[Ham-Mac] hello and SignaLink USB question

[Jack Brindle]

Actually CocoaModem does just fine with the SignaLink USB, allowing  
you to select the device in the app itself and not needing to play  
with the system control panels.

The SignaLink is a nifty little box, with very nice circuitry (wish I  
had designed it). The only thing I don't like about it is its  
reliance on the internal VOX for PTT. I have used mine quite a bit  
for receive since I got it a few weeks after Christmas (it was a  
Christmas present that came in late...). It works well with both  
Windows (lots of software on the CD) and Mac software (CD? sigh...).  
I am very pleased with the way it works with CocoaModem. Of course,  
the SignaLink USB is just a sound interface and CocoaModem is doing  
the heavy lifting there.

What do I wish it had? A USB serial adapter for serial IO with the  
radio. Other than that it is very close to what I would design...


On Mar 16, 2007, at 6:37 PM, Bob Nielsen wrote:

> I think it acts like an external sound device (I use a Griffin iMic  
> here).  Whether or not it can be used separately from the builtin  
> sound card depends on the software.  Some software allows you to  
> select the sound device, while other programs (e.g., CocoaModem)  
> use the setting from the Sound part of System Preferences to select  
> the input and output devices and thus do not allow both to be used  
> simultaneously, AFAIK.
>
> Bob, N7XY (W6SWE in a previous life)
>
> On Mar 16, 2007, at 6:21 PM, Brian K.Short wrote:
>
>> I am having deja vu.  I am having deja vu.  :)
>>
>> Hello,
>>
>> I would appreciate to hear if you are able to keep system
>> sounds on the Mac builtin sound and all the radio stuff on
>> the SL-1+ sound.  That seems like the way to go, or the
>> sort of VOX-derived PTT won't be as useful?  Or, is it sort
>> of VOX derived in the SL-1+ like the SL-1?
>>
>> The SL-1+ seems like a nice piece of gear.
>>
>> Also, I would appreciate to hear what modes and programs
>> you try.  I was off the air for a couple years moving and such
>> and my goodness how things have changed.
>>
>> Brian
>>
>> On Mar 16, 2007, at 9:37 AM, EZRhino wrote:
>>> Question:  I am wondering if the future purchase of a  
>>> Tigertronics SignaLink USB for digital mode use will serve as  
>>> double duty for a general Mac to radio connection for my logging  
>>> software, etc.?
>>
>> --
>> Brian --> http://users.wildblue.net/k7on/
>> "Blessed are the cracked, for they shall let in the light."
>>
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