[WriteLog] CAT Support

[Darren Hatcher]

Folks,

While we are on the subject of radio support, there has been another open
source radio control subsystem around for a while called 'hamlib'
(www.hamlib.org). 

The aim of this open source project (which I have provided code into on the
PCR1000), is to split the radio (rotator and other hardware) API away to
allow logging and other apps to concentrate on function rather than hardware
specifics.  

It supports linux and win32 and the library can be cross compiled to other
targets if required. For remote station control use, an RPC interface is
also supported.

I was wondering what the general thoughts on support of the 'hamlib' radio
API in writelog might be. 

73, Darren - G0WCW

-----Original Message-----
From: writelog-bounces at contesting.com
[mailto:writelog-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Don Melcher
Sent: 23 June 2005 17:22
To: writelog at contesting.com
Cc: jim at audiosystemsgroup.com
Subject: [WriteLog] CAT Support

Jim 

I am the "pesky" West Coast user he refers to - I have the remote station
that he has been using for development - for one reason is that latency
issues are a big problem and being 1/2 the world away, Simon can get a
better feel of performance. The other is I own just about every type of
radio that HRD talks to - including 2 K2's - so fear not. Simon first used
my station to develop the support for the Icom PCR-1000, so it is a proven
method.

All the radios that HRD supports will work, much like the N4PY Pegasus
programs. HRD is set up to control the radio (as long as it is supported by
HRD - the make/model doesn't matter) as usual - and WL talks to HRD by
setting up WL as connecting to a Kenwood (and later Icom) radio on the
"virtual" com port that HRD is using to talk with WL. The beauty is that
this will allow radios that WL doesn't necessarily support - such as the
SDR-1000 (yes - I have one of those too) when it is supported by HRD (coming
soon to a computer near you). 

Don
W6CZ

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