[aprssig] Sierra wireless 881 pc card gps

[Dave Baxter]

Ah, but that only makes a virtual null modem cable, you can't (that I've
found yet) force it to redirect/remap or connect to an existing virtual
com' port, it only creates two new ones, that are cross connected with
each other.  The Eterlogic tool, can connect to an existing port, and
make it avilable to other app's in several ways.

As to other software using up all the available com ports from 1 to
many.  Some popular mobile phone utility programs do that I've found.
Prevent them from kicking off at boot time, and the problem is
potentialy solved.

Regards.

Dave G0WBX

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jack Spitznagel [mailto:frawg at frawg.org] 
> Sent: 17 July 2009 13:38
> To: TAPR APRS Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [aprssig] Sierra wireless 881 pc card gps
> 
> Another good option is N8VB vCom
> Jack - kd4iz
> 
> Dave Baxter wrote:
> > Yep!  You can effectivley mirror one port to look like another with 
> > that tool (and do many other interesing things!)  Get it 
> from here:- 
> > http://www.eterlogic.com/Products.VSPE.html
> >
> > So, if you can't reasign it with Winderz own tools, you could use 
> > Eterlogic's VSPE tool to make a copy visible that your program can 
> > talk to.
> >
> > Regards.
> >
> > Dave G0WBX.
> >
> >
> >   
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: Dave Haynes [mailto:dave at ep90.com]
> >> Sent: 16 July 2009 14:09
> >> To: TAPR APRS Mailing List
> >> Subject: Re: [aprssig] Sierra wireless 881 pc card gps
> >>
> >> I use the free 'Virtual Serial Port Emulator' from 
> Eterlogic when I'm 
> >> developing software. It works very well, and allows you to do all 
> >> sorts of things with COM ports.
> >>
> >> Dave G1TVL
> >>
> >> Rich Garcia wrote:
> >>     
> >>> You need a comm manager that will allow a comport to be a
> >>>       
> >> virtual com port.
> >>     
> >>> May be using the wrong terms but you would tell APRS to 
> use comm 4 
> >>> let's say if that is open then this program you set up 
> will be told 
> >>> that com 23 is a virtual port and to "patch" it over to COM
> >>>       
> >> 4 as if it were a real port.
> >>     
> >>> I have used these lon in the past and think one is MixW
> >>>       
> >> Serial Port Bridge.
> >>     
> >>> Also DeLorme had one I believed on their web site so you
> >>>       
> >> could set up
> >>     
> >>> their USB GPS units to feed several virtual ports and 
> feed several 
> >>> programs with the same GPS data.
> >>>
> >>> Rich