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I think this may interest some of you...provides for its own IP with no
computer and contains the required FCC (if you're a US ham) for failsafe operation... http://www.glentekcorp.com/ 73 de Greg-N4CC ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html |
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In reply to this post by Alan Bloom
This would be somewhat advanced, but I'm thinking that with a router
capable of running OpenWRT (a Linux distribution for embedded hardware) that a Perl script run as a cron job could query a site like http://www.displaymyip.com/ , scrape the page, and email the IP address every few hours. In fact, that is what I do except the script runs on my workstation and instead of email uploads a small file to my webhost. Fortunately, my ISP's DHCP server has been assigning my router the same address for a while. 73, de Nate N0NB >> -- "The optimist proclaims that we live in the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears this is true." Ham radio, Linux, bikes, and more: http://www.n0nb.us ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html |
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In reply to this post by Rick Prather-2
* On 2011 05 Jul 17:58 -0500, Rick Prather wrote:
> I would visualize an internal modem board like Ten-Tec does in the VII that can be assigned it's own IP address and connected directly to the Internet without a computer at the remote location. This would be an option, so not required if someone isn't interested in remote operation - unlike TT. I like the Ethernet idea, I would rather the rig be placed behind a firewall and the only access be via Secure Shell with public key authentication, or SSL in some way. That might be a bit tricky to setup at first, but I'm sure there is someone out there doing it or who could figure it out with a bit of Perl glue magic. Bundled with Hamlib we have a network daemon, rigctld. It has not been vetted for security and I would not expose it directly to the Internet. I can imagine a capable piece of hardware running OpenWRT (or another router distribution) and Hamlib using a USB-serial converter to talk to the K3 (or any other supported rig or rotor) and then using SSL to handle the connection over the 'Net and then some Javascript on the browser end for a Web based rig control program. That sounds like an interesting hacking project for when I get the time. Sigh... > Of course, this can be done now with the Remoterig set up but for a healthy cost. Whereas, the direct ethernet connection with appropriate software (like TT's One Plug) would be easier, neater and a lot cheaper. I won't speculate on the security ramifications, which always exist for any network connected device, but a device like that would need to be vetted rather thoroughly. I'm not the guy to do that, however. :-( 73, de Nate N0NB >> -- "The optimist proclaims that we live in the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears this is true." Ham radio, Linux, bikes, and more: http://www.n0nb.us ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html |
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In reply to this post by kevinr@coho.net
On 7/5/2011 4:00 PM, Kevin Rock wrote:
> Plus it is only a few chips on a board to get the job done. Firmware is > dead simple too. Simple solution, why hasn't anyone built it yet? Oooh and the phrase, "only a few chips on a board." I'll skip over the "dead simple." Forgive me folks, but I got "promoted" to Division Chief Engineer ... a little more money, a lot more headaches, and it wasn't worth it, I retired as soon as I could. I'm jaded, I admit it, completion estimates never actually happen, ever, ever. It keeps the contract techs and lawyers busy. We once had a board going into a mobile radio control box. In 4WD trucks ... in 4WD territory. Our creation actually worked, and we were a week ahead of schedule! All our electrical and software tests said it worked. I was pretty happy as, for a final test, I gave it to our Mech E and said, "Stick it in your Shake and Bake, and see what comes off," expecting nothing, of course. All the caps came off, at amplitudes and frequencies that coincided with what the 4WD trucks would subject them to. A huge lesson for that Project Engineer -- which was me, and I was 45 by then. All 0.01 mfd caps are not created equal. Almost nothing really important these days that involves technology is done by an individual in isolation. Engineering, all of it, is a team effort, and I submit Elecraft as a huge example ... I happen to personally know a number of the E-folks, and I respect their individual skills, talent, and genius. But I respect them far more for their teamwork. Teamwork kept me and most of my guys alive in war, it still works today. It's just a lot harder than it looks from the head end, and it takes a lot more people to do their jobs to make it all work. 73, Fred K6DGW - Northern California Contest Club - CU in the 2011 Cal QSO Party 1-2 Oct 2011 - www.cqp.org ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html |
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In reply to this post by kevinr@coho.net
Quite like the solution you can get here I would say, notice the solution showing a K2/K3 at the remote rig side in the block diagram: http://www.remoterig.com/wp/?page_id=465 It also supports control of a PA as well as a antenna rotator. I am considering one, but haven't gotten around to it yet.
Sverre, LA3ZA
K2 #2198, K3 #3391, LA3ZA Blog: http://la3za.blogspot.com, LA3ZA Unofficial Guide to K2 modifications: http://la3za.blogspot.com/p/la3za-unofficial-guide-to-elecraft-k2.html |
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In reply to this post by David Windisch
I use Splashtop and HDR, it also streams your mic input while using HRD,
which VNC & RDP don't. Saves having to use skype for the audio side. -- *Iain Haywood* G4SGX ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html |
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