Re: [amsat-bb] TS-2000 Com port

["Don Woodward" <dbwoodw@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Giving this more thought - I was wrong before when I said he "should be able
to configure/run the programs one at a time using the single connection to
the TS2K and a single connection to the PC" - therefore he would need an AB
switch and two PC ports - and yes Uni_Trac 2003 can use a USB<->Serial
adapter if the PC lacks serial ports.

The main problem is the TS2K radio only has one port - it's not just a
problem with lack of PC ports.  You can't connect two serial ports from the
computer directly to the single port on the TS2K radio regardless of the
type (USB<->Serial or pure serial) and have Uni_Trac work properly.


Uni_Trac 2003 needs the following....

UT_SW | PC Port<->Uni_Trac HW<--->TS2K Radio port
                         |
                     Rotator Port


and his other program needs...

Prolog SW | PC Port<------------->TS2K Radio port



So to make it work...

                   Rotator Port
                      |
UT_SW | PC_port1<---UT_HW--
                           |AB SW | <->TS2K port
Prolog| PC_port2<----------

73's

Don Woodward
KD4APP
AMSAT 33535
http://kd4app.webhop.org

Don Woodward
KD4APP
AMSAT 33535
http://kd4app.webhop.org


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "James C. Hall, M.D." <heartdoc@nwtcc.com>
To: "'Don Woodward'" <dbwoodw@alltel.net>; <amsat-bb@AMSAT.Org>
Sent: Friday, May 21, 2004 09:26
Subject: RE: [amsat-bb] TS-2000 Com port


Hi Don:

I had to use an A/B switch to work with my FT-847 - one to go to the
parallel port via the Uni-trac, and the other to a standard serial port for
CAT control. I'm not sure how the new one (USB?) would work with this.

73, Jamie
WB4YDL


-----Original Message-----
From: owner-AMSAT-BB@AMSAT.Org [mailto:owner-AMSAT-BB@AMSAT.Org] On Behalf
Of Don Woodward
Sent: Thursday, May 20, 2004 9:55 PM
To: amsat-bb@AMSAT.Org
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] TS-2000 Com port

A USB<->Serial adapter will work fine with Uni_Trac 2003 software and the
Uni_Trac 2003 serial hardware but Bill only has one port on the TS2K radio
and wants to use two programs which need to access the TS2K's radio port if
I understand correctly.

He won't be able to use the two programs at the same time but should be able
to configure/run the programs one at a time using the single connection to
the TS2K and a single connection to the PC.

73's

Don Woodward
KD4APP
AMSAT 33535
http://kd4app.webhop.org


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Freeman P. Pascal IV" <pascal@pascal.org>
To: "Bill Bruno" <billbruno@earthlink.net>
Cc: "amsat-bb" <amsat-bb@AMSAT.Org>
Sent: Thursday, May 20, 2004 22:15
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] TS-2000 Com port


Have you considered using a USB to serial port adapter?  They typically
cost about $30 to $50 and I have yet to find a piece of software that
hasn't worked with one.  Although, I haven't tried one with a Unitrac.

-Freeman, N5FPP


On Thu, 2004-05-20 at 14:13, Bill Bruno wrote:
> The com port on my TS2K being used by my computer for the Prolog program.
I
> want to now hook up Unitrac 2003 to the same TS2K com port. Is there a way
> to enable these two programs to use the com port at the same time, or as I
> suspect, barring that, is there a simple way to be able to switch the
radio
> back and forth between the two.
> Thanks all
> Bill  kb2rc@arrl.net
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