[aprssig] Kenwood D7 software on Linux?

[Greg D.]

Hi Dave,

Well, that does sound like it might be the problem (though I'd expect that if the BIOS calls don't work for receive, they shouldn't work for transmit either, and I DO see characters being sent to the radio.)

I tried the Link700 software under Wine.  It installed fine, and looks like a good alternative to Kenwood's software.  But I can't configure it; neither the File->Preferences nor F2 do anything, so I can't configure the serial port.  Is the configuration file something that I can fake out with a simple text file, or is it more complicated than that?  I wonder if I install and configure it under Windows, and copy the config file...?

Thanks for the suggestion,

Greg  KO6TH


> Date: Mon, 1 Jun 2009 09:59:43 +0100
> From: dave at uk-ar.co.uk
> To: aprssig at tapr.org
> Subject: Re: [aprssig] Kenwood D7 software on Linux?
> 
> I suspect some of the older Kenwood D7 PC utility code, tries to use
> BIOS call's for serial ports, as they don't always work OK on WinNT
> based systems.   Try Link700, that run's fine on XP and the like, so
> *May* do the right thing if you can present a vritual com port for it to
> play with.  It will also work with all versions (AFIK) of D7, and also
> the D700, so you can transfer settings from rig to rig just fine.  It
> also handles a wider range of COM ports too.
> 
> Never used Wine, rarely use Linux.  The times I have done for a specific
> purpose, though usualy successful, has been fraught with hassles, mostly
> relating to out of date instructions and conflicting information.
> Seems to be "just the way it is" with "open source" stuff, not just
> Linux based...
> 
> Cheers.
> 
> Dave G0WBX.
> 
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: James Jolin [mailto:jjolin at itol.com] 
> > Sent: 29 May 2009 19:41
> > To: TAPR APRS Mailing List
> > Subject: Re: [aprssig] Kenwood D7 software on Linux?
> > 
> > Greg D. wrote:
> > > Hi folks,
> > >
> > > Has anyone succeeded in running the Kenwood radio software 
> > (MD7G110) 
> > > under Linux under Wine (Crossover Office)?  I'm running 
> > OpenSuSE 11.1, 
> > > KDE 3.5, etc.  The GUI comes up fine, but I can't access the radio.
> > > The serial port is a "real" one (not via USB), and I can 
> > talk to the 
> > > TNC in the Kenwood via Kermit, so I know the serial port is working.
> > >
> > > I went into the Crossover "bottle" and created a symbolic link from
> > > com2 to /dev/ttyS4, but that didn't help.
> > >
> > > Anything else I can try?
> > >
> > > Greg  KO6TH
> > >
> > > Greg,
> > Unless I am missing something, isn't ttyS4 com 3?...I know 
> > ttyS0 is com 1.  I haven't run the Kenwood stuff under Wine 
> > yet.  Did try  it on VirtualBox but ran in to some problems 
> > with the serial port setup.
> > Jim WA9ARB
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> 
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