Thanks Mike! It really is sweet. Once it's set up it's really easy to use. There is only one component running on each machine and the ports are there on each reboot without the need to run anything to create them. SEC client COM ports can be configured to connect to any SEC server COM port, even if its on the same machine. And each SEC server is an automatic splitter so you can connect multiple virtual COM ports spread across several machines all to the same COM server port.
I'm been thinking this might be another way to remotely control my Flex (or any transceiver with a CAT port) using HRD on slower Internet connections when a full remote session might be a problem. 73, Sheldon VE1GPY From: Michael Walker <va...@portcredit.net> Date: Thu, 29 Sep 2011 14:59:32 -0400 To: <flexradio@flex-radio.biz> Subject: Re: [Flexradio] VSPE and VSPMgr Sheldon Your serial port setup is turning me on. Wow, nicely done! va3mw On Thu, Sep 29, 2011 at 1:19 PM, Sheldon Hartling <ve1...@rac.ca> wrote: > Their technical support is really excellent! Tina Wheeler is their Dudley > Hurry. :-) > > I had some problems with conflicts between VSPMgr and SEC versions when I > first tried the product using the free trial option. They were able to > quickly resolve the issue. The version I'm running now is build 5.0.7.376. > > Good luck and 73, Sheldon VE1GPY > > > From: W6SDM Steve <dd.maricopa...@gmail.com> > Date: Thu, 29 Sep 2011 08:03:08 -0700 > To: Sheldon Hartling <hartl...@netpathinc.com> > Cc: <flexradio@flex-radio.biz> > Subject: Re: [Flexradio] VSPE and VSPMgr > > Thanks, Sheldon. That sounds like it may just do what I want. I run two > Windows quad-core dual monitor computers in the shack. One is dedicated to > the Flex and the things that connect via DDUtil. The other is for Internet > and everything else. Being able to get some of the programs on the other > computer would give me some additional monitor space. I see that there is > a > free trial option - I am going to set some time aside and check it out. > > 73, > > Steve > W6SDM > > On Thu, Sep 29, 2011 at 5:10 AM, Sheldon Hartling > <hartl...@netpathinc.com>wrote: > >> > Hi Steve >> > >> > Have a look at Serial to Ethernet Connector (SEC) from Eltima Software ( >> > http://www.eltima.com). >> > >> > For Field Day this year I wanted to set up N1MM logging on a separate >> > computer to eliminate the keyboard-focus problems that arise when two > people >> > try to use one PC. This year one person operated the PSDR/F3K on a > MacBook >> > while a another person logged on N1MM on a Thinkpad T60p. The > connection >> > between the computers was made using COM ports over TCP/IP. >> > >> > Before Field Day I evaluated 3 serial over TCP/IP solutions: KernelPro >> > Advanced Virtual Com Port, Eltima SEC and EtherLogic VSPe. In the test >> > environment I ran (HRD, N1MM and BobMeters) on one PC and (PSDR and a > second >> > copy of BobMeters) on a second PC. The clear winner was Eltima's SEC >> > product. Eltima Software provides the virtual serial port technology > that >> > Steve Nance uses in his VSPMgr product. With SEC used to connect the > two >> > computers I could sweep the VFO on HRD on one PC and have everything > track >> > it with no visible lag even with two copies of BobMeters running! >> > >> > Now, in my shack, I use SEC as the backbone to connect everything. In >> > addition to serial over TCP/IP it provides complete splitter >> > functionality. I run one copy on the laptop connected to my F3K using > ports >> > 30, 31, 32, 33 and 34 and one copy on the desktop computer connected to > my >> > F5K using ports 50, 51, 52, 53 and 54. Ports 30 and 50 are the server > ports >> > and the rest are client ports. On any computer in the shack, if I want > to >> > connect to the F3K's COM port I pick a COM port in the 30 series (31, > 32, >> > Š); If I want to connect to the F5K's COM port I pick a COM port in the > 50 >> > series (51, 52, Š). Normally on my desktop I run HRD connected to COM > port >> > 51 and BobMeters connected to COM port 54 and PSDR connected to COM port > 50. >> > No splitter required. If I want to make a few contacts on my F3K > running >> > on a different computer I just change the connection on HRD (still > running >> > on my desktop) to port 31 and now its connected to the F3K. By > default >> > each SEC server has 4 client ports but you can set up as many as you > want. >> > >> > SEC is licensed software and is sold by Eltima Software in 2-license > packs. >> > >> > 73, Sheldon VE1GPY >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > From: W6SDM Steve <dd.maricopa...@gmail.com> >> > Date: Wed, 28 Sep 2011 22:43:47 -0700 >> > To: <flexradio@flex-radio.biz> >> > Subject: [Flexradio] VSPE and VSPMgr >> > >> > Someone told me once that the only stupid question was the one you > didn't >> > ask. Hopefully that's true so that this isn't a stupid question. >> > >> > Has anyone used VSPE (64bit registered version) and VSPMgr together on > the >> > same machine? VSPE allows for a splitter. If I set the source to >> > PowerSDR, >> > one of the client ports to DDUtil, and then another port directly to my >> > client app, should that work? My reason is that I have a couple of apps >> > that don't want to play nice with DDUtil. I have port pairs that were > set >> > up with VSPMgr and are are working fine with DDUtil. I would rather > just >> > use those for the apps that work well. >> > >> > Or, do I have to choose between VSPMgr and VSPE? >> > >> > Thanks for your help! >> > >> > -- >> > Steve Miller >> > st...@w6sdm.net <http://w6sdm.net> >> > _______________________________________________ >> > 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/ >> > >> > > > > -- > Steve Miller > w6sdm.net > _______________________________________________ > 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/ > _______________________________________________ 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/
