Not really. The drivers are available for windows, mac, and flavors of unix. They are standard drivers.
Dr. William J. Schmidt - K9HZ J68HZ 8P6HK ZF2HZ PJ4/K9HZ VP5/K9HZ PJ2/K9HZ Owner - Operator Big Signal Ranch – K9ZC Staunton, Illinois Owner – Operator Villa Grand Piton - J68HZ Soufriere, St. Lucia W.I. Rent it: www.VillaGrandPiton.com email: b...@wjschmidt.com > On Jul 20, 2015, at 6:55 AM, Walter Underwood <wun...@wunderwood.org> wrote: > > Special driver. Sigh, more Windows-only ham software. A Telnet connection > could be used by hamlib. > > wunder > K6WRU > CM87wj > http://observer.wunderwood.org/ (my blog) > >> On Jul 20, 2015, at 1:53 AM, Dr. William J. Schmidt, II <b...@wjschmidt.com> >> wrote: >> >> Yes you can use it one of two ways... in TCP mode, there is a small driver >> loaded on your PC that creates a pseudo RS232 port on the computer that all >> your existing software connects to. Your software thinks it's talking to >> your radio via RS232... but really that is an emulation that gets ported >> over the Ethernet to the radio (where the Ethernet to RS232 server is) and >> deconstructed into RS232 (RXD and TXD) with DTR and RTS for keying. Your >> computer can be right next to your radio or half way around the world and >> the radio will never know the difference. Latency is not a problem. >> >> Second mode is WEB server where the radio is emulated in web pages in the >> onboard web server (eg web page looks like the radio). You can change any >> parameter in the setup or knob on the radio that you could via RS232. >> >> No security is provided. Nor is there with the FLEX, Ten-tec, or any other >> radio that has an Ethernet connection currently. I just use a Netgear >> firewall and VPN through it securely. >> >> >> Dr. William J. Schmidt - K9HZ J68HZ 8P6HK ZF2HZ PJ4/K9HZ VP5/K9HZ PJ2/K9HZ >> >> Owner - Operator >> Big Signal Ranch – K9ZC >> Staunton, Illinois >> >> Owner – Operator >> Villa Grand Piton – J68HZ >> Soufriere, St. Lucia W.I. >> Rent it: www.VillaGrandPiton.com >> >> email: b...@wjschmidt.com >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Pierfrancesco Caci [mailto:p...@tippete.net] >> Sent: Monday, July 20, 2015 12:35 AM >> To: b...@wjschmidt.com; 'Paul Christensen'; elecraft@mailman.qth.net >> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3/K3s Ethernet Interface >> >>> On 19 July 2015 23:40:51 CEST, "Dr. William J. Schmidt, II" >>> <b...@wjschmidt.com> wrote: >>> I have a prototype Ethernet interface running inside my K3 right now... >>> simple replacement for the KIO3 board. I posted a couple of times >>> suggesting it but was completely ignored so I build my own. It's just >>> a pic >>> with Ethernet capabilities and replaces the functions of the KIO3 >>> completely >>> and more. It will be available commercially soon... >>> >>> >>> Dr. William J. Schmidt - K9HZ J68HZ 8P6HK ZF2HZ PJ4/K9HZ VP5/K9HZ >>> PJ2/K9HZ >>> >>> Owner - Operator >>> Big Signal Ranch - K9ZC >>> Staunton, Illinois >>> >>> Owner - Operator >>> Villa Grand Piton - J68HZ >>> Soufriere, St. Lucia W.I. >>> Rent it: www.VillaGrandPiton.com >>> >>> email: b...@wjschmidt.com >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: Elecraft [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of >>> Paul >>> Christensen >>> Sent: Sunday, July 19, 2015 2:24 PM >>> To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net >>> Subject: [Elecraft] K3/K3s Ethernet Interface >>> >>> This inquiry is directed to both the Elecraft leadership team as well >>> as >>> K3/K3s owners who may have an interest in native Ethernet connectivity. >>> In >>> searching through the list archives, I noted that some K3 owners had >>> previously expressed an interest in an Ethernet option - and some >>> owners >>> have been disappointed that the new K3s and KIO3B board does not >>> include >>> Ethernet connectivity. >>> >>> >>> >>> A bit of background: for the past few months, N4CC and I have been >>> operating >>> a remote Internet station that's located near the FL/GA state line. >>> Our >>> setup includes a K3 and RemoteRig at the remote site and either a K3 or >>> K3-mini at the control locations. Since the installation, we've >>> experienced >>> almost no operating trouble and any issues that have developed are >>> managed >>> remotely though direct and back-door network access points. >>> >>> >>> >>> Last week, I made some internal changes to the K3 and also added an >>> external USB data interface device for RTTY. What's apparent is that >>> cable >>> management is getting way out of control. To gain inside access to the >>> K3 >>> almost requires a meditation exercise before going in. Consider that a >>> PR6 >>> is mounted to the back of the K3. The rear of the K3 is an absolute >>> rat's >>> nest of cabling. With the RemoteRig and PR6, It was bad enough before >>> the >>> inclusion of the external USB sound car/interface, but now it's >>> bordering on >>> ridiculous. Moreover, RemoteRig does not allow clean access to the >>> K3's >>> ACC DB-15 connector for other purposes such as FSK keying. Sure, the >>> connector can be opened to access pins, but it requires a wiring >>> break-out, >>> leading to yet a further rat's nest of cabling. >>> >>> >>> >>> To help deal with the cabling issues, I am replacing the external PR6 >>> with >>> the new KXVB3 board. Next, a KIO3B board will be added when it's >>> available >>> to existing K3 owners. That should eliminate the external sound card >>> interface and clear up much of the cabling mess, but not all of it. >>> >>> >>> >>> The Holy Grail is an Ethernet interface that includes (optional) >>> integrated >>> RemoteRig hardware - just one interface board [e.g., KIO3E(thernet) >>> board] >>> that manages K3 Ethernet connectivity with or without RemoteRig >>> attributes. >>> Don't need Ethernet? Then don't get the board. Since the RemoteRig >>> hardware >>> is mature and consumes little circuit board space and DC current, >>> perhaps it >>> would be worth opening up a discussion with RemoteRig's designer since >>> Elecraft already has a close relationship with Microbit. I know rear >>> panel real estate is a concern, so it won't be easy to add yet another >>> connector without adversely affecting other connectivity. Thoughts? >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> Paul, W9AC >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> ______________________________________________________________ >>> 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 b...@wjschmidt.com >>> >>> ______________________________________________________________ >>> 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 p...@tippete.net >> >> William, >> What does it need on the control computer side? Will it be totally >> transparent to existing applications, k3util, fldigi, hamlib and so on? >> Does it require a specific operating system? >> Does it supports firmware uploads to the radio? >> Pf >> -- >> Pierfrancesco Caci >> >> >> ______________________________________________________________ >> 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 wun...@wunderwood.org > ______________________________________________________________ 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
