Bill, Unless you need to interface a piece of hardware that accepts a serial interface, you really shouldn't have to use anything other than the virtual COM ports. The reason most ham apps have COM port interfaces is because for most radios, this is the only interface (hardware COM port).
Because our radio is already connected to the PC, this hardware interface is unnecessary. But we offer the CAT software (thanks to volunteers) to interface to existing software easily via virtual ports. Note that you can wire up your CW paddles to a serial plug and use a hardware port for minimally more reliable CW performance. This doesn't seem to make as much difference in the latest software however because of the improvements made to the keying. Eric Wachsmann FlexRadio Systems > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > radio.biz] On Behalf Of FireBrick > Sent: Saturday, May 26, 2007 7:35 PM > To: FlexRadio List > Subject: Re: [Flexradio] anybody using a sdr with Writelog > > It would be a lot easier if I could figure out how to utilize the one > spare > serial com port I have unused on this computer. > As I have a normal Com 2 unused. > Maybe for PTT, it would simplify Writelog setup. _______________________________________________ FlexRadio mailing list [email protected] http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ FlexRadio Knowledge Base: http://kb.flex-radio.com/ FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/
