Connecting from a remote pc

ka1jy

okay, so this is probably a dumb question but here goes. I am trying to run an app on a different pc than the pc running the radio. Let's call that pc#1. I set up a cat port on the radio pc#1 and tried to connect to it from pc #2. I am seeing a "port connection refused" error on pc#2. Anyone's guess what that really means but it almost sounds like some sort of permission fault. Firewall is off on pc#1. I think it is on for pc#2. Maybe the issue is there. I can try turning off the firewall on pc#2 I wonder can I even make this connection at all? Am I in lala land for even trying this? I've ha no trouble when the app is running on the same pc as the radio. Localhost:portnumber. But not so much from another machine using ipaddress:portnumber. Seems like a reasonable idea except it didn't seem to work.

Mike-VA3MW

You are close.

On both PCs you don't connect to each other, but you connect to the radio.

• Install SmartSDR on both PCs and normal
• On both PCs start CAT and DAX and have them connect to radio (not the other PC)

That should get you going.

Mike va3mw