Re: [Xastir] Questions about Xastir running under VMplayer

2007-08-03 Thread Lee Bengston
Forgot the HowTo VMware in the Wiki has an example of forcing the serial port to a specific com port. This copy/paste from the Wiki sets the 2nd serial port to COM4. serial1.present = "TRUE" serial1.filename = "COM4" serial1.autodetect = "FALSE" On 8/3/07, Lee Bengston <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote

Re: [Xastir] Questions about Xastir running under VMplayer

2007-08-03 Thread Lee Bengston
Oops, there were comment markers (#) in the example in my last message. I deleted them below. On 8/3/07, Lee Bengston <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > If using VMware Player, you'll have to edit the ".vmx" file with a text > editor. The vmx file will be in the "My Virtual Machines" directory or

Re: [Xastir] Questions about Xastir running under VMplayer

2007-08-03 Thread Lee Bengston
On 8/2/07, Jason Winningham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On On Aug 2, 2007, at 8:31 AM, Jim Tolbert wrote: > > > > _*The downside is that VMplayer only allows for one serial port.*_ > > This is wrong. I've used two, one for the radio and one for the GPS. > > The xastir vm may only have one ser

Re: [Xastir] Questions about Xastir running under VMplayer

2007-08-02 Thread Jason Winningham
On On Aug 2, 2007, at 8:31 AM, Jim Tolbert wrote: _*The downside is that VMplayer only allows for one serial port.*_ This is wrong. I've used two, one for the radio and one for the GPS. The xastir vm may only have one serial port _configured_ out of the box (er, zip file?), but it's cert

RE: [Xastir] Questions about Xastir running under VMplayer

2007-08-02 Thread Curt, WE7U
On Thu, 2 Aug 2007, Kirk Mefford wrote: > Others that are more familiar with the VMware setup might have other ideas > but > > Since it is being run from a windows machine, you could also run SV2AGW > packet engine to handle multiple TNC's then have Xastir connect to it via > TCP/IP. Yep. Al

RE: [Xastir] Questions about Xastir running under VMplayer

2007-08-02 Thread Kirk Mefford
ailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jim Tolbert Sent: Thursday, August 02, 2007 8:31 AM To: XASTIR Subject: [Xastir] Questions about Xastir running under VMplayer Hi, all. While I am working on trying get set up with Xastir & Garmin Rinos (BUT I CAN"T FIND ANY TO BORROW FOR FIEL

[Xastir] Questions about Xastir running under VMplayer

2007-08-02 Thread Jim Tolbert
Hi, all. While I am working on trying get set up with Xastir & Garmin Rinos (BUT I CAN"T FIND ANY TO BORROW FOR FIELD TESTS!!!), a colleague is working on a setup of Xastir with a TNC, radios and trackers. His first approach was using VMplayer and here is his report. Any solution to