From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: SM0SVX Subject: Re: App to make Yaesu VX-7R A Simplex/Duplex Repeater Date: Mon, 10 Aug 2009 22:10:45 +0200 Message-ID: <200908102210.45628.sm0svx@users.sourceforge.net> References: <4A7F0834.5030901@kd4e.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: <4A7F0834.5030901@kd4e.com> Content-Disposition: inline Sender: linux-hams-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: doc@kd4e.com Cc: Linux Hams , Ham-Linux , Ham-Software On Sunday 09 August 2009 19:32:36 kd4e wrote: > Any chance someone might port this to Linux? Why not try SvxLink instead. It has all the functionality you want and then some more. http://svxlink.sf.net/ 73's de SM0SVX / Tobias > > I am guessing it is fairly simple if it will run under > Win95 and up. > > ---------------------------------------------------------- > > Transform Your Yaesu VX-7R Into A Simplex/Duplex Repeater > > Program Courtesy of http://www.f6dqm.fr/software.htm --> > http://www.f6dqm.fr/software.htm > > Additional Info --> http://www.f1orl.org/simplexg.htm > > Note: File Uploaded to Attachments > > ================================== > > SIMPLEX is a program which manages a simplex or duplex > repeater. It requires Win95 or later, 16 Mb of RAM and a > sound card. > > In Simplex mode, the repeater uses the same receive and > transmit frequency. It records and replays alternatly the > received signals. > > This mode allows anybody who possesses a single transceiver > to transform its station into a repeater. > > The station will be able to repeat packet frames without the > need of a TNC. > > Your friends will be able to perform modulation and > decommutation testing through your station while your are > doing some gardening. > > Any modulation may be recorded (SSB, FM, Packet, SSTV, PSK31 > etc). > Friends who cannot access a duplex repeater will be able to > contact some more correspondants through your station. > > In Duplex mode, the program acts just like a classical > duplex repeater or transponder with tone opening, chat > timer, beacon message etc. The program may replace a > hardware repeater logic. > > The duplex repeater mode requires separate receiver and > transceiver working on different frequencies in the same band. > > The duplex transponder mode requires two differents > transceivers working on two different bands. > > A more detailled description will be found in the chapters > Simplex Mode, Duplex Repeater Mode and Duplex Transponder Mode. > > Whatever the chosen mode, SIMPLEX is sensitive either to > audio signals or radio signal to initiate the record process. > > A radio signal is for example a squelch DC signal sent by > your transceiver which goes high when carrier is received by > the receiver and resets low when the frequency is clear. > > In the later case, record will start on carrier detection > just like a hardware repeater. > > SIMPLEX may be used with CW, SSB, FM, SSTV or any other > modulation mode. > > SIMPLEX allows you also to play up to 11 different audio > wave messages, 6 of which being looped if desired. > > This will provide an efficient help to contesters as a parrot. > > It is an intelligent parrot. > > Please read carefully the help file SIMPLEX_EN.HLP before > starting with SIMPLEX. > > Connections between your home computer and your transceiver > are described in the help. You will also find detailed > schemes of the connection between the COM port and the PTT > line of your transmitter in the joined file called > PC_TX.BMP. (Note: CT-91 Cable Required For Connectivity). > > Three examples are proposed : simplex repeater, duplex > repeater, duplex transponder.