At 04:39 AM 5/1/2010 -0600, gerhardstein@montana.com wrote:
Thanks to all who have answered both on and off the list. I have had my sat station working on a prior computer, an XP laptop, not with the KeySpan but with one serial adapter cable plus the "real serial interface" in that computer. I've not tried those on the Win7's. I no longer have the XP's; they both died this past winter.
Interfaces are the GS232 from Yaesu, and the CT-17 level converter from ICOM.
Though I have a lot of stuff on USB, 4 ports out of 6 total, I have tested with only the KeySpan attached.
I will try the alternate programs suggested off-list.
I may try the "real serial interface" approach--a good idea. Though I live in a small town, there is a computer geek who lives nearby me. I have at least one salvaged serial port interface from a previous computer. I have another junked computer that possibly has one in it also. I'll check that out.
I will get the additional information from the crash screen and display here.
73, Larry
Sorry I can't help Larry. I'm just replying to say it will be nice to have another station in Montana on the satellites.
I use InstantTrack on an old Win95 computer with a 1.2GB HD. IT aims the antennas but I do everything else manual. Maybe sometime down the road I'll do rig control but I'd have to build an interface. The rig isn't plugNplay.
73