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DDE
technology support
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MixW uses the DDE technology to pass data to other programs.
Using DDE you can:
See the
MixW
DDE test.doc file in MixW directory for a list of all DDE
fields passed
from the MixW.
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| ActiveX
technology support |
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MixW (since version
2.07) provides a number of functions to control and monitor its
state from another program.
The method of using
MixW as an ActiveX object is best shown in Visual Basic samples:
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| Scripting
language in MixW |
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MixW supports a simple
programming language, primarily to enable smart and user-configurable
logins to BBS or DX cluster via Telnet or AX.25 protocol.
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| TNC
emulation |
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Download the serial port emulation driver: (Windows 2000/XP
only!)
ComEmulDrv1.zip - version
1.0.0.1
ComEmulDrv3.zip
- version 1.0.0.3 with source code (up to 10 pairs of emulated ports)
Unzip the file and
see ReadMe.txt file
for installation instructions.
A similar driver,
the Virtual Null Modem Cable, is available at Phil Covington's project
page:
http://developer.berlios.de/projects/n8vbvcomdriver/
The driver emulates two serial
ports (for example, COM5
and COM6) and provides the "bridge" between them, which is equivalent
to a null-modem cable. The baudrate settings DO NOT matter.
MixW
emulates KISS TNC (since
MixW v.2.04)
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In Configure
- TNC emulation menu of MixW, select the physical or emulated COM
port.
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In AX.25
setup dialog (TNC, custom AFSK tab), check Emulate KISS
TNC on TNC emulation port check-box.
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Set up the
program which works with KISS TNCs to use the port from the other end
of the "bridge".
Notice that
DOS-box programs usually
support COM1, COM2, COM3 and COM4 only, i.e. you will have to
re-configure the
driver.
This mode has been
tested with JNOS 110i in
DOS box in 2400/9600 baud mode, and also with UI-View V2.36 in 1200
baud mode.
MixW
uses another program as a
TNC
Some programs (for
example, MMTTY) can
emulate a TNC on the specified port. Then MixW can use them like if
they were
real hardware TNCs.
To use MMTTY as a
TNC,
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In MixW, go to
Configure - TNC settings menu and set up
the port number.
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In MixW, go to
Mode - TNC modes settings menu and define
the new mode. Define several macros for this TNC mode (mmtty.mc):
Macro: OnStartMode
Label: start mode
Text:
<HIDETEXT><AUDIOFQ:1000><SHIFT:170><CR><LF>RTTY<CR><LF><SHOWTEXT>
Macro: TX
Label: goto tx
Text: <HIDETEXT><CTRL-C>T<SHOWTEXT>
Macro: RX
Label: goto rx
Text: <HIDETEXT><CTRL-C>E<SHOWTEXT>
Macro: RXANDCLEAR
Label: not
supported, map to <RX>
Text: <RX>
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In MMTTY, go
to Options - Setup TNC emulation menu:
Choose a COM port,
set TNC type = KAM,
set Local echo = After Sending.
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| TCP/IP over
AX.25 |
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MixW 2 (starting
with version 2.02) supports
TCP/IP over AX.25 (datagram mode). This means that you can use standard
Windows'
software to communicate with other TCP/IP systems (UNIX/Linux, AGW
Packet
Engine, Flexnet, MixW 2) over a VHF radio channel.
Please set soundcard samplerate to 22050 for 4800 or 9600-baud packet,
and 44100
for 19200-baud packet.
Download virtual
network adapter drivers
(unzip to the separate folder and see ReadMe.txt
file for
installation instructions):
These drivers have been tested with Windows 98 SE 4.10.2183A, Windows
2000
5.00.2195 SP2, Windows XP 5.1.2600, Windows NT 4.0 1381 SP6.
There are
several hints to help run TCP/IP
with MixW:
- Make sure that your station
"sees" the other station (and vice versa) and is able to transmit and
receive packets. Try to establish a usual (i.e. not TCP/IP) connection
with the other station.
- Make sure that the driver is
installed OK and Windows sees it. Use Windows' IPCONFIG.EXE
program to check this.
- Set up the IP address and
subnet mask properly. If you are planning to connect two computers with
MixW, you can enter arbitrary IP addresses. But connecting to an
existing packet network usually requires using a registered IP address
of AMPR network, which can be obtained from the local AMPR coordinator
(see http://www.ampr.org for
details).
- Make sure that MixW can see
the driver: when MixW is started, you should see "MixW virtual
network adapter is running" message at the status bar.
- Set up the IP routing using
Windows' ROUTE.EXE program, if needed. If you have another
network card (or modem) installed, you can define which network card
Windows will use to connect to the specified servers. This is a very
important part of the setup.
To use a KISS TNC with
these drivers,
Try our new Ax25Inet
program (MixW is not needed in this case).
Download Ax25Inet version 1.3
Unzip the files in a
separate directory, then run Ax25Inet.exe (virtual network adapter
driver should be installed).
No help file yet
(sorry), but the interface and settings should be OK for an experienced
KISS TNC user.
To translate the
program interface to another language,
1) Copy Russian.lng to XXXX.lng (where XXXX
is the name of your language)
2) Edit XXXX.lng with a text editor, replacing text after the '='
sign.
Please preserve the \n, \r, %i, %s, and
other special symbols.
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