[Ham-Mac] Ham Mac - remote

[Denis Innocenti]

John,
i’ve been operating remote for quite a long period and…if you invite me to bahamas or FL i will reveal all the secrets! LOL
Just kidding (but i might accept an invitation…). My experience in operating remote has been without any connection to the mac, except internet for some device i will tell you later, and using the RemoteRig. 
I had my tower with a 5 eye Quad few miles away from my new location (unsuitable for a big antenna) and decided to remote it all. I was using a Icom 706MkIIG and… remote rig. I see you are familiar with it, so no need to explain how to use it or set it (a big nightmare at the beginning).
I was able to turn the antenna, switch the amplifier no-off and eve all the rig on-off.
I was using a net-switch connected to the power supply of the radio (able to switch the radio on-off via a web page) and the power supply of the amplifier; On an other socket (4 of them) i had the antenna rotator (Yaesu G1000 with usb rotorcard) and i was able to move the antenna via software.
i know it’s a small description, but everything was connected to a small netbook to which i had access via team viewer and able to deal with all the commands: the netswitch had a ip address so i was able to switch everything on and off via this device, remoterig did not need any input (the radio gives the signal on-off). I don’t know how are you planning to setup your rig. i just gave you a small overview of the setup i was using until 18 months ago.
Best wishes and HNY
Denis, IK5ZVE

          Denis Innocenti
denis.innocenti at gmail.com
         +39 347 9400497


> Season?s Greetings!
> 
> I am just getting started planning to operate my home  HF station in NY from my condo in Florida?
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> I am familiar with the RemoteRig hardware interfaces which offers a computer less solution on both ends which I favor
> for remote operation, but I would like to do logging, rotor control, spotting and all the rest using a Mac.
> 
> Has anyone on the list done this? 
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> Or, any other Mac solution for remote operation?
> 
> 73, John, W6JTB
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> Capt. John T. Barr
> Massey Yacht Sales & Service
> 44 SW Albany Street
> Stuart, FL 34994
> (772) 678-0760 US
> (242) 475-1594 Bahamas