Hi Dave and everyone,
Thanks for your reply Dave.
Regarding open source:
* Pat () is a Winlink client, unsure why you think it’s about unattended operation. It works on my M1 Mac for telnet Winlink access but doesn’t integrate radio TNCs, so what I need is a Mac version of...
* ARDOPC () shows there’s a Linux port which sadly does not appear to have been ported to MacOS.
Regarding Silicon Labs CP210x drivers, yes I visit their site regularly. No luck so far on Windows 11 for ARM64 running in Parallels on the M1.
I’ve been trying Winlink Express on Crossover after KF7HVM suggested it as an alternative to Parallels. It runs but crashes whenever it tries to talk to my 7300. Tried many, many settings in the software and on the 7300 without luck. I’ve done the regedit workaround to ‘pass-through’ the USB serial port from MacOS. I found a statement on Reddit indicating someone’s got it working in my exact scenario so will bash my head against that brick wall a little longer. I’ve used Winlink Express on Parallels with Intel Macs for many years.
Thanks everyone for their help in this thread. At least I have YAAC and direwolf! I plan to further research which APRS stations respond to my YAAC email LOGIN request and may try contacting the station operators.
Cheers,
Mike.
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On 17 Oct 2022, at 12:59, Dave_G0WBX via groups.io <g8kbvdave@...> wrote:
I took a look at that site
The only non windows software versions I could see (without searching deeper) were "Packlink-Unix" and "Pat".
I've known of "Pat" for a while, but never had the need to try it, as here in the UK, unattended HF operation is not generally permitted, except for some "edge cases" involving beacons. (And that's questionable.)
As to the lack of driver for ARM64/M1 systems for the Icom USB<>Serial chip.. Have you looked at the chip makers website?
Find that out perhaps at a terminal session, does Apple's OS support "dmesg"? If not, there may be other command line (or GUI tools to explore what devices are connected by USB, and find out such things as who the maker is and the model/version number. Then go to the makers site and see what can be found for it.
I know that with Linux (Debian based at least) Windows in a VirtualBox (Oracle tm) VM, can "capture" a connected USB device and use it with native Windows drivers, even if the host OS (Linux) knows squat about it!
Like Andrew, I do wonder about why Ham's are so dismissive of "open" software and architectures. The open software and open hardware ethos would (on the face of it) seem to be a pretty good match for "Amateur" Radio, where as many closed source tools, somewhat less so.
Don't let that prevent you from your choices of what's available however.
73.
Dave G8KBV
MSDOS, DRDOS and Windows since 3.x to 7, but since then 99% Linux at home now.
Save again for some odd edge cases where there is no alternative to M$ products. But I run them in a VM, or on old hardware!
(EX PMR radio reprogramming etc.)
I did not appreciate M$'s method of "Pushing" Win 10 out to all and sundry, even after their own compatibility tool said the then hardware was not compatible (which we now know was utter BS anyway.) But they still drizzled down the full Win10 install files to fill my local hard drive (250G back then) to the point where the machine stopped, and would no longer boot!
I did regain control eventually, but vowed to move away from WIndoze for my own personal needs, and have no regrets about that at all!
I also still had to use it (Windoze 10) at work. :-(
But I digress, hence the [OT] flag in the subject line...
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