The modern thing to do is to put an embedded Web server in the unit which we can work using either a browser running on the local interface (the radio proper) or remotely over a network interface of some sort.
It won't happen for some time. Manufacturer's a many years behind the state of the art with their products -- they took a long time to put processors in lower cost radios even though its cheaper to have a design built around a single capable, cheap, processor than to build the radio with numerous specialized components. Even today displays are bad, they're just simple monochrome LCDs with a few lines of text and some poor quality graphics (if any). The data interface could be USB but wireless would be a lot nicer (it should be Bluetooth but I don't think that's going anywhere in the PC space). (Infra-red might work as well.) Martin Usher RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that subscribe and unsubscribe messages must be sent in text only format with MIME turned off.
