AGWPE and RMS Express
RMS
Express is a messaging program for the WinLink system. One of
WinLink's
options is to use VHF/UHF 1200 baud packet to send WinLink messages to RMS Packet nodes. Unfortunately, RMS Express
was not written to use sound cards and there is no way to link it
to AGWPE directly (and once I heard from someone on the WinLink team that
they don't plan to add it). RMS Express can only connect to a hardware TNC via a serial
port.
Fortunately, Jim W2YG has now
written a utility program called AGW Express
Interface that can link AGWPE to RMS
Express:
http://w2ygsoftware.com
Jim's utility makes use of a
virtual serial port, provided by the HW Virtual Serial Port utility, to
link RMS Express to the
AGW Express Interface, which then links to
AGWPE. HW Virtual Serial Port connects to
AGW Express via TCP port 4500 and AGW
Express links to AGWPE via its default TCP/IP port 8000.
The AGW
Express Interface installation will install
AGW Express and the HW Serial Port utility. If needed, it also
installs AGWPE and RMS Express . To link to
HW Serial Port, it also configures RMS Express
to look for a virtual "TNC-X" hardware TNC on serial port "73" (the
default port; can be changed by the user). It will also configure AGWPE
to use your sound card (or a SignaLink if it is plugged in at install).
Besides downloading the AGW
Express Interface program, you probably should also download the
Implementation Guide for your version of Windows.
There are also
some installation videos on that page that may be helpful.
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