+++++++++++++++++++ From: "Steve Fletcher" To: Date: Wed, 5 Feb 2003 00:23:54 -0000 Subject: [Elecraft] Using the KIO2 with PDAs Thanks for the feedback from my posting last week. 3 of us use Psions, 2 have Zaurus's (Zaurii ?), around 10 Palms and 12 PocketPCs. No doubt many others have PDAs as well. K0PC has already developed a rather nifty looking K2 control program for the Palm ( http://www.qsl.net/k0pc ) Although I'm a professional programmer (SAP), the only experience I have of coding for PDAs is the Psion. Having had a look around it seems that apps developed in Waba/Java can run on the Palm, PocketPC and Zaurus without modification. Users just need to have the WabaVM (free!) installed on whatever device they own. If anyone has any experience of Waba then I would appreciate some advice (please reply direct). What I want to do is wirelessly (?) control the K2, log QSOs and send CW (receive via wireless headphones). I will post to the list when I have a beta version if anyone would like to help out in testing. This may seem rather 'nerdy', but with the shack at -3 degrees C, I quite like the idea of operating from my armchair with a cuppa ( I suppose I could just put a 30 foot coax extension on the aerial and bring the rig indoors, but that would be too easy) 73 Steve G4GXL ++++++++++++++++++ Date: Fri, 07 Feb 2003 08:44:45 -0800 From: Jerry Hancock Subject: RE: [Elecraft] Using the KIO2 with PDAs To: Steve Fletcher , elecraft at mailman.qth.net Reply-To: jehancoc at pacbell.net I've been kicking around the idea of coding one for the wince devices like the HP Jornada and Ipaq. I don't know if it is still possible, but at one time you could download the wince embedded toolkit that contained visual basic for these devices. I wrote some code for CNC calculations and it was really easy. I also wrote a program that communicated over rs232 with a PIC chip on a battery charger, again very easy. I would go that route. Jerry, Kg6KgP +++++++++++++++++