[TenTec] Radio control via a LAN socket connection

[Carl Moreschi]

I am going to work on something to get all my radio programs to talk to each
other by this method.  When I get it going, I will publish an interface and
maybe some other programs will pick it up.

Carl Moreschi N4PY
Franklinton, NC
----- Original Message -----
From: "Richard Detweiler" <rdetweil at hotmail.com>
To: <n4py at earthlink.net>
Sent: Friday, October 01, 2004 9:36 AM
Subject: Re: [TenTec] Why N1MM does not support the Tentec file interface


> I agree,
>
> Working with sockets since the early days when Sun first came out with
them,
>   this is by far the standard interprocess communcations today.
>
> Any way we could get a group of vendors ( software and hardware ) and come
> up with a standard interchange format?   If documented, then as others
came
> online it could be adapted.
>
> In working with N1MM and EZ Master to come up with a simple USB interface
> for all rig control ( like the cw keyer, antenna controls, audio and such
> for SO2R ) it has been all but impossible to get the ball started as the
> software vendors need to agree to come together.
>
> Any Ideas?
>
> Best 73's
> rich
> K5SF
>
>
> >From: "Carl Moreschi" <n4py at earthlink.net>
> >Reply-To: tentec at contesting.com
> >To: <tentec at contesting.com>
> >Subject: Re: [TenTec] Why N1MM does not support the Tentec file interface
> >Date: Fri, 1 Oct 2004 07:32:13 -0400
> >
> >One way to send messages from one program to another is to use the LAN
> >protocol with socket connections.  This method is very fast and allows
> >messages to be sent between any two programs residing on the same LAN.  I
> >could easily add an interface to and from all my programs with this type
of
> >interface.
> >
> >Carl Moreschi N4PY
> >Franklinton, NC
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: "Duane Grotophorst" <n9dg at yahoo.com>
> >To: <tentec at contesting.com>
> >Sent: Thursday, September 30, 2004 11:41 PM
> >Subject: Re: [TenTec] Why N1MM does not support the Tentec file interface
> >
> >
> > >
> > > --- "Simon Brown, HB9DRV" <simon at hb9drv.ch> wrote:
> > >
> > > > A common gateway would be a big advantage, and I
> > > > think that were a
> > > > non-complex solution to be proposed then it would be
> > > > taken up quite quickly.
> > >
> > > Agree, though it should be complicated enough to be
> > > able to accomodate things like you've described below
> > > and much more.
> > >
> > > > I have ideas myself in this area, not just for
> > > > programs by N4PY and N1MM to
> > > > work together but also for programs on computers in
> > > > a LAN to work together.
> > > > For example one person could be spotting and the
> > > > spots come through to the
> > > > other members of the LAN.
> > >
> > > Yupp. And integration with SSTV/PSK/RTTY/WSJT etc.
> > > etc. types programs as well. Part of such a spec needs
> > > to address the control aspects like frequency, mode,
> > > filter, antenna, etc. that most ops are familiar with
> > > today and another extension of such a spec to support
> > > the network level transfer of mic/audio/data/IF
> > > signals. Could probably adapt an existing data
> > > audio/video streaming protocol for that end of it
> > > without a huge amount of work.
> > >
> > > My biggest fear is that each and every ham gear
> > > manufacturer will start developing thier own
> > > specifications and protocols for these kind of
> > > features in the near future and we will will have a
> > > mess that will make the lack of standardization for
> > > power, mic, and the so called "CAT" commands in radios
> > > today seem trivial.
> > >
> > > Duane
> > > N9DG
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
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