[hpsdr] New K9TRV KISS Branch

[Richard Stasiak]

Hi George

Thanks for quick response.  I'm glad I asked, you are right, I would  
be lost without CWskimmer.  It has become a indispensable tool for my  
cw dxing.

I will update my KISS installation from Phil's branch.

73

Rick ve3mm


On 2-Jan-10, at 3:32 PM, george byrkit wrote:

> Dear Rick,
> Thanks for sending the direct email as well!  That makes it so much  
> easier
> to reply to the same message on the group list!
>
> Yes, WinUSB and libusb0 are mututally exclusive on the same device,
> identified by its VID and PID, at the same time.  If you use  
> libusb0, you
> should use Phil VK6APH's branch of KISS.  WinXP 32 bit uses libusb0  
> just
> fine.  If you were in a situation with Vista or WIn7, especially the  
> 64 bit
> varieties, you would be forced to use WinUSB, I fear, and not be  
> able to use
> CWSkimmer (easily) then.
>
> I know that you are an avid CW operator!  This would pose some  
> inconvenience
> for you!  It is possible to switch drivers that are installed for  
> the device
> when you switch programs, but that is terribly inconvenient,  
> indeed!  But it
> is a natural, and unfortunately unavoidable, consequence of  
> switching the
> driver for Ozy from libusb0 to WinUSB.
>
> I would wonder if anyone has had success (and if so, how) in using  
> CWSkimmer
> on 64 bit windows, especially Vista and Windows 7.
>
> HNY to you and yours as well,
> Vy 73,
> George K9TRV
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Richard Stasiak [mailto:rstasiak at sympatico.ca]
> Sent: Saturday, January 02, 2010 3:06 PM
> To: george byrkit
> Subject: Fwd: New K9TRV KISS Branch
>
>
>
> Begin forwarded message:
>
>
> 	From: Richard Stasiak <rstasiak at sympatico.ca>
> 	Date: January 2, 2010 3:00:40 PM GMT-05:00
> 	To: HPSDR list <hpsdr at lists.openhpsdr.org>
> 	Subject: New K9TRV KISS Branch
>
> 	Hi George
> 	
> 	I have been educating myself on WinUSB on the wiki and am looking at
> trying your updated KISS program.
> 	
> 	If I change my shack computer (XP 32 bit operating system) over to
> WinUSB, will this preclude me from running CWskimmer, which I  
> believe uses
> libusb?
> 	
> 	HNY and 73
> 	
> 	Rick ve3mm
> 	
>
>
>
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