Thanks for saving me from some fruitless testing with the QEMU approach. I have to have rig control in order to work with my ICOM rig. It is not possible to key the VOX with ICOM rigs that are wired to the rear DIN connectors. I would not be willing to use any modern software that does not handle PTT via CAT control because tearing everything down and rewiring it for a different set up and then reversing that to use my regular software is not really very practical. Multipsk running through DXLabs Commander and of course HRD/DM780 operate superbly this way. I need the rig control for logging, ALE, etc.
I think that the use of the Live distros are mostly to find out "proof of concept" for those of us who are primarily Windows users. We are not afraid of Linux, per se, but a Live version means you can not multitask the regular software and either set up temporarily for the one program, or dedicate a separate computer. Even then, I found out that this is not always a good solution either as you typically want to connect your HF rig to one computer and wire it one way only so it is always operational. It is the software that needs to be designed to work with the users needs. To not meet that need for the long term would rarely bring success. Am I understanding you correctly that even though the Puppy Live version shows the rig control buttons, they are not possible to become operational without bringing in hamlib software from one of the Linux depositories? In a practical way, this would seem to me that you would need to install the program to do that and could not use the disk in a live form. If you use the Mandriva Live version, is the rig control software on the Live disk and fully operational? Is there anyone who can confirm that this works? 73, Rick, KV9U Rein Couperus wrote: >> Hi Rick, the QEMU emulator only emulates a simple Cirrus Logic GD5446 Video >> card with vesa extensions. >> I am no QEMU specialist, only a simple user, and I have to my XYL's windows >> PC to test this >> software :) >> >> The puppy windows version does not need rig control. In the pskmail client >> the frequency is >> set manually (memory channel), the PTT can use VOX. Fldigi has PTT output >> (interface configuration), >> but I have not tested it as I am not using it on either the ORION, the >> FT897D or the K2. >> >> The rig control software (hamlib) is contained on the PSKmail-live_2007 live >> CD which >> is based on Mandriva. >> >> But when you envision using a live CD I would prefer the pskmail_puppy CD >> over the windows >> QEMU solution... It boots super fast and runs like lightning... >> I made the windows solution for people who are afraid of linux and don't >> want to reboot. :) >> >> 73, >> >> Rein PA0R >> >> Announce your digital presence via our Interactive Sked Page at http://www.obriensweb.com/drsked/drsked.php Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/digitalradio/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/digitalradio/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
