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I managed to successfully install Winlink on my Ubuntu operating system but it is not completely functional yet. I don't know which COM my computer is set up to use, and there are a lot of them available.

That's my question though, how to quickly find the right COM without going through each and every one individually. Thank you very much, and I look forward to hearing from you.

Winlink

Scott Earle
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BJsgoodlife
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    That's a pretty broad question. Is Winlink running natively? In WINE? In a VM? What type of serial port is it plugged into? (USB or RS-232) – Duston May 16 '19 at 13:48
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    Winlink is running in Wine. It's got two 3.5 mm cables going from the TNC to the mic and earphones. And there is a data connection that fits into the back of the radio. I own a FT-7900. – BJsgoodlife May 16 '19 at 13:55

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If you're running under WINE, you can make the port whatever you want. You need to know the Linux device name (like /dev/ttys0 or /dev/ttyUSB or whatever) the TNC is plugged into on the computer. Then all you do is set up a symlink in ~/.wine/dosdevices that "connects" the two. If you look in that directory, you can see the default devices already set up. If you don't know how to set up a symlink, look for help on the ln command.

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    In Wine 2.0 or newer, putting symlinks for com ports in `~/.wine/dosdevices` isn't very effective (they're overwritten on startup). Instead, one should add a registry entry in `HKLM\Software\Wine\Ports`, which will make it actually stick. – hobbs - KC2G May 16 '19 at 17:49
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    @hobbs-KC2G You should submit that as your own answer. – rclocher3 May 16 '19 at 17:57
  • @rclocher3 when I get a chance. At work now, no time to do a proper job :) – hobbs - KC2G May 16 '19 at 18:03
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    A link to support Hobbs' answer: https://wiki.winehq.org/index.php?title=Wine_User%27s_Guide&oldid=2519#Serial_and_Parallel_Ports – Duston May 16 '19 at 19:03