[Dx4win] Commander

[Allan W Schlaugat]

I use VSPE to let my Ftdx-5000, SDR-IQ, DX4WIN and N1MM all share the same
virtual com ports at the same time. Easy to set up and free. For Windows.

http://www.eterlogic.com/Products.VSPE.html

Works the same way as the microHAM router software without the need to get
the microHAM interface. Acts like a old time 'TSR' program that sits in the
background and does its thing like a traffic cop. Works great!

73   Al   N9ISN



On Wed, 4 Apr 2012 18:56:34 -0600, Jim Reisert AD1C
<jjreisert at alum.mit.edu> wrote:

>On Wed, Apr 4, 2012 at 6:49 PM, John Sullivan KN8S wrote:
>
>> Can dx4win work with commander radio control on the same comport?
>
>DX4WIN has to have exclusive access to COM ports.  So I think the
>answer to your question is No.
>
>I can use both DX4WIN and WriteLog with radio control (simultaneously)
>using my microHAM interface. (other similar products probably have
>this feature).  The microHAM router software can create two virtual
>COM ports that talk to the same device (ICOM radio).  Each program
>connects to a different virtual COM port (in my case, DX4WIN on COM3,
>WriteLog on COM4), so each thinks it has exclusive access to the port.
> If you "spin the dial", the frequency is updated in both programs.
>
>In the distant past (pre-microHAM), I remember using some kind of
>software driver (think: TSR [am I dating myself?]) which could split a
>single physical COM port into two virtual COM ports.  I don't remember
>much about it, unfortunately.  You might be able to Google it.  I
>think at the time there were two, one required registration, one did
>not.