[nos-bbs] Update - JNOS development (or lack thereof) and PK232 ...

[Mark Phillips]

Hi Maiko et al,

Thanks very much for your efforts on the PK232 front. There are so many
of these things floating around that they would make a fine addition to
the HF linking efforts of JNOS users.

A recent look on ebay showed that a PK232 with V7 firmware goes for
about US$100 however they sell for less than US$50 at hamfests (I bought
2 just this past weekend). 

For those of you with PK232 aspirations the one you want to get has
multi-coloured LED's on the front. The one with the all red LED's can be
used but the hardware is a few revisions older and you MAY need to spend
money on it. Frankly it's not worth it.

I'm hoping that the end result software will work across the entire AEA
range. Their host mode is "standard" across their range of modems so in
theory the DSP232, PK2232 and the PK9000 should also work. I'm guessing
that you would be looking for folks to test this out Maiko?

Mark



On Thu, 2008-07-17 at 09:21 -0500, Maiko Langelaar (ve4klm) wrote:
> Good morning,
> 
> Yes, I'm still alive. I must apologize to anyone out there that
> had expectations of me doing more work with JNOS - sorry, but my
> kids, summer, and other stuff have sucked up any free time over
> the last few months. Family first, JNOS last. Essentially, the
> rest of this month, and alot of August are written off, due to
> holidays, camping, family obligations, and the list goes on.
> 
> Regarding the PK232 - it's been a challenge to get it working, as
> a matter of fact at one point I was stuck. The hostmode was working
> fine, the PK232 seemed to be *inserting* extra characters, I just
> could not explain it. In desperation, I finally resorted to hooking
> the PK232 up to an AirMail client and see how it initializes it.
> 
> It's amazing what setting 'ALFD OFF' does. By default it was on,
> and I completely missed the darn parameter, which automatically
> places a LF (line feed) after a CR (carriage return). I caught
> this while watching AirMail init the PK232.
> 
> Anyways, this has solved a big problem, but now I'm out of time
> again, talk about a double whammy ... hopefully during the latter
> part of August, I'll get back to it and get it completed. Again,
> sorry this is taking so long (for those who are still waiting).
> 
> Have a good summer guys and gals,
> 
> 73 de Maiko Langelaar / VE4KLM
> 
> 
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Mark Phillips, G7LTT/NI2O
Randolph, NJ