++++++++++++++++++ Date: Tue, 08 Jan 2002 11:38:44 -0800 From: Phil Wheeler Organization: Outstanding To: Elecraft Subject: [Elecraft] Remote Control via LAN I'm now able to communicate with the laptop in the shack (150 ft from the house) and connected to my K2 from the house (here) via a LAN. So, in addition to K2Remote (and similar solutions) for rig control, what software is recommended to be able to do it across the LAN? I've heard PCAnywhere is one solution; are there other and/or better options? 73, Phil ++++++++++++++++++ From: Margaret Leber To: Phil Wheeler , Elecraft Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Remote Control via LAN Date: Tue, 8 Jan 2002 15:16:57 -0500 On Tuesday 08 January 2002 14:38, Phil Wheeler wrote in "[Elecraft] Remote Control via LAN": > I've heard PCAnywhere is one solution; are there other and/or better > options? My favorite general-purpose remote desktop solution is VNC: http://www.uk.research.att.com/vnc/ Cross-platform, open-source freeware. It doesn't get any better than that. 73 de Maggie K3XS, who's actually resumed doing the parts inventory on K2 S/N 1641 -- -----/___. _) Margaret Stephanie Leber / "The art of progress / ----/(, /| /| http://voicenet.com/~maggie / consists of preserving/ ---/ / | / | _ _ _ ` _AOPA 925383/ order amid change and / --/ ) / |/ |_(_(_(_/_(_/__(__(/_ FN20hd / change amid order." / -/ (_/ ' K3XS .-/ .-/ ARRL 39280 /___ --A.N.Whitehead ___/ /____ICQ 7161096_(_/_(_/__AMSAT 32844____/ +++++++++++++++ Date: Tue, 08 Jan 2002 18:09:21 -0600 From: "George, W5YR" To: Jim Campbell CC: Elecraft Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Question About Using KIO2/K2 Remote I use an IBM 3330 cordless telephone which operates into the radio - or a soundcard - as well as the telco world. The headset mic provides excellent mic audio and the headset sounds very good. Mine works up to several hundred feet from the base unit plugged into the radio. I use it with an Icom PRO but nothing unique about that. O can operate over my LAN using TRX Manager or MixW for control. I also use Remote Administrator to allow me to control and operate one computer on the LAN from another. 72/73, George W5YR - the Yellow Rose of Texas QRP-L 1373 NETXQRP 6 Fairview, TX 30 mi NE of Dallas in Collin county EM13qe SOC 262 COG 8 Amateur Radio W5YR, in the 56th year and it just keeps getting better! Icom IC-756PRO #02121 Kachina #91900556 IC-765 #02437 All incoming and outgoing email virus-checked by Norton Anti-Virus 2002 Jim Campbell wrote: > > OK, I'll admit that I'm probably missing something, but I don't see a > way to get audio through the KIO2 to the PC. Isn't the idea to be able > to control and operate the K2 remotely? The control works for me as > does the sending of CW, but how do you hear the audio on the PC? I > realize that you can simply use headphones or the internal speaker when > the PC is sitting beside the K2, but what happens when you are using K2 > Remote across a network where the PC and K2 are not side by side? +++++++++++++++++ Date: Tue, 08 Jan 2002 21:20:38 -0600 To: Jim Campbell , elecraft at mailman.qth.net From: Tom Hammond =?iso-8859-1?Q?N=D8SS?= Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Question About Using KIO2/K2 Remote Hi Jim: OK, I'll admit that I'm probably missing something, but I don't see a >way to get audio through the KIO2 to the PC. Isn't the idea to be able >to control and operate the K2 remotely? The control works for me as >does the sending of CW, but how do you hear the audio on the PC? I >realize that you can simply use headphones or the internal speaker when >the PC is sitting beside the K2, but what happens when you are using K2 >Remote across a network where the PC and K2 are not side by side? The KIO2 is for connecting the K2 to a PC, for use in computer logging/operating and control, such as in a contest, or for general operation. Remote control (of the radio) is possible, but this does not imply that RX/TX audio travels over the serial connections. You must supply your own means of porting them to the remote site. Tom Hammond N0SS +++++++++++++++++++++ From: "Jonathan Taylor, K1RFD" To: Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Question About Using KIO2/K2 Remote Date: Tue, 8 Jan 2002 22:49:50 -0500 For remote rig control setups, some hams have had success using the open-source program SpeakFreely, which transmits and receives voice over IP links. I've experimented with this a little bit, and added a feature which supports remote control of the PTT switch in addition to voice. It seems to do the trick if the ports it requires are open through any firewall you might be using. The only gap this leaves is the ability to turn the antenna, and to switch the rig on and off remotely. (I suppose you could turn it off, but how would you get it back on? ;>) 73, Jonathan K1RFD ++++++++++++++++++++ Date: Wed, 09 Jan 2002 05:48:33 -0700 To: Phil Wheeler , Elecraft From: Bruce Grubbs Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Remote Control via LAN Phil, Have a look at Remote Administrator (www.radmin.com). I use it to work on remote client computers via 56K dialup. Over a local net it's very fast. I used to use pcAnywhere, but the latest versions have worked poorly with Windows 2000. 73, Bruce ++++++++++++++++++ Date: Wed, 09 Jan 2002 08:47:30 -0600 From: "George, W5YR" To: Bruce Grubbs CC: Phil Wheeler , Elecraft Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Remote Control via LAN I have used Radmin for over a year now and it is a super program. With a 100 mbps Ethernet LAN, operation of one computer from another is very nearly real-time and very successful. Registration fee is very reasonable and much less than cost of PCAnywhere. I have not used PCAnywhere, but Radmin claims to be much faster. I use Radmin to link a W98SE system with a Windows Me system with no difficulty. Only caution is that the LAN must operate on TCP/IP protocol to support Radmin. 72/73, George W5YR - the Yellow Rose of Texas QRP-L 1373 NETXQRP 6 +++++++++++++++++++++ Date: Wed, 09 Jan 2002 11:31:29 -0600 From: "George, W5YR" To: K7FD N7SG CC: elecraft at mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Remote Control via LAN No, John, as long as each computer has a separate IP address that is constant and not changed by the router. Radmin requires known and constant IP addresses for each node. I will be shortly going to a wireless internet access using a router, etc. and was told by the engineer who surveyed my setup that he saw no problem using the present IP addresses already set up for Radmin. Only ??? about your setup is XP . . . I am running W98SE on mone system and Me on the other. Let me know how you make out! 72/73, George W5YR - the Yellow Rose of Texas Fairview, TX 30 mi NE of Dallas in Collin county EM13qe Amateur Radio W5YR, in the 56th year and it just keeps getting better! QRP-L 1373 NETXQRP 6 SOC 262 COG 8 FPQRP 404 Icom IC-756PRO #02121 Kachina #91900556 IC-765 #02437 All outgoing email virus-checked by Norton Anti-Virus 2002 K7FD N7SG wrote: > > George, I have a 100 mbps home LAN (cablemodem/linksys router and NICs) > operating on 3 pc's -- Win98SE, XP, and a Win2000Pro OS. Do you foresee any > problem using Radmin with this setup? +++++++++++++++++++