t4win setup issue

[Jay434]

Ok I'm thinking about retiring my old dos PC that I am running trunker on, and I've tried to install t4win but am having issues getting it setup.

The computer is a 500 MHz pentium, Win98SE, and the receiver is an optocom. The docs state that you can use a signal from a com port, which is what I want to do since I have the optocom, and the fact that I have another application tied up running on the sound card.

The program doesn't seem to know that their are com ports on the system, even though they work fine with other programs and are no issues in control panel.

Ideas?

Jay

 

[SCPD]

Hi Jay;

The current version of T4Win accepts data slicer input from a COM port on Windows NT/2K/XP. It does not work on Windows 9X/ME. Check the FAQ for details.

-rick

 

[Jay434]

Ok, that clears that up. Thanks for the quick reply.

Jay

 

[mancow]

Does it still have to be a powered slicer or will a regular simple 741 OP Amp based one work?


mancow

 

[scanfan03]

Does it still have to be a powered slicer or will a regular simple 741 OP Amp based one work?


mancow

T4Win doesn't need a slicer, only Trunker does.

 

[mancow]

Yea, but I thought it had the option to use one if you wanted and if so it had to be a slicer with a stand alone power source.

I don't want to use a soundcard, just a com port.


mancow

 

[SCPD]

Yea, but I thought it had the option to use one if you wanted and if so it had to be a slicer with a stand alone power source.

Some slicer designs don't like the way T4Win asserts two of the spare pins high / low to provide power. The easy work-around is external power. The reason for a slicer not working on 9X/ME is that the WDM device driver I wrote is designed for Windows NT/2K/XP. Eventually I'll get around to writing a functionally compatible VXD device driver for 9X/ME.

If you have a microphone input on your Win 9X/ME machine, that's your best bet.

-rick