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

[James French]

How about the DSP2232's? I have a couple laying around here I have
scavenged up even though I am primarily a Kantronics user.

James W8ISS
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On Fri, 2008-07-18 at 08:44 -0400, Mark Phillips wrote:
> 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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