Best Mac OSX / WSJT-X Configurations?

Alan

Jean_Luc F5JRC

Burch - K4QXX

Just keep in mind that xCAT and xDAX don't work with version 3.  I have not been able to run FT8 on the Mac since I updated to version 3.

Rocinante

Don Agro

I am running FT8 on my Mac without xDAX, please see the link in the dogparkSDR online manual entitled "WSJT-X and dogparkSDR without xDAX"

Don Agro

I would strenuously disagree with the statement that MacOS ham applications are poorly supported. For many years, our products (MacLoggerDX, MacDoppler and dogparkSDR) have been consistently reviewed as some of the best supported software on any platform.

73 de VE3VRW

Don Agro

Burch - K4QXX

I agree 100%.  Don's support is 2nd to none. 

Don Agro

Jean-Luc: There is little to no setup required for Loopback - run it with a default "Loopback" divice and configure it to be the audio input and output to dogparkSDR as well as WSJT-X. A lot has changed with Flex V3, MacLoggerDX and dogparkSDR in the last few weeks but the link in the dogparkSDR online manual entitled "WSJT-X and dogparkSDR without xDAX" is current.

Burch - K4QXX

I will definitely check this out tonight when I get home.  Thanks Don. 

Don Agro

You are welcome Burch, when dl3lsm gets a chance to upgrade xDAX to V3 we can switch back, but for now the main audio channel set flat and hooked up to Loopback works well.

Rocinante

Gordon, ve7on

Jean_Luc F5JRC

K3DCW

Please do. 

Don's support, not only of his own software, but of the Mac in general is unmatched.  Don once told me that his view is that a "rising tide lifts all boats" and his approach supports that. He is as much an advocate for the Mac platform as he is for the Dog Park software that he has created.

The Mac may not have the quantity of ham software that Windows does, but the quality is right on par with the very best of Windows-based software: and superior to most.

dlwarnberg

Ted VE3TRQ

dogparkSDR and Loopback provide the interface instead of xDax / xCat. The details are on the DogPark web site.

K3SF

K3DCW

K3DCW

K3SF

yep you are correct...

i believe you need run some client s/w such as dpsdr.

The 6600m i have runs client s/w internally on the display with two slices so using xcat/xdax allows me to run all my ham s/w natively on the mac.

In addition,
I have also run client s/w on ipad ( iosssdr) with four slices going...
and
than run xcat/xdax with four instance of wsjtx on the mac mini.

i can even run ssdr in windows7 VM as client s/w and used xcat/xdax to run wsjtx natively on mac.  yep i could run wsjtx in VM but cpu load is really ramps up a lot in the VM.

lotsa flexibility  with FLEX radio for sure .....

paul k3sf

K3DCW

Yes, definitely would require dpSDR running on the Mac to do it without xDax/xCat.

Definitely a flexible platform to work with, however.

73

Alan

dlwarnberg

Right, but that does not address the RADIO tab, that is for Audio.. I got that part thanks..

K3SF

Ted VE3TRQ

For radio control, you can use MacLoggerDX - it exposes a DX Labs Commander interface to WSJT-X. It’s documented at the end of the the page this link points to: https://dogparksoftware.com/MacLogger... Again, a big thank you to Don Agro for the dogPark software. The good thing is that MLDX solves the issue of v3 support on a Mac until xDax/xCat supports v3, the bad is that you will need MLDX (although you can’t go wrong with MLDX if you’re on a Mac - you should probably own it anyway :-)

Alan

Thanks Paul.  Got it.  Audio in/out CAT now work with xCat and xDax / Loopback.

Alan

K3SF

congrats...have fun and see you on the bands

Paul K3SF

dlwarnberg

Got it... thanks

Mario_DL3LSM

K3SF