Sent: Sunday, August 02, 2009 12:35 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [DSTAR_DIGITAL] Re: ID1 Software Under Linux with Wine --- In [email protected]<mailto:dstar_digital%40yahoogroups.com>, iw2...@... wrote: > > Quoting Louis Cashmer <lcash...@...>: > > > All, > > > > I am hoping someone else has been down this or a similar road. I > > have already checked out the Wine forums. I have an ID1 and I am > > trying to get the ICOM ID1 control software under Linux. The gui > > looks great but I can not communicate via the Ubuntu 9.04 X64 system. > > > > I have determine that the ID1 uses an internal FTDI chip. > > > > Any help would be much appreciated. > > > Hi Louis, > you need to make a symbolic lynk from you USB port a a serial. For example: > > sudo ln -s /dev/ttyUSB0 /dev/ttyS4 > > Now use the COM5 port for your ID-1 software. > > 73 de Antonio IW2OAZ > Thanks, but the ID1 software doesn't use comm ports, it uses USB ports. You can actually plug a USB cable into an ID1. I truly appreciate the response, but that won't do it.
