[arm-allstar] Virtual com port Raspberry Pi Hamvoip

[David McGough]

Hi Dave,

I'll take a look at this and send a follow up message.

Merry Christmas!

73, David KB4FXC


On Wed, 22 Dec 2021, Dave Petrie wrote:

> 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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> >>> >
> >>> > Visit the BBB and RPi2/3/4 web page - http://hamvoip.org
> >>> >
> >>>
> >>>
>