DDE output data to com port to BasicStamp or Prop

kf4ixm

Hi all,
Does anyone know of a way to read data from a dde to output the data to a com port, thats free and relativley easy to use?

Here's my scenario:
Im using Orbitron 3.71 for satellite tracking, it has an option in the setup to output the sat data to a dde for use with other programs. on the orbitron page, he has a generic dde driver called MyDDE that outputs the data, thats the one im using. all i want to extract is the azmiuth and elevation data from the dde string and output the data to a com port to either a bs2 or prop and then have the·bs2 or prop to control two servos, one for az, the other for elevation.

What i need is a way to read the dde, then tranfer that data to a com port, ideally just extract the az and el and output just that, but i can just parse the data on the controller side, no big deal.

I've seen some dde to com port "wedges", mostly for a price, but im looking for something free.

Does anyone know of anything or a way to do this?

Here is a pic of the MyDDE driver output...