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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 10/30/2012 12:22 PM, Charles Bland
wrote:<br>
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cite="mid:CAAL3ZvMN3EJL=DRqD+ftb84k+R8EtwR-ThM5WG7QL4xt-V1=Xw@mail.gmail.com"
type="cite">I have done the same thing, writing a program that
uses the AGW TCP/IP interface. It is easy and gives me the ability
to have multiple computers use one RF package.
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<div>It was my understanding from the published protocol spec that
it is OK to interface to AGWPE in this way. Did I read this
wrong?</div>
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NO. External programs linking to AGWpe are fine. <br>
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<div>OR - is your concern that UZ7HO has written a soundcard
engine and that provides the same TCP/IP interface as AGWPE?</div>
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Exactly! The UZ7HO "Soundmodem" replaces AGWpe itself, and
faithfully mimics the TCP/IP interface of AGW. Any program such as
UIview, APRSpoint, APRS+SA, Winlink, etc that can link to AGW as a
soundcard TNC can use the Soundmodem instead with NO changes at all.<br>
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Note that UZ7HO only duplicates the soundcard "Soft TNC" function of
AGW and it's associated IP interface. UZ7HO does NOT provide the
multiple KISS interfaces to hardware TNCs, and multiple serial-port
sharing capabilities of the original AGWpe. <br>
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Further, the Soundmodem lacks the legacy alternate interface based
on Windows DDE (Dynamic Data Exchange) that some really old
AGW-using apps (like G4IDE's WinPack) depend on. Only newer
AGW-using apps based on the TCP/IP interface will work with the
Soundmodem. <br>
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