I'm going a little out on a limb here as I don't know if the K3 has the same feature as the K2 does.
The K2 acts as it is in a straight key mode if both Paddle lines are pulled down at the same time. I use a old Brown Brothers that has a straight key and paddle on it. The straight key has two diodes to "and" the lines so it can be used or the K2 internal keyer. Also using a Radio Shack Y connector and diodes "And"'ing also lets the K1EL USB keyer key the K2. In addition the K24U program can trigger the K2 memories. The K1EL also has its own paddle. Any can be used at any time. The only exception to that is that only one program can use the serial port to the K2. That has not been a problem for me but if it were possibly a work around could be with one of the virtual serial port emulators. So far I've been happy with this flexibility. 73, Bob K2TK Guy Olinger K2AV wrote: > Wouldn't the trick be to get the separate K3 paddle to initiate a signal > back to the computer over the cat cable so that paddle input would stop a > computer generated sequence in its tracks? > > That would mean that K3 would always generate an unsolicited "paddle-active" > signal output outbound on CAT toward the computer, and whatever was on the > computer side of CAT cable would have to be looking for it and respond by > halting any earlier ongoing response and killing anything leftover in a > buffer. > > That's not just one man's code. But agree it would be nice, because paddle > could always be hooked up to K3, casual or contest. > > 73, Guy. > > On Sat, Jul 18, 2009 at 3:15 PM, Brett Howard <br...@livecomputers.com>wrote: > > >> Boy it sure seems like N1MM should be able to support the keyer in the >> k3 and allow you to set the speed and probably also read the speed that >> is set by the knob just like the K1EL unit. Then the whole thing would >> fit in one box with paddle break in and all... Just seems like it >> should be able to be supported. Would be even cooler if the K3 could >> support the K1EL protocol but thats probably a bit rude to do to K1EL. >> >> Anyway just thinking out loud... >> >> ~Brett >> >> On Sat, 2009-07-18 at 03:22 -0700, Julian, G4ILO wrote: >> >>> Joe Subich, W4TV-4 wrote: >>> >>>> You can use the internal keyer with paddles but N1MM Logger >>>> does not support the "KS;" keyer command for sending arbitrary >>>> text. >>>> >>>> > ______________________________________________________________ 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
