Yes, Stan, you are exactly right...it will support both vCOM to TCP/IP and vCOM to vCOM without modification to the driver. Basically I just need to write the user mode TCP/IP server/listener.
73 de Phil N8VB On 6/8/05, Stan Schretter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thanks for the feedback. > > Although I get lost in the details of the driver stuff, I think that Phil's > concept seems like a great extension and generalization of the current > virtual comm approach. If I read it correctly, it would support VComm<->TCP > as well as the current VComm<->VComm approach. > > Stan W4MQ > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Philip Covington > Sent: Wednesday, June 08, 2005 1:30 PM > To: n4hy > Cc: Flex Radio > Subject: Re: [Flexradio] Multiple Virtual Comm Ports > > > The Lantronix redirector uses a user mode application (the TCP/IP > part) that talks to its virtual com port driver via a custom file > device I/O something like the IRCOMM2k serial to IR driver's IR device > part. > We should be able to come up with an equivalent scheme using the vCOM > driver AS IS. The user mode application (the TCP/IP part) will just > open one of the virtual com ports in the pair that vCOM provides. > > So you will have something like this: > > PowerSDR on computer 1 > | > COM3 <-- first vCOM virtual port on computer 1 > | > COM4 <-- second vCOM virtual port on computer 1 > | > TCP/IP user mode app on computer 1 > | > INTERNET/WAN/LAN/LOCAL > | > TCP/IP user mode app on computer 2 > | > COM4 <-- second vCOM virtual port on computer 2 > | > COM3 <-- first vCOM virtual port on computer 2 > | > MixW, HRD, BandMaster, DXLAB Commander, etc.. > > All open source of course... > > 73 de Phil N8VB > > > On 6/8/05, n4hy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > This is a misreading of both GPL and Flex policy. Flex currently uses > > proprietary code that > > it cannot distribute source for. The EZ USB code for the Ahti/Sami > > device is handled this way > > and it is delivered separately from the console. > > > > You may certainly install and use this utility in your computer and Flex > > radio and its policies > > have nothing to say on the matter. What must be open source is your > > code inside the console > > that talks to it. > > > > That said, I much prefer Phil's code/approach because we can extend it > > AND we have > > access to the software and we have an "interested" developer combined > > with early > > adopter. > > > > Bob > > > > > > > > Bob Tracy wrote: > > > > >Stan, > > > > > >Looks like a very interesting utility, unfortunately (after reading the > > >legal stuff on their website) it is proprietary code and doesn't fit in > with > > >the open source philosophy of the SDR-1000. Wish it were different since > it > > >looks like exactly what I need for a current project. > > > > > > > > >73, > > > > > >Bob K5KDN > > > > > > > > > > > >_______________________________________________ > > >FlexRadio mailing list > > >FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz > > >http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > FlexRadio mailing list > > FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz > > http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz > > > > _______________________________________________ > FlexRadio mailing list > FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz > http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz > > > _______________________________________________ > FlexRadio mailing list > FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz > http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz > -- Philip A Covington, N8VB vHMI Automation, Inc. http://www.vhmiautomation.com
