There is a dedicated fldigi reflector on Yahoo (linux...@yahoogroups.com) which is a good place to ask questions regarding this software (Linux, OS X and Windows are supported).
Bob, N7XY On Oct 24, 2011, at 3:19 PM, David Herring wrote: > Giorgio, > > Like you, I am a Mac user and a windows XP under VMware user. I prefer the > Mac apps to the Windows apps and have gone strictly Mac. > > The signalink USB is redundant, but I have one and use it anyway and I find > it to be a flawless performer. > > Fldigi is absolutely wonderful on MacOS. Cocoamodem is also a very good > choice, but I tend to use Fldigi more because it has more "modem" choices (I > like to dabble with Olivia, which last I checked wasn't available on > Cocoamodem, for example). > > As far as logging programs go, this topic came up recently on this reflector > and you can probably scan back a ways to get everyone's opinions on the > relative merits of each. I think there were three that stood out as being > top performers. I personally use MacLoggerDX, and it does everything I need > it to do. It's a great general purpose logger. If I were heavier into DX, > RUMLog or something like that may be a better choice. Again, scan back in > this reflector's archives a bit and you will see a lot of discussion about > this. > > Finally, I also use the Keyspan USA19H. There are drivers for MacOS that you > will need to get from the vendor's website and install. Installation was > straightforward and has worked for me flawlessly. TIP: If I recall > correctly, I think I had to reboot the Mac after installing the driver in > order to get the unix device to create and initialize properly. > > I also have the Keyspan drivers installed in Windows XP in my VMware virtual > machine on my Mac. Not sure what virtualization you are using, but in my > case, I can tell VMware which of my XP VM or my Mac to present the USB device > to, and that governs which set of drivers and thus which machine has control > of the Keyspan. I tend to set this at start up and not switch back and forth > live, so if you intend to do that, in theory that should work, but I have no > direct experience with it. > > Hope that helps. > > 73 & Aloha, > > Dave, AH6TD > > > > On Oct 24, 2011, at 10:58 AM, ik1bxn wrote: > >> Hi guys. >> Even if I like very much HRD I decided to stop with it due to stressing >> faults (I really hate) in serial communication that suddenly and frequently >> cause AGC going off. >> I'm a Mac user and right now I virtualized at it an XP Pro just and only to >> run HRD. >> >> I'm planning to move to a 100% OSx native application for digi modes. I'm >> thinking to Fldigi or MacLoggerDx/cocoa ... or anything else, any suggestion >> it will be appreciated. >> >> I use Signalink Usb and I already saw it works from Mac side (Fldigi decodes >> traces perfectly) >> I'm not OSx skilled so I'd need some help/suggestions from Mac users >> relevant to Usb/rs232 adapter under OSx (I use Keyspan USA19H-1) because >> right now I have installed driver only into the virtualized XP machine. Now >> I have to install (I think) something (I'm not sure "driver" it should be >> the appropriate word) under Mac, to let Fldigi (or whatever else app for >> digi) CAT running. >> My questions are: >> 1) are there any special attention to pay during Usb/232 "driver" >> installation in OSx ? >> 2) having the adapter configured under OSx and XP virtualized, will the >> adapter work in both machines Mac and XP (I'd like for a time to have the >> possibility to use HRD or Fldigi, not simultaneously of course, just to >> train myself) ? >> >> Many thanks in advance to everybody for help, best 73 >> >> Giorgio >> >> -- >> View this message in context: >> http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/K3-and-Fldigi-on-a-Mac-tp6926535p6926535.html >> Sent from the Elecraft mailing list archive at Nabble.com. >> ______________________________________________________________ >> Elecraft mailing list >> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft >> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm >> Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net >> >> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net >> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html _____ N7XY DX Cluster Node - telnet to n7xy.net, port 7300 ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
