Leo Bodnar Lady Heather

[Electro Fan]

Anyone know if this
 
http://leobodnar.com/shop/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=301

works with Lady Heather?  Thx

[jmw]

It's not listed as supported, and it seems completely proprietary. It has its own client software and firmware, and no source code for either provided, nor documentation on the communication protocol.

[james_s]

Isn't Leo Bodnar a member of this forum? The name sounds familiar.

[Conrad Hoffman]

This has been asked more than a couple times. I have the unit and it's quite good. I'd also like to get it going with Lady Heather. It seems like a simple thing to do if either/both parties had a desire to do it, but for some reason it's not high on anybody's list. It seems like one could run a USB2serial program and see what the LB output was, then get it working with Lady Heather, but that's above my pay grade.

[Leo Bodnar]

I have looked at it on and off a few times but it got bogged down bit.
It should be reasonably trivial using a standalone app that would get data from GPS clock and send it to LH via a TCP socket.
Every time I look at it I am wondering what is really the appeal of LH? Just plotting the sattelites?
As far as I remember it has started its life as an external PID controller for the disciplined oscillator.
Leo

[Conrad Hoffman]

Some of us just like to monitor as much as possible because we can! LH also allows keeping track of environmental data. I'm guessing being able to use LH would flip some people over to buying the unit that otherwise might have been on the fence. FWIW, I love mine. Does just what it's supposed to with minimal effort and fuss and even pulls a good signal in my secret underground lair.

[Electro Fan]

Hardware almost always sells more when there is more software rather than less software that works with the hardware.  Especially when one or two of the software applications are among the most frequently used types and makes of software used with that type of hardware, and especially when the software is free.  Certainly doesn’t seem likely that the ability to run LH software and the LB product together would depress the hardware sales.  So the only question is how much NRE is required to enable the LB hardware to work with LH.  If a reasonably trivial amount of NRE is all that’s needed it would seem plausible that not too many incremental product sales would be needed to achieve some ROI on the NRE.  So unless the reasonably trivial amount of NRE could generate a still better ROI in some other area or unless NRE resources are flat out unavailable, it would seem that enabling the product to support LH would be a win-win for the company and the customers. 

edit:  typo fixed