I like your access RPi on network approach. Hadn't thought about the CPU issue. Challenge is fining something useful (to me) to do with the Raspberry Pi :-)
Phil - Sent from my iPad > On Mar 29, 2014, at 10:29, Phil Hystad <phys...@mac.com> wrote: > > Nate, > > You are right, the RPi is ARM based -- I completely overlooked that most > important part of the problem. I wonder if Elecraft would release the source > to their Linux utilities. > > Actually, a better RPi solution would be to use the RPi as a network gateway > and cache server for clients running on Mac/Linux/Windows. If we could > develop/design a nice networking protocol to operate between the client > utilities and the gateway server then a WiFi enabled RPi would be a nice > feature. The next thing would be to develop an outboard multi-port RS232 > adapter. Part of a networking protocol would be addressing individual > Elecraft rigs. > > Yes, something to think through... > > PEH > > >> On Mar 29, 2014, at 10:14 AM, Nate Bargmann <n...@n0nb.us> wrote: >> >> * On 2014 29 Mar 09:49 -0500, Phil Hystad wrote: >>> Further on this question... >>> >>> Has anyone tried out the Linux version of the Elecraft utilities on >>> Raspberry Pi? Oh, maybe I can do that if I steal some time from other >>> projects. I have never bothered to even look at these Linux version >>> utilities to see what dependencies they might have. >> >> As I understand it, the fundamental problem with the Elecraft utilities >> will be the CPU architecture difference. The current utilities are >> compiled for the i386 and later Intel CPUs while the RPi is an ARM CPU >> with a thoroughly different instruction set. Often times a simple >> recompilation of the source code is all that is necessary, but that will >> be up to Elecraft's software maintainers to do so. >> >> In short, the archive currently available from the Elecraft Web site in >> all likelihood will not run on the Pi. >> >> 73, de Nate >> >> >> -- >> >> "The optimist proclaims that we live in the best of all >> possible worlds. The pessimist fears this is true." >> >> Ham radio, Linux, bikes, and more: http://www.n0nb.us >> ______________________________________________________________ >> 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 >> Message delivered to phys...@mac.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 > Message delivered to w...@socal.rr.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 Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
