From: Nate B. <n0...@n0...> - 2010-01-31 03:05:53
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* Roger <ro...@sd...> [2010 Jan 30 20:28 -0600]: > On Sat, 2010-01-30 at 09:56 -0600, Nate Bargmann wrote: > > * Roger > > FYI NATE; You're emailer is publishing our email addresses? .. or is > this caused by hamlib's mailing list's? ... just caught this now, and by > quickly looking at the hamlib mailing list past history from November - > I have in my folder. The Source Forge archive truncates email addresses it finds. Take a look here: https://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_name=20100130155640.GT12941%40n0nb.us&forum_name=hamlib-developer I'm unaware of this list being archived elsewhere so I think your address is safely hidden from public view. > > Unfortunately, the handheld/mobile FM radios don't have provisions for > > CAT control. I spend my time in the Yaesu area and know for certain > > that their FM only radios do not have CAT capabilities. Kenwood or > > Icom could be different. > > CAT, I presume simple cat/echo -- or somebody is poking pun at my > programming ability. ;-) Computer Aided Transceiver. Originally a Yaesu marketing term, we apply it generically. > > That said, their all band all mode units such as the FT-857, FT-897, > > and FT-817 do have CAT capability and Hamlib supports them quite well. > > The FM only rigs generally have a "clone" feature and with some reverse > > engineering might be PC controllable by emulating the clone feature. > > As I understand it, that feature is more of a raw memory read/write > > operation and isn't really compatible with Hamlib as it is presently > > written (I'm not sure I'd want to debug *that*!). > > I know what "clone" is, and it may or may not be able to hacked to > provide control. > > I looked at the FT-817 (handheld/portable) & FT-857 (mobile)... the > FT-817 looks like a pretty good choice, but @ $600. A brief look shows > it has a simple din to serial output. No idea if it has the additional > outputs for other extensive use/features. I purchased a CAT cable from a gent in the UK off eBay for my '817. Yes, it has a mini-DIN like a PS/2 mouse connector, two actually, and it's easy to get them mixed. The other I use with the Signalink. > I'll reiterate for historical purposes on this mailing list, for Yaesu, > models FT-817, FT-857, FT-897 have control support (using software). > And, I would imagine the protocols are likely very similar to the > already supported Yaesu's within hamlib's supported radio's database. Those three models are similar but like most Yaesu radio models aren't interchangable hence why each backend is its own implementation. With a lot of effort they could probably be combined but I doubt the amount of programmer time required would make an appreciable difference in RAM usage or performance. 73, de Nate >> -- "The optimist proclaims that we live in the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears this is true." Ham radio, Linux, bikes, and more: http://n0nb.us/index.html |