I was having a bit of a clear out this evening and came across this little device, it’s an old GPS bluetooth adaptor that I purchased years ago to use with my ancient SPV Smartphone (I was an early adopter).
Author - M0YOM
Many of my fellow radio amateurs will be familiar with USB to Serial adaptors, the lack of RS-232 ports on modern computers mean they see plenty of use within the radio amateur community especially for CAT control of our Radio’s.
One of the most popular (and the one offering the best compatibility) is the FT232R chip from the scottish company FTDI. They have built a reputation for producing great USB UART IC’s with excellent compatibility and more importantly drivers that are included within windows. These devices are found in thousands of other devices from aurduino’s to 3D printers. Their popularity however means that there are a whole host of clones and couterfeit devices out there, most of which are indistiguishable from the real thing and it seems that FTDI have decided to do something about it by rendering these fakes inoperable.
I had been neglecting the site for far too long now and it was way overdue an update so as i’m sure you have already noticed it’s had a complete overhaul.
As well as a complete redesign of the site, all the content has been ported to a new CMS (Content Management System), I hope you like it.
If you spot anything not working or missing, hit me up on the contact page.
Oh, and i’ll be trying to post on here far more often (hopefully)
I’m please to announce that ACOM Director 0.7.1 is now available. This version contains support for Logger32 integration to allow the ACOM 2000A to track the frequency of your radio.
You can download it here on the codeplex site
ACOM Director 0.5.0 (Beta) is now available for download
This version contains the ability to remotely control the software over a network or internet connection, please note that this functionality is very experemental and will likely have some teething problems.
Enjoy
ACOM Director 0.4.3 (Beta) is now available for download
This version is a bug fix only release which fixes a number of fairly critical issues that were stopping some users from using the application.
Unfortunatly some problems were identified with version 0.4.0 & 0.4.1, I have now made 0.4.2 available which should cure these problems.
The issues occured when upgrading from 0.2.0
Just a quick update to say that ACOM Director 0.4.0 is now available for download, head over to the dedicated ACOM Director page for details
Following the initial release of the ACOM Director beta the feedback has been excellent and it appears to have been very well received by the ACOM 2000 user community.
Thank you to everyone who downloaded a copy and tried it out, your bug reports, comments and opinions are invaluable in moving the software forward.
I am now working on the next beta release which i hope to make available soon and will be putting up a dedicated page on my site for ACOM Director, this will contain information on what type of cable is needed to connect to the ACOM 2000 and information on what type of interface is needed to support the remote power on features.
Thanks again to everyone who has tried out the software.
ACOM Director 0.2.0 is now in public beta, anyone is free to try this.
The feature set is limited at the moment while i get the bugs worked out of the main ACOM 2000 communication routines, however i have many features planned.