Greg Yep. It is pretty straight forward. There are a 'lot of virtual knobs' on this radio and more added all the time. The only tricky part really, is installing the DLL which must be done 'manually'. Also you need to edit the ini file before installing so that you install the number of com ports you want. The instructions and e-mails are somewhere here on the reflector, and also on N8VB website and blog.
The interface board which I mentioned is for the Delta 44 sound card. My interest was making the whole shootin' match smaller and being able to plug directly into the sound card and have smaller and cables with 3 or 4 fewer jacks to plug in. Also we added RF filtering by-passing, and a single point of ground rather than having multiple shields connected between the card and the radio, minimizing number of ground loops. There are still multiple grounds between the radio and compter and external devices, so the potential for ground loops are not eliminated but the fewer the better. Eric - AA4SW I meant to copy back to the refector previously but didn't punch up reply to all. Added back. -----Original Message----- From: ab7r [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, September 03, 2005 4:22 PM To: ecellison Subject: RE: [Flexradio] A couple questions from a new--old--SDR1K user Thanks Eric. So as I understand it, I install the virtual com ports and chose which one to talk to the radio. Then choose that com port thru my logging software and select the kenwood protocol. Makes sense. BTW....What is the advantage of this board you sent an email out earlier? Tnx! Greg AB7R -----Original Message----- From: ecellison [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, September 03, 2005 9:51 AM To: 'ab7r' Subject: RE: [Flexradio] A couple questions from a new--old--SDR1K user Greg Congratulations on the new SDR! Yes, Phil N8VB has written the DLL which supports up to 10 Virtual com ports. To 'talk' to the radio, via Bob's K5KDN rich set of CAT interface commands. There are several 3'rd party programs which directly support the SDR-1000 extended command set, however, I have forgotten which. If they don't, Bob wrote a fully compatible Kenwood set of commands. Choose Kenwood 2000 or I believe Kenwood 50 to interface the software packages. Choose the virtual com port pair you wish to connect in software. I think that many of these programs will eventually support the SDR-1000 extended command set. I think that there is an HRD Beta kit available to run the radio. I have the SteppIR but not the serial port control module. The radio software does not directly support SteppIR. I have not examined exactly how the StepIR accepts commands, and really have never intended to remote the control box on SteppIR. If you need additional help join us on Teamspeak almost any evening. Eric -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of ab7r Sent: Saturday, September 03, 2005 11:58 AM To: Flexradio@flex-radio.biz Subject: [Flexradio] A couple questions from a new--old--SDR1K user Ordered a new SDR today and wondering if someone could provide some additional info. I understand there is a virtual com port feature now that can be used to link with various logging programs. But most logging programs I have seen do not have the SDR1K as an option. Does it work as some other protocol....i.e....Kenwood? I recall Elecraft works when selecting Kenwood and wondering if it is the same with the SDR. My logging system is Logic 7. 2nd question.... Has anyone interfaced the control box for a SteppIR yagi or vertical with the SDR through the virtual COM port or by some other means? And does this require use of a native COM port and can a USB/Serial converter be used? Looking forward to the new radio....again..hihi. 73 and thanks Greg - AB7R _______________________________________________ FlexRadio mailing list FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz
