Re: [Elecraft] iPad/iPhone control app

2011-08-26 Thread David Ferrington, M0XDF
If this is to be used to control and possibly log from a KX3, then it needs to be a direct connection between the IOS device and the KX3 - so supporting a bluetooth serial adapter might be the way to go 73 de M0XDF, K3 #174, P3 #108, KX3 #??? -- Whales have calves, Cats have kittens, Bears

Re: [Elecraft] iPad/iPhone control app

2011-08-26 Thread Nick Garner
I actually have this in the works, to interface radios to HamLog on iDevices and Android. The first basic prototype is working on the breadboard. I'll mention it here when it's ready to go. 73, Nick N3WG On Aug 26, 2011, at 4:10 AM, David Ferrington, M0XDF m0...@alphadene.co.uk wrote: If

Re: [Elecraft] iPad/iPhone control app

2011-08-26 Thread Oliver Dröse
I received a couple of emails asking how the app would connect to the radio.. There are several options. WiFi/Serial and Ethernet/Serial adapters are available that could provide the serial communication with the rig. Why don't use Bluetooth? I developed a small BT module that connects

Re: [Elecraft] iPad/iPhone control app

2011-08-26 Thread David Fleming
Oliver Dröse dro...@necg.de wrote: Why don't use Bluetooth? Someone please correct me if I'm wrong, and I hope I am, but it is my understanding that at this point in time Apple does not support the Bluetooth Serial Port Profile (SPP). There are hacks that apparently work, but they require a

Re: [Elecraft] iPad/iPhone control app

2011-08-26 Thread Oliver Dröse
- Original Message - From: David Fleming df...@yahoo.com To: Elecraft reflector elecraft@mailman.qth.net Sent: Saturday, August 27, 2011 12:01 AM Subject: Re: [Elecraft] iPad/iPhone control app Oliver Dröse dro...@necg.de wrote: Why don't use Bluetooth? Someone please correct me if I'm wrong

Re: [Elecraft] iPad/iPhone control app

2011-08-26 Thread Bob Nielsen
I haven't tried it on my Nook Color (running CyanogenMod 7) but it appears that Android supports SPP: http://developer.android.com/reference/android/bluetooth/BluetoothSocket.html 73, Bob N7XY On Aug 26, 2011, at 3:01 PM, David Fleming wrote: Oliver Dröse dro...@necg.de wrote: Why don't

Re: [Elecraft] iPad/iPhone control app (was KX3 Approx Cost/User Downloads/Dev)

2011-08-25 Thread David Herring
Yep, thanks Phil...I should clarify, at least for David's sake, that when I said some equivalent of knob turning I did not mean that literally...I meant some appropriate means of sweeping along a band like we would do if we were turning a knob. An appropriate gesture in the iOS gesture

Re: [Elecraft] iPad/iPhone control app

2011-08-25 Thread David Fleming
On Thu, 8/25/11, Phil Hystad wrote: As far as browsing memories idea mentioned below, one way to do this is to do a full page sweep by flicking a page aside and bringing up a new page.  Each page is the same basic interface for the KX3 but each new page is a different setup with memories,

Re: [Elecraft] iPad/iPhone control app

2011-08-25 Thread Phil Hystad
David and others... I was thinking of doing an iPad app at one time and decided that one way that would be reasonably easy is to create a server on my iMac that did all the heavy work and the interface to the K3 or KX3 or whatever. Then, the iPad to server interface is via web services to the