Hi, I second this idea. I've been working on this one in my mind for ages. Mostly with the idea of being able to remotely operate my radio from anywhere in the house over a wireless network from a laptop. Secondly with the idea that I wouldn't need a dedicated computer at the radio end. Thirdly, that if done well, all the radio/equipment interfaces would become multiplatform, ie run off any comprehensive system/application.
Cheers Mike VK1KCk K2#2599 Message: 38 Date: Mon, 4 Jun 2007 08:27:17 -0700 From: Brian Lloyd <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] USB ports and things - with corrections To: lyle johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: Elecraft Reflector <[email protected]> Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed On Jun 4, 2007, at 7:24 AM, lyle johnson wrote: > You can buy PCMCIA or Cardbus to Parallel port adapters for $60 or > less. But they don't work with many computers. None of my Dells > that lack legacy ports will recognize any of the available cards > (or at least the three that I located and bougfht); my Dells with > legacy ports recognize and use all of them with no problems, so > there is a BIOS issue you must contend with. > > Sorry to be the bearer of bad news, This is an interesting problem with a common thread. Much software has been written to make [mis]use of various interfaces on "standard" hardware. The use of a parallel port to control something is typical. What we really need is a general purpose device that interfaces on the network and may be easily addressed by software. In most systems software has easy access to the network so it seems to me to make sense to put our various bits of I/O into a bit of kit that speaks IP and plugs into an ethernet. 73 de Brian, WB6RQN Brian Lloyd - brian HYPHEN wb6rqn AT lloyd DOT com _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: [email protected] You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
