COMport Splitter (For select RIGblasters)

Article from the West Mountain Radio Fall 2013 Newsletter




Three-Into-One Will Go!
West Mountain Radio is pleased to announce the availability of our COMport Splitter software which we've designed to maximize your RIGblaster digital mode operating fun! The COMport Splitter application was designed to allow a RIGblaster* to share its single COM port with up to three applications simultaneously.

How It Works
The program will create two or three virtual COM ports (depending on your needs) and maps the functions of CAT, PTT and FST/CW on each port. In the example below the RIGblaster Advantage original COM port (COM 5) has been split so that CAT/CI-V is now on COM 6, PTT (RTS) is on COM 7 and FSK/CW (DTR) is now on COM 8. This particular example makes it possible to operate Ham Radio Deluxe for logging while simultaneously having two distinct COM ports for PTT and FSK RTTY!

Not all software and combinations will require three COM ports - for instance operating FSK with N1MM and MMTTY will require only two ports. In this case instruct the software not to split CW/FSK. In another example you can split the RIGblaster Advantage's original COM port (COM 5) so that CAT/CI-V is now on COM 6, PTT (RTS) and CW/FSK (DTR) is now on COM 7. MMTTY with ExtFSK106 utilizes a single COM port for both PTT & FSK.

Depending on which digital modes software you are using will determine how you initialize the COMport Splitter software. It's inherent flexibility should mean that you have the tools to deal with any situation.

Requirements
*The West Mountain Radio COMPort Splitter works with the RIGblaster Advantage, RIGblaster Plus-II, RIGblaster Duo and the RIGblaster Plug & Play. It runs on Windows XP, Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 10.

More Information
You can download your copy from:
http://www.westmountainradio.com/comport