ham radio / packet email with Outpost

Questions about Wine on Linux
Locked
cauhape
Newbie
Newbie
Posts: 4
Joined: Tue Oct 17, 2017 10:49 pm

ham radio / packet email with Outpost

Post by cauhape »

Big picture: I am setting up my Linux laptop to run Outpost with Wine so that I can send and receive email over packet radio on the 2m band. I had this working before with Outpost running natively on Windows XP, but that computer bit the dust, so I decided to try Linux instead.

Code: Select all

Set up:

laptop     Lenovo T510
OS         Linux Mint 18.1  (64 bit)
Wine       2.0.2
Outpost    3.2.0 c97
USB-Ser    Keyspan 19H Single port USB-to-Serial adaptor
TNC        Kantronics TNC 3 Plus
After finding and installing the Keyspan drivers and tweaking the Linux so that it recognizes
the Keyspan device and attaches it to USB0, and setting up the wine register entries for port
COM1, and adding my user to the group that owns /dev/ttyUSB0, things work fine - up to a point.

I can start Outpost from the Wine menu just fine. I can configure the various set up windows
and have even composed a test message to send.

However, when I click on the SEND/RECEIVE button, I get an error:

Could not open Comm Port 1: Error (6): CommOpen (Purge Comm) - invalid handle

This sounds to me like it a library problem. At this point I am throwing myself on the collective
mercy of the Forum and humbly request a CLUE.

Where do I go from here?

Thanks,

Jeff K7BCV
cauhape
Newbie
Newbie
Posts: 4
Joined: Tue Oct 17, 2017 10:49 pm

Re: ham radio / packet email with Outpost

Post by cauhape »

PROBLEM SOLVED!!!

The answer is actually in the documentation, but I thought it wasn't working
because of other errors I had made.

1. Create symbolic link between actual USB device in linux and com1 port in dosdevices.

$ ln -s /dev/ttyUSB0 /home/jeff/.wine/dosdevices/com1

2. Update the wine register with the correct info.

$ wine regedit
...
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Wine\Ports
...
COM1 /home/jeff/.wine/dosdevices/com1

Start Outpost, and if you configured the BBS information correctly, you will connect
when you select the Send/Receive button. (Even if you don't, it will be clear you at
least connected to the TNC).

Jeff
Locked