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Tony Estep

Hub4Com

Hi folks,

I'm trying to configure my setup so that one serial port out can talk to
two serial ports in. I downloaded Com0Com, which works fine, but needs
Hub4Com to fan out the output as desired. Fine, I downloaded the Hub4Com
files from SourceForge -- but lo and behold, they are only source files,
along with instructions for building the .exe. But no .exe. What am
I missing?

Thanks to all who know the answer!
73,
Tony KT0NY
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k6dgw

Re: Hub4Com

You're not missing anything ... except the .exe [:-) Public license
software is often distributed as source code because there are so many
OS distributions and hardware configurations out there. You need to
compile/link it following the build instruction and make a .exe for your
machine. You might consider an alternative package that is executable
on your machine if you don't have/are not familiar with the compilation
process.

73,
Fred ["Skip"] K6DGW
Sparks NV DM09dn
Washoe County

On 3/8/2019 3:22 PM, Tony Estep wrote:

> Hi folks,
>
> I'm trying to configure my setup so that one serial port out can talk to
> two serial ports in. I downloaded Com0Com, which works fine, but needs
> Hub4Com to fan out the output as desired. Fine, I downloaded the Hub4Com
> files from SourceForge -- but lo and behold, they are only source files,
> along with instructions for building the .exe. But no .exe. What am
> I missing?
>
> Thanks to all who know the answer!
> 73,
> Tony KT0NY
>

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Re: Hub4Com

Hub4Com binaries are available with a little snooping around in the com0com sourceforge location:https://sourceforge.net/projects/com0com/files/hub4com/2.1.0.0/

It's a strategy for sourceforge to make it difficult to find things -- they want you to click on other things and view as many pages as possible. Since they host things for free, it's one of ways they can make money to keep the servers on.
-Brian N9ADG

On Friday, March 8, 2019, 3:38:17 PM PST, Fred Jensen <[hidden email]> wrote:

You're not missing anything ... except the .exe [:-) Public license
software is often distributed as source code because there are so many
OS distributions and hardware configurations out there. You need to
compile/link it following the build instruction and make a .exe for your
machine. You might consider an alternative package that is executable
on your machine if you don't have/are not familiar with the compilation
process.

73,
Fred ["Skip"] K6DGW
Sparks NV DM09dn
Washoe County

On 3/8/2019 3:22 PM, Tony Estep wrote:

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Tony Estep

Re: Hub4Com

On Fri, Mar 8, 2019 at 6:08 PM Brian Moran via Elecraft <
[hidden email]> wrote:

> Hub4Com binaries are available with a little snooping around in the
> com0com sourceforge location...

===============
That location is where I found all the source files but no matter how much
I snooped I didn't find the executable.
However, further digging turned up a version of Hub4Com.exe in GitHub.
We'll see if that works.

Thanks to everybody.
73,
Tony KT0NY
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Tony Estep

Re: Hub4Com

>
> Aha! After much chasing my tail, I found the following page:
>

http://www.rei-labs.net/connecting-multiple-virtual-serial-ports-together/3/

and on that page is a link which leads to a SourceForge page that I
couldn't find any other way. On that page is the correct .zip file,
containing the executable of Hub4Com.
Thanks very much to all who responded, and especially to Brian Moran who
made a valiant effort to help me.

73 to all,
Tony KT0NY
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Dave wo2x

Re: Hub4Com

A commercial product Virtual Serial PortEmulator can do this plus much more. Well worth the cost when I bought it. Just letting the group know there are choices.

Dave wo2x

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On Mar 8, 2019, at 8:52 PM, Tony Estep <[hidden email]> wrote:

>>
>> Aha! After much chasing my tail, I found the following page:
>>
>
> http://www.rei-labs.net/connecting-multiple-virtual-serial-ports-together/3/
>
> and on that page is a link which leads to a SourceForge page that I
> couldn't find any other way. On that page is the correct .zip file,
> containing the executable of Hub4Com.
> Thanks very much to all who responded, and especially to Brian Moran who
> made a valiant effort to help me.
>
> 73 to all,
> Tony KT0NY
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Tony Estep

Re: Hub4Com

On Fri, Mar 8, 2019 at 8:01 PM Dave <[hidden email]> wrote:

> ... Virtual Serial PortEmulator ...
>
==============
I used VSPE + LP-Bridge in my previous installation and it worked okay. I
may go back to that arrangement if this doesn't work out. I'll soon know.

73,
Tony KT0NY
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Gwen Patton

Re: Hub4Com

I use the Virtual Audio Cables from VB-Audio. They work great. Combined
with Voicemeeter, they're a fantastic set of tools.

They work on a "donationware" concept for those products. Just a few bucks
(or Euros, they're in the EU) and you get a huge pile of performance.

I don't recommend the most recent Voicemeeter with Windows 7, though...I
was using it, but ran into constant lockups and even a couple of BSODs, as
it lost track of audio drivers. I dropped back to their "Banana" version,
and it works fine. It lets me work around the frustrating Windows 7 bug
that crops up from time to time with WSJT-X, JTDX, JS8Call, and the
spectrum screen options in Win4K3Suite. I'm pretty sure it's a Qt problem
enumerating "microphone" drivers, because it's only Qt apps that fail, and
they always fail the same way, in the microphone list. I've got two
"microphones" listed in that pulldown that haven't been valid on my machine
in several years, but no matter what I do I can't make those programs
re-enumerate the available options. So I have to trick it using Voicemeeter
so I can get audio in and out of the programs from the radio. Very
frustrating.

And of course, the support forums simply say "upgrade to Windows 10",
without concern for legacy programs that might BREAK. Grrr... (It's also a
flaming pain in the tuchis.)

73,
Gwen, NG3P

On Fri, Mar 8, 2019 at 9:07 PM Tony Estep <[hidden email]> wrote:

> On Fri, Mar 8, 2019 at 8:01 PM Dave <[hidden email]> wrote:
>
> > ... Virtual Serial PortEmulator ...
> >
> ==============
> I used VSPE + LP-Bridge in my previous installation and it worked okay. I
> may go back to that arrangement if this doesn't work out. I'll soon know.
>
> 73,
> Tony KT0NY
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Tony Estep

Re: Hub4Com

On Fri, Mar 8, 2019 at 8:18 PM Gwen Patton <[hidden email]> wrote:

> I use the Virtual Audio Cables from VB-Audio....
>
=======================
Yep, gotta have those too, although I use the ones from Muzychenko. To have
a full-house setup you might need VACs, virtual serial ports, and a fan-out
hub. If you use Nap3 with a K3, the LP-bridge is a neat fan-out because it
has a lot of dedicated functionality that Nap3 needs. A few years ago,
having all that stuff running could choke your machine, but nowadays
everything runs smoothly.

It's interesting to note that much of this software hasn't been updated for
years. The Muzychenko VAC is up to date through year-end 2018, but VSPE,
Com0Com, LPB, and VB-Audio are all years old. Luckily it all still works as
far as I know.

Tony KT0NY
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Gwen Patton

Re: Hub4Com

VB-Audio is still updating their stuff. I looked at Com0Com, but they
looked too expensive for as little certainty that it would work as they
offer, so I never really worked with them much. Never looked at Muzychenko.

If I could figure out how to reproduce the errors I was having, I'd send a
bug report to VB-Audio on the Voicemeeter Potato errors I was getting. It
just seemed too random to document properly, and I can't get anyone to care
about the Qt bugs in the low-signal mode software enough to bother looking
at them. I suppose I can understand it, but it's still annoying.

On Fri, Mar 8, 2019 at 9:31 PM Tony Estep <[hidden email]> wrote:

> On Fri, Mar 8, 2019 at 8:18 PM Gwen Patton <[hidden email]> wrote:
>
> > I use the Virtual Audio Cables from VB-Audio....
> >
> =======================
> Yep, gotta have those too, although I use the ones from Muzychenko. To have
> a full-house setup you might need VACs, virtual serial ports, and a fan-out
> hub. If you use Nap3 with a K3, the LP-bridge is a neat fan-out because it
> has a lot of dedicated functionality that Nap3 needs. A few years ago,
> having all that stuff running could choke your machine, but nowadays
> everything runs smoothly.
>
> It's interesting to note that much of this software hasn't been updated for
> years. The Muzychenko VAC is up to date through year-end 2018, but VSPE,
> Com0Com, LPB, and VB-Audio are all years old. Luckily it all still works as
> far as I know.
>
> Tony KT0NY
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