Re: [Dx4win] Commander
I use VSPE to let my Ftdx-5000, SDR-IQ, DX4WIN and N1MM all share the same virtual com ports at the same time. Easy to set up and free. For Windows. http://www.eterlogic.com/Products.VSPE.html Works the same way as the microHAM router software without the need to get the microHAM interface. Acts like a old time 'TSR' program that sits in the background and does its thing like a traffic cop. Works great! 73 Al N9ISN On Wed, 4 Apr 2012 18:56:34 -0600, Jim Reisert AD1C jjreis...@alum.mit.edu wrote: On Wed, Apr 4, 2012 at 6:49 PM, John Sullivan KN8S wrote: Can dx4win work with commander radio control on the same comport? DX4WIN has to have exclusive access to COM ports. So I think the answer to your question is No. I can use both DX4WIN and WriteLog with radio control (simultaneously) using my microHAM interface. (other similar products probably have this feature). The microHAM router software can create two virtual COM ports that talk to the same device (ICOM radio). Each program connects to a different virtual COM port (in my case, DX4WIN on COM3, WriteLog on COM4), so each thinks it has exclusive access to the port. If you spin the dial, the frequency is updated in both programs. In the distant past (pre-microHAM), I remember using some kind of software driver (think: TSR [am I dating myself?]) which could split a single physical COM port into two virtual COM ports. I don't remember much about it, unfortunately. You might be able to Google it. I think at the time there were two, one required registration, one did not. __ DX4WIN mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:DX4WIN@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Dx4win] Commander
I too have been using LP_Bridge for a long time with about 5 virtual serial ports via 1 hardware serial port - the program has now been upgraded to also allow Yaesu and Kenwood radios to do the same as Elecraft - wonderful product! - Tony, N3ME - 118 Ashwood Street Bethany Beach, DE 19930-9699 (302) 539-5638 Grid: FM28lm http://www.n3me.net Elecraft K3 # 2462 -Original Message- From: dx4win-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:dx4win-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Dave Perry Sent: Thursday, April 05, 2012 01:11 AM To: John Sullivan; dx4win@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Dx4win] Commander Another all software option is LP-Bridge which allows you to create several virtual com ports that can share the same Com port for controlling the radio. I use it to run N1MM and DX4WIN at the same time during contest weekends. Just do a Google search for N8LP LP Bridge. It's available as a free download. It works with my K3 just great. Dave, N4QS -Original Message- From: dx4win-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:dx4win-boun...@mailman.qth.net]On Behalf Of John Sullivan Sent: Wednesday, April 04, 2012 7:50 PM To: dx4win@mailman.qth.net Subject: [Dx4win] Commander Can dx4win work with commander radio control on the same comport? John A. Sullivan KN8S Michigan Bow Hunters Governor, District 12 Box 56 297 North Silver Place Afton, Michigan 49705 Home (231) 238-9439 Cell (231) 445-2551 __ DX4WIN mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:DX4WIN@mailman.qth.net 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:DX4WIN@mailman.qth.net 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:DX4WIN@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Dx4win] Commander
Works the same way as the microHAM router software without the need to get the microHAM interface. Acts like a old time 'TSR' program that sits in the background and does its thing like a traffic cop. Works great! Unfortunately VSPE works nothing like a traffic cop (or microHAM Router); it is more like a high speed merge of two very busy highways. Data from multiple applications is simply combined without flow control - much like serial ports connected using a diode matrix. With VSPE there is no way to prevent polling or commands from one application from colliding with those from another application and potentially resulting in the loss of both. This is a particular problem with applications that send two, three or four command at a time every 250 msec or less. VSPE can handle a limited number of well behaved applications - those that do not poll rapidly and/or do not overlap commands. However, the number of applications (like DX4Win or SpectraVue/SDR-IQ) that are well behaved are shrinking as developers continue to add more and more control automation capability (be it simple S-meter and power level polling to full glass transceiver interfaces). 73, ... Joe, W4TV On 4/5/2012 3:57 AM, Allan W Schlaugat wrote: I use VSPE to let my Ftdx-5000, SDR-IQ, DX4WIN and N1MM all share the same virtual com ports at the same time. Easy to set up and free. For Windows. http://www.eterlogic.com/Products.VSPE.html Works the same way as the microHAM router software without the need to get the microHAM interface. Acts like a old time 'TSR' program that sits in the background and does its thing like a traffic cop. Works great! 73 Al N9ISN On Wed, 4 Apr 2012 18:56:34 -0600, Jim Reisert AD1C jjreis...@alum.mit.edu wrote: On Wed, Apr 4, 2012 at 6:49 PM, John Sullivan KN8S wrote: Can dx4win work with commander radio control on the same comport? DX4WIN has to have exclusive access to COM ports. So I think the answer to your question is No. I can use both DX4WIN and WriteLog with radio control (simultaneously) using my microHAM interface. (other similar products probably have this feature). The microHAM router software can create two virtual COM ports that talk to the same device (ICOM radio). Each program connects to a different virtual COM port (in my case, DX4WIN on COM3, WriteLog on COM4), so each thinks it has exclusive access to the port. If you spin the dial, the frequency is updated in both programs. In the distant past (pre-microHAM), I remember using some kind of software driver (think: TSR [am I dating myself?]) which could split a single physical COM port into two virtual COM ports. I don't remember much about it, unfortunately. You might be able to Google it. I think at the time there were two, one required registration, one did not. __ DX4WIN mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:DX4WIN@mailman.qth.net 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:DX4WIN@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Dx4win] Commander
On Wed, Apr 4, 2012 at 6:49 PM, John Sullivan KN8S wrote: Can dx4win work with commander radio control on the same comport? DX4WIN has to have exclusive access to COM ports. So I think the answer to your question is No. I can use both DX4WIN and WriteLog with radio control (simultaneously) using my microHAM interface. (other similar products probably have this feature). The microHAM router software can create two virtual COM ports that talk to the same device (ICOM radio). Each program connects to a different virtual COM port (in my case, DX4WIN on COM3, WriteLog on COM4), so each thinks it has exclusive access to the port. If you spin the dial, the frequency is updated in both programs. In the distant past (pre-microHAM), I remember using some kind of software driver (think: TSR [am I dating myself?]) which could split a single physical COM port into two virtual COM ports. I don't remember much about it, unfortunately. You might be able to Google it. I think at the time there were two, one required registration, one did not. -- Jim Reisert AD1C, jjreis...@alum.mit.edu, http://www.ad1c.us __ DX4WIN mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:DX4WIN@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Dx4win] Commander
Another all software option is LP-Bridge which allows you to create several virtual com ports that can share the same Com port for controlling the radio. I use it to run N1MM and DX4WIN at the same time during contest weekends. Just do a Google search for N8LP LP Bridge. It's available as a free download. It works with my K3 just great. Dave, N4QS -Original Message- From: dx4win-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:dx4win-boun...@mailman.qth.net]On Behalf Of John Sullivan Sent: Wednesday, April 04, 2012 7:50 PM To: dx4win@mailman.qth.net Subject: [Dx4win] Commander Can dx4win work with commander radio control on the same comport? John A. Sullivan KN8S Michigan Bow Hunters Governor, District 12 Box 56 297 North Silver Place Afton, Michigan 49705 Home (231) 238-9439 Cell (231) 445-2551 __ DX4WIN mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:DX4WIN@mailman.qth.net 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:DX4WIN@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
