Re: [Flexradio] Using a Steppir with the Flex
Does this mean that CAT is then not available to be used in conjunction with digital mode or logging programs? It seems to me that there ought to be a way to route CAT data to both a virtual serial port and a real serial port, but I can't see how to do it. John W2FS Tom Thompson wrote: Ed, I have had my SteppIR running with the SDR-1000 for some time. I plug the SteppIR cable into COM1 and set the SteppIR box for Kenwood operation at 9600 baud. I then set the SDR-1000 CAT up for TS-2000 on COM1 at 9600 baud. I set parity to none, data bits to 8 and stop bits to 1. It follows perfectly. 73, Tom W0IVJ Ed wrote: ___ FlexRadio mailing list FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com
Re: [Flexradio] Using a Steppir with the Flex
It's a small matter of programming. At the moment the PowerSDR code only has support in it for 1 CAT serial port. It would not be all that difficult to add support for more, just needs a bit of code. I believe Phil Covington (N8VB) had a TCP-Serial bridge going a while back, seem to remember it worked, but don't recall what became of it How do folks with a conventional radio hookup a Steppir and CAT control - most (all?) conventional radios only have a single CAT port. I'd have assumed the Steppir controller had a CAT out port that gets passed on to CAT programs, but could not say for sure, have not looked into it. Regards, Bill (kd5tfd) At 07:47 AM 9/23/2006, John Hansen wrote: Does this mean that CAT is then not available to be used in conjunction with digital mode or logging programs? It seems to me that there ought to be a way to route CAT data to both a virtual serial port and a real serial port, but I can't see how to do it. John W2FS ___ FlexRadio mailing list FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com
Re: [Flexradio] Using a Steppir with the Flex
I have seen a rig run multiple devices, but all of then were Icom CI-V (TTL) using the CT-17 (CI-V bus) and the radio was in CI-V transceiver mode. I'd REALLY like to see Phil's TCP-Serial Bridge or something analogous included in the new version of CAT. His source is available @ http://www.philcovington.com/SDR/Downloads/SerialToTCPBridge.rar I have wanted to connect the SDR1K to both my logging program and MixW so both would track the frequencies changes. This looks like the only way to do it as far as I can tell. -Tim --- Tim Ellison Integrated Technical Services -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bill Tracey Sent: Saturday, September 23, 2006 9:08 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: flexradio@flex-radio.biz Subject: Re: [Flexradio] Using a Steppir with the Flex It's a small matter of programming. At the moment the PowerSDR code only has support in it for 1 CAT serial port. It would not be all that difficult to add support for more, just needs a bit of code. I believe Phil Covington (N8VB) had a TCP-Serial bridge going a while back, seem to remember it worked, but don't recall what became of it How do folks with a conventional radio hookup a Steppir and CAT control - most (all?) conventional radios only have a single CAT port. I'd have assumed the Steppir controller had a CAT out port that gets passed on to CAT programs, but could not say for sure, have not looked into it. Regards, Bill (kd5tfd) At 07:47 AM 9/23/2006, John Hansen wrote: Does this mean that CAT is then not available to be used in conjunction with digital mode or logging programs? It seems to me that there ought to be a way to route CAT data to both a virtual serial port and a real serial port, but I can't see how to do it. John W2FS ___ FlexRadio mailing list FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com ___ FlexRadio mailing list FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com
Re: [Flexradio] Using a Steppir with the Flex
It would be pretty easy to integrate this functionality into PowerSDR. Along with vCOM it will allow you to run CAT to any/multiple of the virtual or hardware com ports on the system as well as do CAT between computers over the network. I had a checkbox to allow you to designate which com ports only 'listened' on the CAT line and which one had control. With the bridge you would have to run multiple instances to cross connect more than two com ports at a time, but this could be extended to as many com ports that are available on the computer where the bridge is running. I used it with HRD controlling and MixW listening and logging at the same time before my SDR-1000 PIO board started giving me fits. 73 de Phil N8VB On 9/23/06, Tim Ellison [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have seen a rig run multiple devices, but all of then were Icom CI-V (TTL) using the CT-17 (CI-V bus) and the radio was in CI-V transceiver mode. I'd REALLY like to see Phil's TCP-Serial Bridge or something analogous included in the new version of CAT. His source is available @ http://www.philcovington.com/SDR/Downloads/SerialToTCPBridge.rar I have wanted to connect the SDR1K to both my logging program and MixW so both would track the frequencies changes. This looks like the only way to do it as far as I can tell. -Tim --- Tim Ellison Integrated Technical Services -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bill Tracey Sent: Saturday, September 23, 2006 9:08 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: flexradio@flex-radio.biz Subject: Re: [Flexradio] Using a Steppir with the Flex It's a small matter of programming. At the moment the PowerSDR code only has support in it for 1 CAT serial port. It would not be all that difficult to add support for more, just needs a bit of code. I believe Phil Covington (N8VB) had a TCP-Serial bridge going a while back, seem to remember it worked, but don't recall what became of it How do folks with a conventional radio hookup a Steppir and CAT control - most (all?) conventional radios only have a single CAT port. I'd have assumed the Steppir controller had a CAT out port that gets passed on to CAT programs, but could not say for sure, have not looked into it. Regards, Bill (kd5tfd) At 07:47 AM 9/23/2006, John Hansen wrote: Does this mean that CAT is then not available to be used in conjunction with digital mode or logging programs? It seems to me that there ought to be a way to route CAT data to both a virtual serial port and a real serial port, but I can't see how to do it. John W2FS ___ FlexRadio mailing list FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com ___ FlexRadio mailing list FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com ___ FlexRadio mailing list FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com
Re: [Flexradio] Using a Steppir with the Flex
Ed, I have had my SteppIR running with the SDR-1000 for some time. I plug the SteppIR cable into COM1 and set the SteppIR box for Kenwood operation at 9600 baud. I then set the SDR-1000 CAT up for TS-2000 on COM1 at 9600 baud. I set parity to none, data bits to 8 and stop bits to 1. It follows perfectly. 73, Tom W0IVJ Ed wrote: Hello to all: I have a SDR 1000 and would like to purchase a Steppir antenna. They sell a transceiver interface that allows the antenna to tune itself to the frequency that the radio is on. Does anyone know if the SDR 1000 can accommodate a cable that goes to the Steppir interface and if so what radio does it emulate as Steppir makes a variety of cables to attach to a particular radio? Thanks to all Ed W3ETC ___ FlexRadio mailing list FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com ___ FlexRadio mailing list FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com
