As some readers may know, I’ve been working on a new version of ACOM Director for some time now. Progress has been slow due to work commitments however the new version will be available in the next couple of months and will provide full support for the ACOM 600 in addition to the ACOM 2000. Read More
I’m pleased to announce that ACOM Director 0.8.0 is now available. Following on from the introduction of Logger32 support for frequency tracking in version 0.7.1, this version now contains support for DXLog integration to allow the ACOM 2000A to track the frequency of your radio for users of DXLog.
Version 0.8.0 also contains many changes behind the scenes in preparation for support of other hardware being added in the future.
Please note that this version is largely untested as I no longer have access to a real ACOM2000A anymore and rely on a “virtual” software emulated ACOM2000A for testing.
You can download it here
The Black Country DX & Contest group will be QRV from Fair Isle, IOTA EU-012, from the 9TH to the 15th September 2015.
We expect to be QRV from 18:00 UTC on the 9th to 16:00 UTC on the 15th September 2015.
We will be on 10m – 40m in CW, RTTY, SSB and some PSK.
Many of my fellow radio amateurs will be familiar with USB to Serial adaptors, the lack of RS-232 ports on modern computers mean they see plenty of use within the radio amateur community especially for CAT control of our Radio’s.
One of the most popular (and the one offering the best compatibility) is the FT232R chip from the scottish company FTDI. They have built a reputation for producing great USB UART IC’s with excellent compatibility and more importantly drivers that are included within windows. These devices are found in thousands of other devices from aurduino’s to 3D printers. Their popularity however means that there are a whole host of clones and couterfeit devices out there, most of which are indistiguishable from the real thing and it seems that FTDI have decided to do something about it by rendering these fakes inoperable.
I’m please to announce that ACOM Director 0.7.1 is now available. This version contains support for Logger32 integration to allow the ACOM 2000A to track the frequency of your radio.
You can download it here on the codeplex site
ACOM Director 0.5.0 (Beta) is now available for download
This version contains the ability to remotely control the software over a network or internet connection, please note that this functionality is very experemental and will likely have some teething problems.
Enjoy
ACOM Director 0.4.3 (Beta) is now available for download
This version is a bug fix only release which fixes a number of fairly critical issues that were stopping some users from using the application.
Unfortunatly some problems were identified with version 0.4.0 & 0.4.1, I have now made 0.4.2 available which should cure these problems.
The issues occured when upgrading from 0.2.0
Just a quick update to say that ACOM Director 0.4.0 is now available for download, head over to the dedicated ACOM Director page for details
Following the initial release of the ACOM Director beta the feedback has been excellent and it appears to have been very well received by the ACOM 2000 user community.
Thank you to everyone who downloaded a copy and tried it out, your bug reports, comments and opinions are invaluable in moving the software forward.
I am now working on the next beta release which i hope to make available soon and will be putting up a dedicated page on my site for ACOM Director, this will contain information on what type of cable is needed to connect to the ACOM 2000 and information on what type of interface is needed to support the remote power on features.
Thanks again to everyone who has tried out the software.
