Introduction
    AGWPE Overview
    More about AGWPE
1. Interface
    Getting Started
    Kits and Pre-assembled
    Receive Audio Cable
    Transmit Audio Cable
    PTT (TX Control) Cable
    2 Radio Modification
2. AGWPE Set Up
    Download and Install
    Basic AGWPE Setup
    2 Radio Setup
    2 Card Setup
3. Sound Card Setup
    Basic Settings
    Additional Settings
    Tuning Aid
4. Windows™ Setup
    TCP/IP Settings
    Update Windows
5. Problems?
    Program Behavior
    Receiving
    Transmitting
    Connections
6. Using AGWPE
    AGWPE on a Network
    Baud Rates & Modes
    Remote Control
    TCP/IP Over Radio
    Tips and Tricks
    Traffic Parameters
7. Compatible Programs:
    Setup Help
    UI-View
    WinAPRS
    Winpack
    Others
8. Packet Reference
    Overview
    Exchange Modes
    Frame Headers
    TNCs and AGWPE
    What to do with Packet
    Common Frequencies
    Sound Card Mechanics
    Further Reading     
  
   

HamScope and AGWPE

HamScope is a digital communications interface that supports many modes including PSK31, RTTY, MFSK16 and packet (both HF and VHF). To run packet, HamScope 'connects' to an AGWPE 'port'. AGWPE does all the communication with the sound card or TNC for HamScope. HamScope is simply the terminal program that lets you "see" what is being received and transmitted.

HamScope is different from most client applications in that it requires that the AGWPE files be located within the HamScope folder. They can't be in an AGWPE folder within the HamScope folder, and they can't be in a folder outside of the HamScope folder. The key AGWPE files  -- AGW Packet Engine.exe, agwpe.sys, agwpe.ini, agwtcpip.sys, and all port*.ini files -- must reside with the other HamScope files in the HamScope folder.  If you prefer, you could install AGWPE both in the HamScope folder (to work with HamScope) and in a second, separate folder (to work with other client programs.)

To make it work:

1. Download and install HamScope: http://www.qsl.net/HamScope/

2. Install the AGWPE files in the HamScope directory. Configure AGWPE and then test that it works with another program, such as AGWTerm.

3. In HamScope, from the Setup menu, select General Setup to bring up the General Setup screen. In the far right column enter the following:

• For AGWPE Address, enter the IP address of the computer where AGWPE is running. The default is 127.0.0.1, the IP address for the computer where HamScope is running. If AGWPE is running on a different computer, enter that computer's IP network address.
• For AGWPE Port, select the AGWPE port that is controlling the sound card, but note that you would select 0 for the port AGWPE calls 1; or 1 for the port AGWPE calls 2.
• Click on the OK button.

You do not need to change any other values on this screen, such as PTT Control Setup or Sound Card selection. Those values are only used for other modes, such as PSK31. Since AGWPE controls those values for packet, changing them in HamScope will have no effect.

4. Back on the main HamScope screen, on the bottom half of the screen there is a Mode field. Use the drop down list to select Packet. HamScope should then start AGWPE.

5. If HamScope successfully hooks to AGWPE:

• in HamScope's top receive window, the words 'Registered callsign' will appear next to the CMD: prompt
• and at the bottom of the screen, in the Data Synch tab, you'll see information about the AGWPE port (the port description you entered in AGWPE).

To see the commands to which AGWPE responds:  at the "cmd: " prompt in HamScope , type in help and press enter.

Note: HamScope version 1.55 (28 March 2005) fixed a problem with AGWPE on faster computers. In earlier versions, HamScope would tell AGWPE to load, but then HamScope couldn't detect that AGWPE was functioning.