[Ham-Mac] Amateur Radio Upload/Download Question

[Michael A. Miller]

Zeff

I've begun to toy with the idea of building on separate software 
components to get info into and out of a radio. I have a Yaesu VX-5. 
There is a simple C progam available that will read a block of data 
from the radio and write it back to the radio; I've compiled it under 
OS X and have had it work with a Keyspan serial adaptor.

I think that I could write a Python script to extract the data items 
from the data block. From there, I'd have several options for storing 
the data. One is to continue to use Python, but I lean toward putting 
the data into an SQL database and then using Apache and PHP to create 
an interface to the data.

All of these tools (the C program, compiler, Python scripting language, 
SQL database and Apache plus PHP) are available for free on Mac OS X.

It sounds complicated at first, but I think that using separate pieces 
for the different steps means that each part can be kept as simple as 
possible. It would also allow you to mix and match -- if a spreadsheet 
would work instead of a database, do it that way. Some people might 
prefer the idea of a database where each upload or download to the 
radio could be replayed, allowing you to 'rewind' your settings to any 
previous saved session.

-=- Mike Miller, KC0NXN
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mike_miller@acm.org (Mike Miller)
http://homepage.mac.com/mike_miller/