Yes, exactly. I'm neither a programmer nor a software engineer, but I can see a need for various pieces of software, such as contest logging programs, to be able to control the frequency of a SoftRock. The hardware might be as simple as a USB receiver and a PIC to control the Si570; the software 'protocol' could be as as simple as a single CAT frequency-set command.
73, Pete N4ZR At 02:13 PM 5/20/2008, you wrote: >Pete and I were trading emails earlier and I think it's more along the >lines of an SDR CAT. > > One way to look at it may be an attempt now to write a command set so > that folks doing >whatever interfacing (PIC, PicAxe, Amtel, MSP430 etc..etc) would be able >to use a canned set >of functions to provide some sort (serial, whatever) control over things >like band switching. >Assuming other folks have already broken ground by providing such code. > >We might be able to come up with a standard (or use an existing one), >that'd let folks be >creative in how they manage their SR's but also mean that any software >development for the >front-end would have a standard interface to the hardware. > >Is this along the lines you were thinking Pete? > >Joe, KC0VKN > > >------------------------------------ > >Yahoo! Groups Links > > >
