[TenTec] 'Virtual' serial port

[George, W5YR]

Mark, I use the Remote Administrator 2.0 program to enable me to operate
my shack computer from the office and vice versa. With that, I can
operate the Kachina radio on PSK31 with complete control over the radio
via the 100 Mbps EtherNet LAN connecting the two computers. I intend to
run audio cables later and a cw keying line to enable operation of SSB
and CW as well as the digital modes.

I also use a control program for my IC-756PRO which enables fairly
complete control of frequency, mode, bandwidth, etc.

Remote Administrator 2.0 can be downloaded for a 30-day trial at

		http://www.famatech.com

Use beyond that time period involves a small license fee.

A fellow ham tipped me off to this program - I have no connections other
than being a happy licensed user.

It really works!

72/73, George   W5YR - the Yellow Rose of Texas      NETXQRP 6	       
Fairview, TX   30 mi NE Dallas in Collin county	     QRP-L 1373
Amateur Radio W5YR, in the 55th year and it just keeps getting better!
Icom IC-756 PRO #02121 (9/00) Kachina #91900556 (12/99) IC-765 (6/90)


Mark Erbaugh wrote:
> 
> This is really a programming question, but since it relates to my new
> Pegasus, I'll ask here also:
> 
> I'm looking for the abilility to create a 'virtual' serial port:
> 
> 1) I'd like to be able to leave my Pegasus attached to a serial port on a
> machine on my network (running Windows 98) and run the control program on
> another machine (running Windows NT 4 Workstation). The virtual serial port
> on the NT Workstation would redirect the control commands over the network
> to the 98 machine where some additional software would actually send the
> commands over the serial port to the Peg.  Windows NT Back Office Server
> currently lets me do something similar, but only with the NT Server machine
> as the serial port server.
> 
> 2) I'd like to intercept RTS / DTR control signals designed to control
> transceiver PTT from communications sofware (i.e. for PSK, RTTY, SSTV, etc).
> and instead of using a real serial port controls send commands (probably vie
> OLE) to some modified Pegasus control software which would then put the
> radio into TX. That way I could save a serial port, and I wouldn't have to
> modify each piece of 'legacy' software that expects a 'dumb' radio at the
> end of a serial port.
> 
> Mark

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