-=jd=- wrote:

On Thu 10 Jun 2004 08:24:05p, dxAce wrote in
message :



Clark Neider wrote:

{snippage}

BTW, doesn't it bother Drake users that Drake doesn't have software to
support it's R8's in the 21st Century? The original version I used on
DOS and Windows 3.1 is worthless. I'm surprised they haven't kept up
with the times.

My guess is that they are not in the software business, preferring
instead to leave that up to other vendors.


I don't have a problem with that at all, provided that the radio
manufacturer at least publishes the command-set, API, something...

ICOM, to the best of my knowledge for the PCR-1000, has not "officially"
published any details that would allow you to write your own control
application(s). You have to "sniff" out the values on your own, as best
you can.

Since Drake doesn't publish the software, I wonder if they at least
provide enough info on the firmware for you to publish your own, either
freely or for a price?

Not into programming here, but there is a section in the manual that gives
the commands for the RS232 interface.

Steve
Holland, MI
Drake R7, R8 and R8B

http://www.iserv.net/~n8kdv/dxpage.htm