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>release. jnos 1.11x1, then x2... 1.11 was released and the next update
>was 1.11a, followed by 1.11b. The latest is 1.11d. You should
>probably compile your own from source (patch in the .mod files first).
>See readme.lnx in the source archive and linuxnos.tip, which is in the
>linux.zip archive contained in the config.zip archive, which is part of
>doc111d.zip.
>
>Bob, w6swe
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Date: Fri, 17 Dec 1999 22:48:10 -0500
From: "Rob" <NoEmail@NoWay.com>
Subject: Kenwood Control program that runs on Liunx AND Windows!!!!!
Too bad you deleted your little program.
Is there a FTP site where people place tcl programs?
Maybe I can find something there to work with. It is sometimes easier to
work with already developed code than start from scratch
Rob
"Jeff Pierce" <piercej@preferred.com> wrote in message
news:385AEA83.5651B4EC@preferred.com...
> The only thing about serial ports is having to specify them as the os
> requires. The following snippet from my program shows how:
>
> switch $tcl_platform(os) {
> {Linux} {set comPort /dev/cua1}
> {SunOS} {set comPort /dev/cua/a}
> {Windows 95} {set comPort COM2:}
> default {error "Must configure comPort"}
> }
> set chan [open $comPort RDWR]
> fconfigure $chan -mode 4800,n,8,1
> fconfigure $chan -blocking 0 -buffering none
> fileevent $chan readable {Reader $chan}
>
> After this all reading and writing to the port is identical for all
> OS's.
>
> I wrote a quick tcl prog to talk to my PK232 using two text widgets. One
> widget for seeing what is coming from the 232 and one for entering data
> to the 232. Ala the original PK232 program from AEA. Unfortunatly I
> deleted it by accident.
>
> Rob wrote:
> >
> > Hi Jeff,
> >
> > Many thanks for the info.
> >
> > I am thinking of writing a terminal program for the SCS PTC II
controller
> > (using its host mode). There are very few that use the host mode.
> >
> > Perhaps, I should learn and use tcl/tk. That way I can provide the
program
> > for both Linux and Windows. In the near future, I think a lot more Hams
> > will be using Linux.
> >
> > I understand that JAVA is not completely portable (vis-a-vis the way
JAVA
> > handles serial ports). Perhaps Tk/TCl is the same.
> >
> > Do you know of anyone who has written any kind of terminal
communications
> > program using tk/tcl?
> >
> > Rob
> >
>
> --
> Jeff Pierce
> piercej@preferred.com
> http://pages.preferred.com/~piercej
>
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Date: 18 Dec 1999 07:31:16 GMT
From: Hamish Moffatt <hamish@rising.com.au>
Subject: Kenwood Control program that runs on Liunx AND Windows!!!!!
In rec.radio.amateur.digital.misc Rob <NoEmail@NoWay.com> wrote:
> I like the idea of open source so HAMS can make changes to the code for
> their own particular rigs.
Open source for all types of ham software would be a good idea.
So if the author loses interest, their work doesn't die with them.
Let someone else work on it. Maybe someone else will learn something
from it. Lots of ham radio spirit in there.
Hamish
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Date: Fri, 17 Dec 1999 12:00:05 -0500
From: Jeff Pierce <piercej@preferred.com>
Subject: Kenwood Control program that runs on Liunx AND Windows!!!!!
Well said Dana, much better than the reply I was working on.
Dana H. Myers wrote:
>
> I believe there's a difference between a protocol specification (which
> is what was proposed) and an API (which is what you're apparently
> describing). A properly designed protocol is both designed and
> specified in platform-neutral terms, and describes the exchange of
> messages between agents. In the case of a remotely-controlled
> radio, the server and the client may be on different systems,
> in the case of a locally-controlled system, the server and the
>
> Dana K6JQ
> dana.myers@sun.com
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Date: Fri, 17 Dec 1999 11:54:16 -0500
From: Jeff Pierce <piercej@preferred.com>
Subject: Kenwood Control program that runs on Liunx AND Windows!!!!!
Rob wrote:
>
> I like the idea of open source so HAMS can make changes to the code for
> their own particular rigs.
>
> Jeff, are you making the source code available to allow anyone to modify for
> YAESU, etc rigs?
>
> Rob
>
Yes it is. In fact I encourage porting to other rigs, for non-commercial
purposes ofcourse. Just let me know and send me a copy. I would like to
start a web site just for this. In the mean time I will set up my web
site to cover these topics with an area for non-commercial programs and
control programs for download.
The pgrogram I have there for Linux in C/Xforms is source code.
Tcl/Tk is a SCRIPTING language. Like Perl, Javascript and a non-complied
basic. Sort of like the DOS batch files, ya know *.bat files, but
several orders of magnitude more powerful.
And it is FREE!!!!!! It is also extendable, with a number of FREE
packages for graphing, panel controls, etc. Just go to
http://www.scriptics.com and follow the TCL Resource links. It is
available for Windows95/NT/98 and a number of Unix's include Linux,
FreeBSD, Solaris, etc. Even Macintosh..... Also links to tutorial pages.
Several good books are on the market and they are listed to.
And it's greatest virtue, source running on all of these platforms with
no code changes....
I may be blowing the trumpet, but this is so far the best I have found
for what I consider a very important problem in personal computing, like
for hams. Software for that runs on ALL platforms, OS and hardware.
Where everbody doesn'thave to run one proprietary OS, like Microsoft.
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piercej@preferred.com
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