maybe you should ask Paul to consider supporting it. You could always make an optional cheaper 4 port version for radio control I suspect. Maybe some of the contest logger guys would be interested too. I'd love to interface it with a box to route Audio and CW lines as well as the RF .
ON4AOI wrote: > No Mel, > I have made one that has 8 relays and wrote the software > For it but don´t know if someone would add it, > Now it is made to select antennas but can do more then that > >> -----Oorspronkelijk bericht----- >> Van: Mel [mailto:[email protected]] >> Verzonden: donderdag 7 januari 2010 11:06 >> Aan: ON4AOI >> CC: [email protected] >> Onderwerp: Re: [Dx4win] Wish List >> >> Well I thought the idea of making a hardware switch to control more >> than >> 2 radios was a great idea... how I leave up to the experts ;-) I >> suppose >> the ideal solution would be a USB driven relay box such as we use for >> band switches. Is there any sort of standard for this functionality >> yet? >> >> ON4AOI wrote: >>> Hi Randy and others, >>> To make a hardware box that switches between lets say 4 radio´s Isn´t >> a big >>> problem, >>> making a PCB for it is also easy done If Paul provides a second >> output pin >>> on LPT port, >>> >>> BUT is it worth doing it for a LPT port ? >>> >>> - No contest-program are offering it now, and maybe never will >>> - Let say you have to select the 3th radio for a contest you have to >> rewire >>> your station...... >>> - Laptops, netbooks and many brand PC´s don´t have LPT ports anymore >>> - In PC´s you can put a PCI or PCIEX board if you find still full >> wired >>> ports at a good price >>> - BTW USB to LPT adapters are not working, We even bought some that >> claimed >>> to do it all >>> but had to send them back, (printing was ok but assigning a cmd to >> a >>> dedicated pin was out of the question) >>> >>> I would go for a serial port (USB to SERIAL adapter works perfect and >> can go >>> upto com255) It will >>> need some user setup, for example RTS=0 & DTR=0 > Radio 1 RTS=0 & >> DTR=1 > >>> Radio 2 >>> RTS=1 & DTR=1 > Radio 3 >>> RTS=1 & DTR=0 > Radio 4 >>> (If a 3th line is assigned you can have 8 radio´s) I think this is >> much >>> easier for other programmers (contest software) to implement another >> serial >>> with this function for more then 2 radio´s >>> >>> If you still wanna use LPT pin14 for switching between radio1 and >> radio2 it >>> all depends Now on who is set up for radio1 and radio2 (User input), >> but LPT >>> pin14 (and if needed another one) could also be assigned to a serial >> pin You >>> only need to lower the voltage from 12V to 5V (can be done with zener >> diode) >>> To switch SO2R hardware. >>> >>> Guy ON4AOI >>> >>>> -----Oorspronkelijk bericht----- >>>> Van: [email protected] [mailto:dx4win- >>>> [email protected]] Namens Randy Farmer >>>> Verzonden: woensdag 6 januari 2010 4:49 >>>> Aan: W9RPM; DX4WIN >>>> Onderwerp: Re: [Dx4win] Wish List >>>> >>>> >>>>> Hi, I really like the option to choose between different radios >>>> quickly. >>>>> Would it be hard to be able to include more than 2 in the next >>>> release? I >>>>> would personally like to see 4. This is especially handy on VHF/UHF >>>> with >>>>> different radios, not the all in one. Thanks- John W9RPM >>>> The problem with this is that it would require a proprietary >> hardware >>>> interface. The existing two-radio switching uses the "industry >>>> standard" LPT pin 14 toggle that's been around since the days of DOS >>>> loggers such as CT and TR. Paul even made the logic of this control >>>> line selectable to work with NA in Version 7. This convention works >>>> well with several commercially-available SO2R switch boxes such as >>>> the Top Ten DX Doubler I use. Using more than one LPT pin to do the >>>> radio selection would require some sort of decoding hardware to do >>>> the switching. I suppose pin 14 could serve as the least significant >>>> bit of a two-bit radio select word and it would be up to the user to >>>> come up with a custom switchbox to switch the various audio and >>>> control lines among the four radios. I know of no hardware that >>>> supports more than two radios. >>>> >>>> 73... >>>> Randy, W8FN >>>> >>>> ______________________________________________________________ >>>> Dx4win mailing list >>>> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win >>>> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm >>>> Post: mailto:[email protected] >>>> >>>> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net >>>> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html >>> ______________________________________________________________ >>> Dx4win mailing list >>> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win >>> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm >>> Post: mailto:[email protected] >>> >>> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net >>> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >>> ______________________________________________________________ Dx4win mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
