You can build a pair of simple transistor witches into a DE-9 shell and add
cables for TX, RX, DTR, and RTS with the proper plugs and it will “look” like a
K3 to your software.
…bill nr4c
> On Jul 6, 2016, at 11:01 PM, K5WA <k...@comcast.net> wrote:
>
> I forgot who I responded to about setting up a KX2 with N1MM and a single
> USB cable recently but I need to revise my answer. The answer I gave
> assumed the DTR/RTS lines were assignable to CW or PTT like the K3 does
> however since the KX2 (like the KX3, I believe) doesn't have DTR/RTS lines
> assignable in the rig, you need to send ASCII streams to the KX2 in order to
> use F-keys within N1MM. I just got my new KX2 today (love it!!) and started
> playing with it when I discovered there weren't any DTR/RTS signals to use.
> A way to send ASCII streams via F-keys with N1MM (and probably other contest
> software F keys) is to follow the examples below and write whatever messages
> you want once you've gotten the basic {CATA1ASC KY ;} piece in place.
> These are a few messages I started playing with so you can see some
> possibilities but the permutations are endless to get exactly what you want.
> The only downside I found was that I can't use N1MM's "autosend" feature
> (which is meant to save you from having to hit the enter key every time).
> I like autosend set at 2 characters past the number but when I try to use
> it, the calls over 2 characters past the number get mangled when being sent.
> I'm guessing that the ASCII string is interrupted once the rig switches to
> transmit and therefore the call sending is mangled. Maybe there is a
> workaround that I have not discovered yet but I doubt many folks are going
> to be doing lots of contesting with a KX2 anyway so it really isn't much of
> a downside. I can imagine I'll be on a business trip or a vacation trip and
> want to toss out a few contacts to the serious contesters using my
> mini-notebook and KX2 so hitting enter won't be too big a hassle. ;-)
>
> Hope this helps someone but I have not extensively checked each one of the
> entries below so play with yours to get it right if I made a mistake. Most
> should be right though as I played around in a simulated contest to get
> these working.
>
> Bob K5WA
>
>
> F1 CQ,{CATA1ASC KY k5wa k5wa test;}
> F2 EXCH,{CATA1ASC KY ! {EXCH};}
> F3 TU,{CATA1ASC KY tu * test {CLEARRIT};}
> F4 His Call,{CATA1ASC KY!;}
> F5 K5WA,{CATA1ASC KY *;}
> F6 AGN,{CATA1ASC KY agn?;}
> F7 ?,{CATA1ASC KY ?;}
> F8 ?,{CATA1ASC KY ?;}
> F9 S&&P,{CATA1ASC KY{S&P};}
> F10 Call & Exc,{CATA1ASC KY{!} {EXCH};}
> F11 CQ (long),{CATA1ASC KY CQ CQ TEST K5WA K5WA;}
> F12 Wipe,{CATA1ASC KY{WIPE};}
> #
> ###################
> # S&P Messages
> ###################
> F1 Qrl?,{CATA1ASC KY QRL? K5WA;}
> F2 Exch,{CATA1ASC KY 5nn {EXCH};}
> F3 Tu,{CATA1ASC KY{!} tu{LOG};}
> F4 His Call,{CATA1ASC KY{!};}
> F5 K5WA,{CATA1ASC KY K5WA;}
> F6 AGN,{CATA1ASC KY ?;}
> F7 ?,{CATA1ASC KY ?;}
> F8 ?,{CATA1ASC KY ?;}
> F9 RUN,{CATA1ASC KY {RUN};}
> F10 Call & Exc,{CATA1ASC KY{!} {EXCH};}
> F11
> F12 Wipe,{CATA1ASC KY{WIPE};}
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