[arm-allstar] Virtual com port Raspberry Pi Hamvoip

[Dave Petrie]

I give up, your turn. Like I said before, there is no rush to get back to
me, I like a technical challenge but this one has me stumped.


On Wed, Dec 22, 2021 at 1:13 PM Dave Petrie <wa2kjc at gmail.com> wrote:

> I am installing cygwin and will update you soon.
>
>
> https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-1-d&q=how+to+install+socat+in+windows+7
>
> On Wed, Dec 22, 2021 at 12:53 PM Dave Petrie <wa2kjc at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi David, so I am back to trying to use socat, I have my Windows 7
>> professional desktop computer authenticated with Microsoft.
>> I downloaded socat-1.7.3.0-windows-master and when i go to the unzipped
>> folder and click on socat the application, i get a pop up window for half a
>> second and nothing else.
>> How did you get it working on your windows 7?
>> Dave
>>
>> On Tue, Dec 21, 2021 at 12:08 PM David McGough <kb4fxc at inttek.net> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> Hi Dave,
>>>
>>> I've used the "socat" utility to perform this functionality in the past.
>>>
>>> To install the socat software on the HamVoIP end, use:
>>>
>>> pacman -S socat
>>>
>>>
>>> For MS Windows, I've used this version with Win7.  I haven't tried
>>> this code under later releases, like Win10.
>>>
>>> https://github.com/tech128/socat-1.7.3.0-windows
>>>
>>> I sure there are other solutions out there, too.
>>>
>>> 73, David KB4FXC
>>>
>>>
>>> On Tue, 21 Dec 2021, "Dave Petrie via ARM-allstar" wrote:
>>>
>>> > I use a Comtrol Device Master software on my windows computer to
>>> access a
>>> > Comtrol Device Master box, serial com port, at a remote site with a vpn
>>> > router
>>> > to run programming software on the radio attached to the Comtrol
>>> device. I
>>> > need to be able to tell my windows laptop software that it needs to
>>> connect
>>> > to Com Port 1, or 2,3,4 which will be the remote raspberry usb to
>>> serial
>>> > adapter hopefully.
>>> > Since I have installed and used the Hamvoip VPN software and how nice
>>> it
>>> > works, is there something I can use to present the USB to Serial
>>> adapter I
>>> > have plugged in to my remote Raspberry Pi 3 B Plus. I can see the usb
>>> to
>>> > serial device.
>>> > ll /dev/serial/by-id/
>>> >
>>> > 13194 0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 13 Feb 22  2016
>>> > usb-Prolific_Technology_Inc._USB-Serial_Controller-if00-port0 ->
>>> > ../../ttyUSB0
>>> >
>>> > i need to bring that back to my windows computer as a virtual com port.
>>> > Happy Holidays
>>> > Dave
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