Michael,

The HamPod's software is custom designed to function with various pieces of 
equipment.

First the equipment must have an RS232 port for communication with external 
devices such as the HamPod.

The device with the RS232 port must contain firmware that allows it to be 
controlled via the RS232 port.  Some devices only send out data on this port 
and do not allow for much or any control of the device.

Current devices supported are as follows:

Elecraft K3 and KX3
Elecraft W2 Power meter
Array Solutions PM2 Power meter
Green Heron Universal Rotor Controller
and the SteppIR antenna controllers.

You can't just plug the HamPod in to a device and expect it to communicate 
with it.

These are the facts as I understand them.

Howard #3

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Michael Ryan" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, June 02, 2014 12:18 PM
Subject: Hampod


> Hi all:
>
> Is the Hampod only designed for Elecraft?
> I wonder if it could be used in a remote station environment, side by side 
> with a Griffin power mate?
> I'm researching another remote station and I'm looking into Icom as the 
> possible way to go.
> They have a USB tuning knob to use with the RSB-1 software but it only has 
> 3 buttons, one for PTT and the other 2 are programmable. Now 2 a blind 
> user, what good would 2 buttons be?
> Keeping in mind that the RSB-1 may not be accessible, there are allot of 
> things that we can't do in HRD such as set up split, adjust the filter 
> shifts or bandwidths and on it goes.
> The sliders in HRD aren't very accessible, at least I don't know how to 
> interact and control them using Jaws or Windoweyes.
> So we would need a few programmable buttons so that we wouldn't have to 
> get our XYLs to click to set up split, click to change the filters to 
> fight QRM and so on.
> I'm thinking that the Griffin Power Mate USB knob and Hampod could do it 
> or simply add a tuning knob to the Hampod and adapt it to serve as a 
> remote encoder with tuning knob.
> The problem is, not much thought is given to the blind when developing 
> these products, if there were, Icom would certainly have put more than 3 
> buttons on there RC-28.
>
> 73:
> Mike VO1AX 



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