[hpsdr] ANNOUNCE: signed libusb drivers available! Usable on 64 bit Windows

[george byrkit]

Dear All,

Thanks to work done with/by Michael J. Wyrick, W3UC, of Acquisition Logic,
and myself, we have signed drivers for libusb0!

This means that those of you with 64 bit Vista or 64 bit Windows 7, can now
install the libusb0 drivers and use them.  That means that you can use Ozy
or Hermes on such computers, in a way that will allow using CWSkimmer and
other software that requires using libusb0 as the driver.

This also means you won't have to use WinUSB on such computers.  Libusb0
performs better than WinUSB does.  You will need modified versions of KISS
and possibly PowerSDR, to ensure that the .Net code is 32 bit, so that all
the 32 bit C/C++ dlls that are used will work.  This is a requirement as it
is NOT POSSIBLE to mix 32 bit and 64 bit code.  So if you have 64 bit .Net
code, you MUST have 64 bit C and C++ dlls.  For example, this CAN be done
with KISS, but only if you follow the directions on my WIKI page for WinUSB,
so that the FFT dlls are the 64 bit version!  Otherwise, you are much better
off using the 32 bit code and what Phil VK6APH already provides.

I will also announce this at Dayton at the TAPR/HPSDR forum.

I have uploaded these drivers to: 
	
svn://64.245.179.219/svn/repos_hpsdr_kiss/branches/K9TRV/libusb0-driver-sign
ed

In this folder, you will find the drivers, as well as a zip file containing
the drivers.

The .inf file has been updated to deal with most HPSDR radios (Ozy and
Hermes, at Hermes' assigned VID and PID), as well as a product by
Acquisition Logic that can be used as an SDR.  It also supports the
Flexradio SDR-1000.

Perhaps someone with greater permission on the SVN (Bill KD5TFD or Phil
VK6APH) would like to move this to a more public place?

If you have problems installing the driver, please email the list (and/or
copy me) and we'll try to help.  If you have problems with KISS, I think
that I can help, but maybe Phil VK6APH can as well.  For problems with
PowerSDR, Bill T KD5TFD is your best resource.  Bill was going to mark a
version of PowerSDR.exe as 'x86 only', which will make it 32 bit code, and
make it work on 64 bit.  Because PowerSDR depends on other 3rd party 32 bit
DLLs, it will NOT be working in 64 bit mode!

See you at 9:15AM on Friday at the TAPR/HPSDR forum in Dayton!

Vy 73,
George Byrkit, K9TRV
 

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