Indeed it should work if it plugs in AND if it looks the same, or at least it shouldn¹t cause any serious harm. In other industries where safety is at issue that is a firmly enforced rule. Examples, from two industries with which I have worked: Many lives have been saved since general aviation airframe manufacturers sized fuel filler ports, or required retrofit port restrictors, so that turbine fuel physically could not be loaded into tanks feeding a gasoline engine. Line boys, as they¹re called, are no more or less cautious than the rest of us, but the theme is that people make mistakes so the systems in which they work should be engineered to prevent those mistakes or to prevent them from doing any harm. Ditto in medicine. Patient safety was significantly advanced when the oxygen and the anesthetic gas fittings were made different enough that oxygen couldn¹t come from anything but the oxygen supply (e.g. noninterchangeable screw threads). Patient safety gurus have also insisted that wrist bands used in every hospital everywhere not only have standard language, but also standard colors so that, in a rush, a band announcing an allergy (red) couldn¹t be confused for a DNR (purple) even though the words on each are clear. And crash carts should be in exactly the same place in every hospital ward. Until very recently some surgeons marked an X on a limb to mean cut this side, while others marked it to mean don¹t cut this side. You can guess about the injuries which that lack of a standard system caused. I¹ll wager the same is true in other industries where the consequences of human error can be significant. I don¹t know enough about electrical engineering to offer any specific suggestions; but as a starting point, IMHO: if it fits, it should work.
Ted, KN1CBR >Message: 6 >Date: Sat, 22 Aug 2015 19:31:44 -0500 >From: Bob McGraw - K4TAX <rmcg...@blomand.net> >To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net >Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K2 - KPA100 RS232 interface repair >Message-ID: <55d91470.2070...@blomand.net> >Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed > >The K3S has a RJ-45 connector for the RS-232 communications. Now that's >different! Of course they supply a cable with a RJ-45 on one end and a >DB-9F on the other. And then to keep everybody happy, there is what >appears to be a 15 pin VGA connector that is the ACC connector to >provide band data and such. The manual clearly states "This is not a >VGA video connector". > >Yes it is very important to read and understand the manual before >plugging or inserting any connector into any hole on any radio today. >It seems most hams think if it plugs in, then it should work. > >73 >Bob, K4TAX >K3S s/n 10,163 > ______________________________________________________________ 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