[WriteLog] Band data

[Joe Subich, W4TV]

 > Would a USB to parallel adapter be viable?

In general, no.  The USB to parallel adapters are typically "windows
print system" emulators are are not port mapped devices.  The LPT
support in WriteLog and other software seems to require access to
the hardware (one of the reasons for the special drivers).

 > Or are there any band decoders out there that work directly with USB?

If you don't have a parallel port the solutions are generally in the
class of devices that either have some kind of special protocol support
(e.g., the microHAM Control Protocol or K1XM's O2RSP) or a band decoder
that works from the CAT data (e.g., microHAM Station Master).

Since TopTen discontinued their Icom "band voltage" based decoder, the
only commercial units that I know of for Icom "band voltage" are the
Elecraft KRC-2 and Ameritron RCS-12.  Of course, one could build his
own decoder from the information published by K6XX:
      http://members.cruzio.com/~k6xx/radio/icbsciv.pdf

73,

    ... Joe Subich, W4TV
        microHAM America, LLC.
        http://www.microHAM-USA.com
        http://groups.yahoo.com/group/microHAM


On 11/16/2010 9:16 PM, Gary AL9A wrote:
> Any suggestions on how to get auto band switching for antennas from laptop
> PC's that no longer have LPT and do not have slots for adding an LPT card?
> Would a USB to parallel adapter be viable?  Or are there any band decoders
> out there that work directly with USB?
>
> 73,
> Gary AL9A
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Joe Subich, W4TV"<lists at subich.com>
> To:<writelog at contesting.com>
> Sent: November 16, 2010 12:45 PM
> Subject: Re: [WriteLog] Band data
>
>
>>
>> Yes, look-up Band Relay in the help file.
>>
>> 73,
>>
>>     ... Joe, W4TV
>>
>> On 11/16/2010 4:32 PM, Phillips, Richard wrote:
>>> Is it possible to get band data via parallel port using Writelog.  I
>>> would like to switch antennas automatically but the ICOM 756 Pro 3 band
>>> data output is an analog signal and I need BCD.
>>>
>>> Besides, it combines 10m/12m and 15m/17m and I have separate antennas
>>> for those bands.  Yes, I know that the WARC bands are generally not used
>>> for contesting.
>>>
>>> If anyone has tried this, let me know.
>>>
>>> Thanks, Rich AA9L
>>>


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73,

    ... Joe Subich, W4TV
        microHAM America, LLC.
        http://www.microHAM-USA.com
        http://groups.yahoo.com/group/microHAM