Jan Erik Holm wrote:
>
> Keith Dutson wrote:
>
>>The issue for me is speed, not legacy. RS-232 has become obsolete for
>>amateur radio. Aleady my Orion requires way too much time to upgrade the
>>software.
>>
>
> How long does it take?
And furthermore how often does one need to update the software? If it
takes 15 minutes (which I doubt) and new software releases are released
every month (which I doubt), it is not really a problem? Just set it
running, have a coffee and come back to it.
I use a Texas Instruments DSP card which uses RS-232 to download the
programs. When developing on that, it is a real pain, as one tends to
re-write the code every few minutes and the 40s or so it takes to
download is a pain.
But on something where you update the software someone else has written
on an infrequent basis, a few minutes to upload software every now and
then is not a big deal (well to me anyway).
--
David Kirkby,
G8WRB
Please check out http://www.g8wrb.org/
of if you live in Essex http://www.southminster-branch-line.org.uk/
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