[TenTec] Orion ASCII command info

[Steve Baron - KB3MM]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Martin, AA6E" <martin.ewing at gmail.com>
To: <tentec at contesting.com>
Cc: "ditsnbits" <ditsnbits at tentec.com>
Sent: Thursday, May 05, 2005 15:26
Subject: Re: [TenTec] Orion ASCII command info


> A few functions might not be available via the computer port without
> extra hardware - for example, the power on/off.  (It would be handy to
> have a computer controlled "sleep" mode, though, to save batteries in
> portable operation, etc.)
>
> The other moderately hard function to provide is a readout of the
> sweep spectrum display.  <Insert comment on value of sweep function
> here!>  Valuless to me.
>
> Most all the buttons, knobs, and menus  are sensed and acted upon by
> firmware routines.  It should be possible to call the same routines
> from the serial port commands in most cases.

Is their code clean? Good?  Te-entrant? The missing operations
> were just never implemented, I expect.  TT rightly has to judge
> whether it's worth their time to go and do all this for the limited
> number of users who care.  (Sigh.)
>
> After they get the serial port fixed up  The actual port or commands
supported?
, I'd like to see a proper
> digital interface for audio in/out (S/PDIF or your choice).  After
> that's working, how about 14 kHz digital IF outputs?  You'd need a
> little more hardware, but not much.  (Could somebody make an add-on
> board?) These functions would open a world of options for
> computer-based operations.  Like ?  I don't even know whst
>
> 73 Martin AA6E
>
> On 5/4/05, Steve Baron - KB3MM <SteveBaron at starlinx.com> wrote:
> > Seems like hat would be hard to do across the board.
> >
>
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