Got the W2 interface and utility working on Linux

[NZ0T]

My fervent thanks to all who responded with help.   The interface is working under Wine and the Linux version of the utility is connecting also.  If you are at the Joplin, MO hamfest this weekend come by the Elecraft table and say hello.

73 Bill NZ0T

[Thomas Taylor-2]

On Thu, 21 Aug 2014 05:17:27 -0700 (PDT)
NZ0T <[hidden email]> wrote:

> My fervent thanks to all who responded with help.   The interface is working
> under Wine and the Linux version of the utility is connecting also.  If you
> are at the Joplin, MO hamfest this weekend come by the Elecraft table and
> say hello.
>
> 73 Bill NZ0T
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Hi Bill,
Would you consider writing a short article or blog post describing how you got
this project to work?  I and I'm sure many other hams would like to read about
that.

73 & Thanks, Tom  KG7CFC

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Tom,

The issue was that I had the W2 interface running fine in Wine but could not get it to connect to my computer. Several people responded here and were very helpful but it was Martin DM4IM who sent me this which was easy to read, understand and accomplish:

Hello Bill,
try this:
Linux handles serial devices different from windows.
Your usb-serial adaptor probably will be recogniced as  /dev/ttyUSB0,
while your Windows-Software running under wine only can handle COMx.

So you need to tell wine what device it should use for serial communications.

You can do this by linking the linux-device to the windows device.
Open a console and type:

ls /dev/ttyUSB*
You should see a reply like this:

/dev/ttyUSBx

where x is probably 0 (zero).

Now, assuming the x was 0 (zero), type (case-sensitive!) or simply copy and paste:

ln -s /dev/ttyUSB0 ~/.wine/dosdevices/com1

If you type correct, this will put a file named com1 in /home/yourusername/.wine/dosdevices

where /.wine is a hidden directory. Check if the file is there by typing

ls ~/.wine/dosdevices

Amongst a number of drive-letters, you should find a file named com1


(This step might or might not be neccessary:
(Then log out and back in. If you don't know how to log out/in, simply (reboot.

Now run your application under wine. Advise it to use com1.

I expect this to work, but if it doesn't , you probably need to set some permissions. I can help.