KPA500 AUX Pin 12 is GND. AUX Pin 8 is the KPA500 remote power ON/OFF pin. No webswitch is necessary to remotely power the KPA500 on and off, since this can be done quite easily from a button on the K3 itself, using a macro, as described here:
https://www.kkn.net/~n6tv/Y-BOX/Features.html#Remote 73, Bob, N6TV https://bit.ly/Y-BOX On Sat, Oct 10, 2020, 7:36 AM DAVID INGEBRIGHT <davein...@comcast.net> wrote: > HI Gordon-- I run a KPA 500 remotely and have the same problem some times. > But there's a big green bar at the bottom of the utility that sez "power > on". That should be your first indication. But its hard to know what's > going on at the remote site. I use a 'remote rig' setup to run the radio > and the COM1 port to talk to the KPA 500 and for power on and off I use a > set of contacts from a microbit webswitch to toggle a short across pin 12 > on the ACC plug on the back of the KPA --and that's the same as pushing the > power button. The webswitch is very reliable and I use if for other stuff > like switching a fan in the transceiver box, KAT500 power and a couple of > coax relays. Here's a webpage with some of the info: > http://www.valhallatreefarm.com/WB7ELY/kpa500/kpa500.htm > //dave > WB7ELY > > > > > > > OERTOEWE > ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
