Sorry everyone - I stand corrected, it's not a k/b port - although I swear there was a mail back in May saying it was - perhaps I mistook, could be, for is :-)
Avoid "ole in't bottom " - like the plague! On 28/11/07 17:04, "Eric Swartz - WA6HHQ Elecraft" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> sent: > Hi Doug, > > The connector on the bottom of the K3 front panel is not a keyboard > connector. It is a used during manufacture for initial programming of > the K3 processor boot code. > > It could possibly used for general I/O, but nothing is designed at this > time. Anything hooked up to this connector is speculation at this point. :-) > > We -do- plan to allow users to use the 'KY' serial command to send text > to the K3's PSK encoder in a future K3 f/w release. > > 73, Eric WA6HHQ > > _..._ > > Doug Person wrote: >> Too bad they didn't use the same standard mini-din used on virtually >> all pc keyboards. >> ---- >> David Ferrington, M0XDF wrote: >>> I think Elecraft have a keyboard planned for the future - there is a k/b >>> port on the bottom >>> So maybe typing direct on a k/b connected to the K3 :-) >>> >>> On 28/11/07 16:36, "Doug Person" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> sent: >>> >>>> One thing I would like to see is a way to send text to the K3 that is >>>> then sent as PSK31. Currently you can do this by sending morse with a >>>> key. But, being able to send text directly through the serial port >>>> would allow simple keyboard operation from a terminal program. >> > _______________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > You must be a subscriber to post to the list. > Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): > http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm > Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com -- Sometimes I think we're alone in the universe, and sometimes I think we're not. In either case, the idea is quite staggering. -Arthur C Clarke, science fiction writer (1917- ) _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
