[1000mp] MpFilters and Mpcw4Win Updates

[Tom Rohlfing]

Question for the group:

I see lots of cool computer programs that do good things with the MP --  rig
control programs, S-meter reading programs, memory control programs, etc.
etc.

But I never use any of them for one simple reason:  my logging program
(Logger) uses the radio's CAT control connector to get band, frequency, and
mode information from the radio.  I really like this feature, and so I
always leave the logging program active, and it therefore eats up the COM
port that the radio is connected to.  If I try to run some other program to
connect to the  radio, the first thing it does is ask for the COM port
number, and of course that fails because the radio's COM port (COM1) is
already busy, and can't be connected with.

So, is this just a fundamental limitation, or is there some way around it?
Do I really have to decide what ONE program I want to use to communicate
with my MP?  Or is there some clever way to have two programs actively
sharing communications with the MP?

I hope this question makes sense.  What we need is some program that
abritrates asynchronous communications from two separate programs and acts
as a traffic cop to pass traffic between the one radio and two separate COM
ports (for two different programs).  Any such beast out there?

73,
Tom / W7GT