Very good info to know. Thanks for sharing. 73 Bob, K4TAX
Sent from my iPhone > On Jun 14, 2019, at 5:58 PM, Wes <wes_n...@triconet.org> wrote: > > In an earlier post I asked for help from the collective wisdom of this group. > In response I received a lot, some via the reflector, some privately. I > would like to thank all for the assistance. > > Some of what I learned I'll repeat. > > 1) WSJT-X can be run using port sharing despite the common wisdom. I found > that Omni-rig was the answer, in my case anyway. > > 2) LP-Bridge will work, if Omni-rig is used and WSJT-X is "connected" to the > first virtual port. > > 3) Contrary to popular belief, LP-Bridge was stable. (I've been running it > for years without WSJT) > > 4) I'm trying the trial version of Win4K3Suite. If com0com is used, it too > works, with one caveat so far. > > 5) Setting up the ports is a PITA and one secret is to "Save" things that > you think are configured. > > 6) Looking at com0com ports in Windows Device Manager only the last pair > will show the two comport IDs. The way my brain works this made it appear > that the previously setup pairs were broken; they're not. > > 7) LP-Bridge will autostart programs flawlessly. It does take longer than > Win4K3 to initiate because it creates the virtual ports at runtime. > > 8) It seems that Win4K3 will not autostart programs unless they are .exes. > The way I have DXBase installed (recommended) is in the root directory. > Windows UAC will prompt for permission to run the .exe, so I use a Windows > task to start the program. LP-Bridge will execute the task, Win4K3 will not, > so I have to start it manually answering to UAC before Win4K3 will start. If > this can be fixed, I might be inclined to buy the program. > > Comments welcome. > > Wes N7WS > > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 rmcg...@blomand.net ______________________________________________________________ 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
