Ah, I stand corrected. One should never assume. I thank everyone who is trying to help here. Thanks to Pierre I am making a lot of progress, but still don't have it working. :-( Tomorrow is another day and I'll have a fresh look at all the posts in this thread. 73 Louis KG4QPQ
--- In dstar_digital@yahoogroups.com, "Woodrick, Ed" <ewoodr...@...> wrote: > > Actually it does use a COM port. It's a virtualized COM port over the USB > link. The USB implementation is essentially just a different plug. > > From: dstar_digital@yahoogroups.com [mailto:dstar_digi...@yahoogroups.com] On > Behalf Of Louis Cashmer > Sent: Sunday, August 02, 2009 12:35 PM > To: dstar_digital@yahoogroups.com > Subject: [DSTAR_DIGITAL] Re: ID1 Software Under Linux with Wine > > > > --- In dstar_digital@yahoogroups.com<mailto:dstar_digital%40yahoogroups.com>, > iw2oaz@ wrote: > > > > Quoting Louis Cashmer <lcashmer@>: > > > > > All, > > > > > > I am hoping someone else has been down this or a similar road. I > > > have already checked out the Wine forums. I have an ID1 and I am > > > trying to get the ICOM ID1 control software under Linux. The gui > > > looks great but I can not communicate via the Ubuntu 9.04 X64 system. > > > > > > I have determine that the ID1 uses an internal FTDI chip. > > > > > > Any help would be much appreciated. > > > > > Hi Louis, > > you need to make a symbolic lynk from you USB port a a serial. For example: > > > > sudo ln -s /dev/ttyUSB0 /dev/ttyS4 > > > > Now use the COM5 port for your ID-1 software. > > > > 73 de Antonio IW2OAZ > > > Thanks, but the ID1 software doesn't use comm ports, it uses USB ports. You > can actually plug a USB cable into an ID1. I truly appreciate the response, > but that won't do it. >
