[Ham-Mac] APRS and Mac

[Jake Tennant]

Other than XASTIR, has there been any work done towards a true MacOS
version of APRS?

I have been using VirtualBox to run APRSPoint or UI-View32 but would really
love to have a "REAL" Mac version.

Jacob Tennant WF8S
On Apr 2, 2012 2:14 PM, "Willard Myers" <wlmyers at me.com> wrote:

> "Adding" and "Removing" are not the same thing as "installing" and
> "installing". And, USB-serial drivers are not the same thing as USB-UART
> drivers.
>
> Read what I wrote. Your FTDI serial driver is installed and working. The
> device on the other (serial) side of the adapter is not working.
>
> On Apr 1, 2012, at 16:58 PM, Don Singer wrote:
>
> > Bill:
> >
> > Thanks for the feedback but I not sure that this is what is going on.
> > All of the Adding FTDI driver, then Removing, then Adding, occurs when I
> > boot up and the keyer is turned on - or conversely, when I turn the
> > keyer on and the computer is running.
> >
> > So, by the time I launch Skookum the driver has already been Added,
> > Removed, then Added again. Skookum sees a driver name, as does
> > MacLoggerDX, but again, no communication.
> >
> > So, it is a chicken and egg thing. You may very well be correct that
> > this is an implementation issue regarding the Winkeyer compatibility -
> > however, I get the _exact _same results from a microHam product as I do
> > with the Hamgadgets Masterkeyer - this may be coincidence and may be not.
> >
> > So, I am curious as to why the system Adds, then Removes, then Adds the
> > driver again. This does not happen with the UART_USB driver that is used
> > to communicate with the Icom 7600...it is Added and that is it and it
> works.
> >
> > Thanks
> > Don KF7QZB
> >
> > On 3/31/2012 4:28 AM, K1GQ wrote:
> >> On 2012.03.31, at 01:16, Don Singer wrote:
> >>
> >>> When I use SkookumLogger and try to connect to a K1EL compatible keyer,
> >>> I get the message "Winkeyer echo test read failed with AMSerial
> >>> code:100...See AMSercialErrors.h".
> >> Before SkookumLogger gets to the point where this error happens, it has
> successfully opened and configured the serial port. AMSerial error code 100
> means that the attempt to read the response to the Winkeyer echo test admin
> command has timed out with nothing read. That tells me that the serial
> driver is working and the device itself is not: either it doesn’t fully
> implement the Winkeyer command set, or it is in a bad state. If it were a
> real Winkeyer I’d advise you to learn how to reset it.
> >>
> >>   Bill, K1GQ
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