What software would you use?

EINREB

Member
If you wanted to create a simple program on your Computer using the Parallel or Serial port as the I/O, what software would you use to write the program? I want to write a little program that sends series of code to my Computer Controlled Ham Radio, which will set. among others, the frequency and audio level. It requires a series of ASCII characters to be sent over to the radio's RS232 port containing the information in a certain format. BASIC, for example, would be fine, it is simple to use, and the program does not have to be fast. But other than MS-BASIC, I don't know if fancier versions are available. I rather stay away from C++, (or its derivatives), for it would become way too complicated to use it for the simple programs I need, and I do not know the language well enough for that.
Any suggestions any one?
 

Cromewell

Administrator
Staff member
Basic is fine if you just need to write strings to a serial port. Or even something like python.
 

EINREB

Member
.......... Or even something like python.
Thanks for your reply. I am not familiar with Python, but have heard about it over the years. Have to look into that language.

Doesn't the radio come with software already?

(Radio = YAESU) They tell you what sequencing is needed to accomplish the available functions, but specifically tell you in the manual that they do not provide any software to implement these codes.
 
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