So, I guess you could call this my remote shack over IP. In the process of testing and running my new system. The setup is as follows:
Two BCD996T scanners
HP Pavillion Laptop
Bob's awesome program ProScan
Two $3.99 cheapo USB soundcards and two RS232 to USB dongles attached to a Belkin USB hub.
All this has been installed into a Pelican "suitcase", as it will end up being installed inside a shed at the top of a mountain. My very gracious father-in-law has some prime scanning property, and had already run up CAT-5 cabling and ac power lines to run a fridge and sound system in the shed at the top of a 600 foot high mountain ridge. The shed, aside from being waterproof, has no insulation, no heat or AC, and no forms of fan-based ventilation, so this should be interesting to see how it ends up working out.
For once in my life, if only because I don't have to look at it constantly, the install didn't need to be neat and clean, so its a bit of a rat's nest of wires in that box.
Will advise further when torture testing has been completed, and has been installed remotely.
Two BCD996T scanners
HP Pavillion Laptop
Bob's awesome program ProScan
Two $3.99 cheapo USB soundcards and two RS232 to USB dongles attached to a Belkin USB hub.
All this has been installed into a Pelican "suitcase", as it will end up being installed inside a shed at the top of a mountain. My very gracious father-in-law has some prime scanning property, and had already run up CAT-5 cabling and ac power lines to run a fridge and sound system in the shed at the top of a 600 foot high mountain ridge. The shed, aside from being waterproof, has no insulation, no heat or AC, and no forms of fan-based ventilation, so this should be interesting to see how it ends up working out.
For once in my life, if only because I don't have to look at it constantly, the install didn't need to be neat and clean, so its a bit of a rat's nest of wires in that box.
Will advise further when torture testing has been completed, and has been installed remotely.