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[joshua besneatte <besneatte@xxxxxxxxx>]

Laura,

I just noticed the part about wine. If you can get the software to run in
wine all you need to do is symlink your device.

If the device is at /dev/ttyUSB0 ( see my other message about device names
) just do this before running the software:

ln -s /dev/ttyUSB0 ~/.wine/dosdevices/com1

Should work... let me know :)

On Fri, Jul 3, 2015 at 9:48 AM, joshua besneatte <besneatte@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

> Hi Laura,
>
> All the "syntax" below is essentially the same. In Linux everything is a
> file, so when you plug
> your rig in it gets associated a file link, eg /dev/ttyUSB0
>
> However, depending on the device and system, it might end up in a
> different place. The below
> examples that didn't work, didn't work because the people that gave the
> suggestions expected
> you to know that /dev/rig means "refer to the device file of your rig".
>
> When you first plug in your USB device that connects to your rig, it is
> attached to a file in the /dev
> folder. It is not necessarily the same every time you plug it in. This is
> especially true if you have more than one
> of the same/similar type of device. If you unplug a usb serial device and
> immediately plug it back in
> it will get the next number, eg /dev/ttyUSB1. You can find out where your
> device got attached to the
> file-system by running the command:
>
> dmesg
>
> from the command line after you plug the device in.
>
> If you are referencing the device via a script or want it to have a static
> name you will need to set up a
> udev rule. Something like on this page:
> http://hintshop.ludvig.co.nz/show/persistent-names-usb-serial-devices/
>
> The syntax is not cut and paste though. If you plug in your device and
> then send me the output of:
>
> lsusb
>
> and the last 10 lines or so of
>
> dmesg
>
> I can help you set up a udev rule so that your device will always have a
> symlink at something like /dev/ham-rig
> We will also be able to ensure the device has the correct permissions to
> be able to interact with all of your software.
>
> I hope you find this useful. I am a long time Linux user but am new to the
> whole HAM scene, so I don't know much
> about the software you are using... at least not yet. You are using the
> software I just installed and am about to use.
> Hopefully this can be a good learning experience for both of us. I am
> taking my Tech and maybe the General exam
> tomorrow so I will have a call sign soon and can begin testing.
>
> -Joshua
>
>
>> *CORRECT CO*DE for me: *rigctl -m 104 -r /dev/ttyUSB0 set_freq %d*
>> Some others I tried, based on other users, none of these worked:
>> * rigctl -m 104 -r /dev/*rig
>> * set_freq %d *
>> *rigctl -m 104 -r /dev/tty/USB0 set_freq %d **rigctl -m 104 -r
>> /dev/ttyUSB0 set_freq %d*
>>
>> With each time I found another user giving another syntax - I'd first try
>> that - then try other radio codes, then try different settings - it was so
>> hard to tell if the problem was my syntax or my rig code or something else
>> I had no way of determining.  All along, I was just not getting the right
>> info.  Now it's working.
>>
>> Finally getting it to work was a short-lived happiness, however, as now I
>> find it conflicts with fldigi and my woes are beginning again.
>>
>> THIS is why I wanted to try to run a program like DXLabs, where all the
>> components work together without conflict.  I want to run a dx cluster,
>> digital radio control and the ability to send CW, which was a three week
>> process to figure out in Ubuntu.  Finally found out:, to send CW, I have
>> to be in Packet (USB) mode. Why? Maybe my confusion is just from too many
>> years of running windows software to control my radios. But it really seems
>> there aren't many great software solutions for hams in linux.
>>
>> I'm currently running FLDigi, Klog & XDX. I miss all the other pieces of
>> DXLabs (or HRD, from back in the day, now it's bloated and no fun). Where's
>> the contest software? Like N1MM or similar?
>>
>> If any of you have some lists of software you use and enjoy in Linux,
>> please share them. I'm more than willing to learn something new - but I am
>> having trouble finding them.
>>
>> My original question was how to use windows software under wine and still
>> use com ports, as the windows software doesn't see ttyUSB0 as an option. I
>> didn't get that answered - so instead I'm trying to use the limited
>> software available in ubuntu and I'm hopeful there's more out there I have
>> not yet found.
>>
>> Now, back to the frustration of trying to work a deaf special event
>> station on 17 meters.
>>
>> 73 and thanks for all the help.
>>
>> Lahra, KT9X
>>
>>
>> Lahra KT9X Svare406-285-1025kt9x@xxxxxxxx (or lahra@xxxxxxxx)
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
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