Ok the trick was to assign the Kenwood TS-2000 in HRD rather than Flex SDR. I had assumed the TS-2000 was for only PowerSDR since HRD had Flex as a choice. ASS U ME L
Now how can I configure my homebrew soft to work? As if it’s talking to a Kenwood I presume using the same virtual port as had been configured for HRD? That’s next. Thanks again Hulen K5HCS From: dan edwards [mailto:w...@att.net] Sent: Monday, December 20, 2010 12:21 PM To: Hulen Smith Subject: RE: [Flexradio] Flex-1500 w/other software hulen: i'm pretty fuzzy on the conceptual parts myself. i just blindly follow instructions, and it seems to work ! ha ! nice part is NO SOLDERING...not that i'm afraid to solder, but still..yup the CAT thing has to be enabled to talk to one end of the virtual pair. and the software talks to the other end. ..( i think ) just this weekend, i got N1MM talking to my flex. no cables, or switching transistors required...already had dxLab working...keys the rig, ptt, and reads frequ / mode... sweeet.. 73, w5xz, dan --- On Mon, 12/20/10, Hulen Smith <clay1...@cmaaccess.com> wrote: From: Hulen Smith <clay1...@cmaaccess.com> Subject: RE: [Flexradio] Flex-1500 w/other software To: "'dan edwards'" <w...@att.net> Date: Monday, December 20, 2010, 6:07 PM Hi Dan, I’m using N8VB virtual port program. It works well. I’m just having a conceptual problem but with the feedback I’m getting, I think I’ll get this figured out. It seems if I’m understanding this feedback then I should have the CAT on the SDR configured for a virtual port that’s paired with another virtual port rather than a hardware port connected to at least one program and using that program to connect to virtually. Now I’ve confused myself. I hate it when I do that J Actually what I’m trying to do is to talk to it using my own program that I wrote. I can configure any com. port I want. SO this is to be paired with SDR CAT port? If so I’m not having any luck with that. Not even with HRD using the same port as my homebrew software. I’ll NOT give up. Persistence wins every time. Thanks to all that have responded. Hulen K5HCS From: dan edwards [mailto:w...@att.net] Sent: Monday, December 20, 2010 9:41 AM To: Hulen Smith Subject: Re: [Flexradio] Flex-1500 w/other software hulen you cant use k5fr's virtual serial ports ? works with my F3k, anyway... 73, w5xz, dan --- On Mon, 12/20/10, Hulen Smith <clay1...@cmaaccess.com> wrote: From: Hulen Smith <clay1...@cmaaccess.com> Subject: [Flexradio] Flex-1500 w/other software To: flexradio@flex-radio.biz Date: Monday, December 20, 2010, 3:37 PM I'm at a loss as to how to connect (CAT control w/third party software) with my 1500 since it has no serial port. I'm familiar with vCOM & VAC as I use it with my K3/PWSDR-IF. I use it also with LP-Bridge and HRD with my Flex-1000. These radios have serial ports. Once I connect to them I can use VCOM or similar virtual com port program to inter-connect with everything. I can't figure out how to get to first base with the 1500 since it is USB. All of the third party software looks for comm ports for these connections. I've "written" (Visual Basic) programs to control my K3, TS-2000 and OrionII. No issue connecting to these radios with my software. The 1500 is an exception, yet I read and see where others are doing this. I must be in a unique position of NOT being able to see the forest for all the trees in the way. Can someone explain CAT control differences between radios with comm ports versus those that are controlled via USB/IEEE ? or direct me to a file somewhere? Please don't suggest the 1500 manual. I believe much of it is a reprint from earlier manuals as it doesn't suggest anything unique for the 1500 with regard to CAT. Maybe therein are all those trees standing in the way. ;) I'm having to use VAC now to redirect my audio to USB phones since the "Phones" output on the 1500 is defective. I have a RA already to return it to Flex for repair. This is another issue that I hope hasn't much or anything to do with CAT control and third party software. Thanks much Hulen K5HCS _______________________________________________ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/ _______________________________________________ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/
