[aprssig] Com port sharing utility - Bluetooth

[Brian Webster]

Please keep us posted on your results with the Bluetooth serial devices!



Thank You,
Brian N2KGC
-----Original Message-----
From: aprssig-bounces at lists.tapr.org
[mailto:aprssig-bounces at lists.tapr.org]On Behalf Of K7FTP
Sent: Monday, January 14, 2008 8:44 PM
To: k4gps at arrl.net; TAPR APRS Mailing List
Subject: Re: [aprssig] Com port sharing utility


Look into the Toshiba Tecra A9 series.  We are presently recommending the
Tecra A9-S9015X.  It includes XP Professional and a real RS-232 port.

http://www.commtechreview.net/jeep/a9s9013.htm

We tested and reviewed the A9-S9013 previously.  It ran Vista and had the
real
Serial port too.  Aside from Vista not liking our Clifford alarm programming
SW, the serial port worked with everything else.  They have since updated it
to the
A9-S9013X which includes XP Professional.

We tested with many applications, and under a variety of networking
conditions.
We ended up buying two of the Tecra A9-S9015X units.

Both laptops also support Bluetooth.  When we were at CES last week we found
a "dongle" that attaches to the RS-232 port on a device (not on the laptop)
and
provides for Bluetooth connectivity to the device.  The Bluetooth stack for
Windows
will allow for a Com Port to be assigned to a connection.  We should have
some
for testing later this week, we will try them with some Uniden scanners, a
D700A,
a Cisco router, and some other devices to see how it works.


----- Original Message -----
From: "Rich Garcia" <k4gpsc at gmail.com>
To: <bruninga at usna.edu>; "TAPR APRS Mailing List" <aprssig at lists.tapr.org>
Sent: Monday, January 14, 2008 6:02 PM
Subject: RE: [aprssig] Com port sharing utility


>2 comm ports, surely you must be kidding ?
>
> Does anyone make a laptop with a comm port anymore ? I have
> a handfull of USB dongles but I hate them. Claude is lucky to
> have one serial port. We just purchased 20 laptops at work and
> of all the ones we checked only one had a honest to goodness serial port.
> Go figure the one laptop that was not approved by our IT for
> purchase!
>
> Everything from here on in has got to be USB or use a USB dongle, the
> serial
> port is going just like the 286. Few and far between, BTW if anyone
> has a 286 laptop they are ready to trash give me a call. I can use one
> for my old Motorola software. Once my old 286 desktop goes so does my
> ability to program most of the radios.
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: aprssig-bounces at lists.tapr.org
> [mailto:aprssig-bounces at lists.tapr.org]On Behalf Of Robert Bruninga
> Sent: Monday, January 14, 2008 7:39 PM
> To: 'TAPR APRS Mailing List'
> Subject: RE: [aprssig] Com port sharing utility
>
>
> I assume you do not have 2 comm ports, or you could just
> parallel the two pin 2's and feed the GPS to both.  Bob
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: aprssig-bounces at lists.tapr.org
>> [mailto:aprssig-bounces at lists.tapr.org] On Behalf Of Claude
> Head III
>> Sent: Monday, January 14, 2008 6:37 PM
>> To: TAPR APRS Mailing List
>> Subject: [aprssig] Com port sharing utility
>>
>> I seem to remember comments on this SIG some time ago about a
>> COM port sharing utility, whereby a single COM port could be
>> used by two (or more) applications at the same time.
>>
>> My desire here is to use a Garmin GPS receiver to feed data
>> to a DeLorme Street Atlas program and at the same time feed
>> the GPS data to a program that would keep the computer (a
>> Dell Latitude laptop) time correct. I have found an
>> inexpensive program that will set the computer's time using
>> GPS data, but it does not share access to the COM port.
>>
>> As mentioned earlier, I think I saw references to such a
>> sharing program in this SIG some time ago. Does anyone
>> remember that, or know of an inexpensive (preferably free)
>> program? I've found a couple of such programs on the
>> internet, but they are priced at $100 or more.
>>
>> Thanks in advance for any info.
>>
>> 73, Claude Head
>>       K5DTN
>>       Dallas, TX
>>
>>
>
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