K3 #379 Arrived

[Barry N1EU]

I doubt that any of the popular contest logging programs (e.g. N1MM Logger, Writelog) are going to work with Omni-Rig.  Omni-Rig does not expose a transparent serial port interface that would make all of a rig's CAT commands accessible to multiple (unmodified) programs.  Omni-Rig requires using a COM/OLE programming interface to send the rig most CAT commands.

We need a solution like N8LP and HB9DRV have been talking about lately.


73,
Barry N1EU

Tom AK2B wrote

"Software that interfaces to rigs over the single RS-232 port need to learn to play with each other.  Developers have to stop writing code assuming there isn't a need for other software to also simultaneously interface with the rig.  Standards have to be developed and quickly adopted that will facilitate exposing the rig's entire CAT functionality to any number of programs while still preserving CAT responsiveness during fast paced contesting.

73,
Barry N1EU"

When you set up the CAT section of CW Skimmer you are using a program called Omni-Rig. Omni-Rig is Alex’s (VE3NEA) attempt at providing a universal control for several programs to use the same COM (Component Object Module) interface and the same serial port. Each radio is represented by an .INI file that can be created by the user if one doesn’t already exist. It is a fairly simple interface that works well with the K3, CW Skimmer and MixW (the only ones I’ve used). There are several software companies that already support Omni-Rig. http://www.dxatlas.com/OmniRig/  You can download client software to test commands for the K3 and get further information.

Tom, AK2B

[Simon (HB9DRV)]

If I can make good enough progress with my current SSTV / HamDRM work then
I'll put this together late March 2008. This is the only approach that will
work properly, initially it will be for CAT support only, that is it will
not be designed for DTR / RTS toggling etc. which we don't need with the K3
anyway. It will work with W2K / XP / VISTA, the limitation being N8VB's
serial cable code which does work on W2K I think (I know it works on XP and
VISTA).

I'll think about making source code available - I use 3rd-party programming
libraries which I cannot ship (www.codejock.com) but were anyone to obtain
these they could recompile.

Also I'll think about having read-only access - some programs like to watch
all data being read from the radio, for example (I think) StepIR and some
amplifiers such as that one from Italy - Expert-something-1K.

Speaking of amplifiers...

Simon Brown, HB9DRV

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From: "Barry N1EU" <[hidden email]>
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> We need a solution like N8LP and HB9DRV have been talking about lately.
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