[Ham-Mac] hello and SignaLink USB question

[Bob Nielsen]

Where does one select the device in CocoaModem?  I looked in  
Preferences and couldn't find that option.

On Mar 16, 2007, at 8:01 PM, Jack Brindle wrote:

> 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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