* On 2011 05 Jan 13:38 -0600, Joe Subich, W4TV wrote: > > The K3 support is (and has been) broken in HAMLIB on the Windows > platform. Fldigi, WSPR and other software that requires HAMLIB > for rig support will not work reliably with the K3.
Sadly, this is true, and until I bought my K3, no one who develops Hamlib code actually had a K3. I have made some changes with more to go that will be in the next Hamlib release, 1.2.13. This does not help those K3 owners stuck with an older version. Hamlib development relies on volunteers to either write the backend code and test with their own hardware or other volunteers who can test prototype code with their radios. Fortunately, the gap is closing bit by bit, thanks to help from many hams. Hamlib is a voluntary project and few of us are professional programmers. That has certain consequences for the project. > It's up to the maintainer of the Windows port of HAMLIB to fix the > issue. Actually, there is no "Windows port" as it were as the DLL for Windows is generated from the exact same sources used to compile the binaries for the *nix versions. So the changes made to the K3 and K2 backends before the next release will be in the Win32 release as well. The situation is complicated by whether an application has Hamlib compiled in it statically, or it is dynamically linked. For those wishing to test the latest code, there is a daily SVN source code snapshot at: http://n0nb.users.sourceforge.net For those willing to do so, a Win32 DLL can be compiled from the snapshot. On behalf of the Hamlib Group, 73, de Nate N0NB >> -- "The optimist proclaims that we live in the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears this is true." Ham radio, Linux, bikes, and more: http://n0nb.us/index.html ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft 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
