Hello Ray, Thanks for this very informative response to my question. As it turns out I already had installed vCOM but I just didn't know how to use it so it was just sitting there.... So after yours and Kirks emails it took me all of 2 seconds to get my Flex keying up in PSK31....
Thank you very much, Dennis, k0eoo ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ray, K9DUR" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'Dennis Petrich'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, July 05, 2008 12:48 PM Subject: RE: [Flexradio] How to PTT in Digital modes? > Dennis, > > Most sound card interfaces have a connection to a serial port for PTT > control using the DTR and/or RTS handshaking lines to key the rig. In the > SDR world, we use a virtual serial port program like K8VB's vCOM (it is > free) to set up a pair of virtual serial ports. Point the digital mode > program at one of the ports of the pair, point PowerSDR to the other, & > like > magic, you are keying the rig with no wires! > > So, to use digital modes with PowerSDR, you need 2 separate 3rd-party > programs to make it work in addition to yoiur didgtal mode program & > PowerSDR: 1.) you need VAC to pipe the audio between the digital mode > program & PowerSDR, & 2.) you need vCOM (or another virtual serial port > program) for PTT control. > > 73, Ray, K9DUR > > > > > __________ NOD32 3244 (20080705) Information __________ > > This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. > http://www.eset.com > > _______________________________________________ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List [email protected] http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kb.flex-radio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/
