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Sat Phone capability in RMS Express
Hello,
following a suggestion I made on Winmor group, I have been asked to post it here too, to see if there may be a collective interest.
following a suggestion I made on Winmor group, I have been asked to post it here too, to see if there may be a collective interest.
I have used Winmor a lot, some may remember we have exchanged daily emails during our Atlantic crossing from west Africa to Brazil last year, and plan to do so again soon, when back to the boat and during the eastbound transat.
As this time my family will be on land, I have bought a satellite phone for voice communication with them.
I thought about the possibility of using it as a back up in case HF propagation does not want to cooperate.
I searched a bit in the Winlink site and found that this is possible with the Airmail software: following the instructions, I installed the drivers and set-up
the phone as a modem, then when I opened the Telnet/Internet window of Airmail I
checked the boxes on the bottom line, chose Isatphone, tried to connect and it all worked perfectly at the first try.
I have copied the Airmail Telnet window at this link below, with the indication of the boxes I ticked, in case it is not clear.
http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w111/brancaleone_2007/altre%20foto%20blog/tec\
nica%20blog/WinIsat.jpg
Would it be possible to have the same "boxes to tick" in the Telnet window of RMS Express ? So one could use the same software for radio and sat phone,
instead of having to go through two different softwares, airmail. This would also mean that all messages to/from callsign @ winlink.org are stored in the same software directory, which is obviously nice.
As this time my family will be on land, I have bought a satellite phone for voice communication with them.
I thought about the possibility of using it as a back up in case HF propagation does not want to cooperate.
I searched a bit in the Winlink site and found that this is possible with the Airmail software: following the instructions, I installed the drivers and set-up
the phone as a modem, then when I opened the Telnet/Internet window of Airmail I
checked the boxes on the bottom line, chose Isatphone, tried to connect and it all worked perfectly at the first try.
I have copied the Airmail Telnet window at this link below, with the indication of the boxes I ticked, in case it is not clear.
http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w111/brancaleone_2007/altre%20foto%20blog/tec\
nica%20blog/WinIsat.jpg
Would it be possible to have the same "boxes to tick" in the Telnet window of RMS Express ? So one could use the same software for radio and sat phone,
instead of having to go through two different softwares, airmail. This would also mean that all messages to/from callsign @ winlink.org are stored in the same software directory, which is obviously nice.
I do not know if it is technically feasible nor what are the priorities in RMS express development, so it's just an idea, another "nice to have" for this excellent
program. I still remember the very nice surprise after the RMS Express update which showed all of a sudden the Position Reports and the Airmail Catalogue!
Thanks again to all the developers for the very good job, from a very satisfied
user -.;)
Regards
Roberto, M0ITA
program. I still remember the very nice surprise after the RMS Express update which showed all of a sudden the Position Reports and the Airmail Catalogue!
Thanks again to all the developers for the very good job, from a very satisfied
user -.;)
Regards
Roberto, M0ITA
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I am not very technical but would appreciate help with setting up my (today purchased) Iridium 9505A to connect to the Airmail or RMS Express. I know only that I need Data adapter and serial cable and serial to USB adapter. I do not know what software if any had to be loaded, what Iridium plan to buy and how to configure and hook all this up.
Would be happy if you Roberto would make wrote something like "Iridium phone to Airmail for dummies "
Goran