[Elecraft] K2: CAT control of K2/100 with HRD
Hi My K2/100 has been functioning well, and I am now trying for the first time to use the connection on the 100W amplifier unit for CAT control with Ham Radio Deluxe. The K2 is serial number 6679, so apparently no modifications are needed. The side-tone works. I fashioned the cable as per instructions (and there is continuity where there should be), turned on the port function on the K2, set the baud rate on HRD to 48,000. However, the HRD is unable to read the frequency. Am I missing something obvious? Is some driver needed, or some further modification to the K2 or amplifier circuitry? Thanks and 73 Steve WA2DTW __ 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
Re: [Elecraft] K2: CAT control of K2/100 with HRD
Hi Ken I'm sorry. I meant 4800. And the HRD does match. Also- am using Windows XP, with a computer that successfully used HRD with a different radio. But this time I installed the newest build of HRD. Thanks and 73 Steve WA2DTW From: Ken Wagner K3IU kenk...@cox.net To: Stephen Victor victo...@yahoo.com Sent: Mon, April 18, 2011 12:47:56 PM Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K2: CAT control of K2/100 with HRD Hi Steve: I think you have the baud rate wrong. The K2 is 4800, (not 48,000) if I remember correctly, and HRD must match. 73, Ken K3IU K2 #5413 On 4/18/2011 12:14 PM, Stephen Victor wrote: Hi My K2/100 has been functioning well, and I am now trying for the first time to use the connection on the 100W amplifier unit for CAT control with Ham Radio Deluxe. The K2 is serial number 6679, so apparently no modifications are needed. The side-tone works. I fashioned the cable as per instructions (and there is continuity where there should be), turned on the port function on the K2, set the baud rate on HRD to 48,000. However, the HRD is unable to read the frequency. Am I missing something obvious? Is some driver needed, or some further modification to the K2 or amplifier circuitry? Thanks and 73 Steve WA2DTW __ 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 __ 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
Re: [Elecraft] K2: CAT control of K2/100 with HRD
Stephen, I am running HRD version 5.0, build 2837 with my K2/100. The KPA100 is mounted in the K2 case and, like you, I am also running Win XP. I did not have to make any changes to the serial cable (used with K2/10 KIO2) or add any drivers to XP. Quite simply, I unhooked the K2/10, added the KPA100 to the K2, and reconnected the serial cable. It all magically worked. Hope this helps. Regards, Jay AJ4AY Mobile, AL Hi My K2/100 has been functioning well, and I am now trying for the first time to use the connection on the 100W amplifier unit for CAT control with Ham Radio Deluxe. The K2 is serial number 6679, so apparently no modifications are needed. The side-tone works. I fashioned the cable as per instructions (and there is continuity where there should be), turned on the port function on the K2, set the baud rate on HRD to 48,000. However, the HRD is unable to read the frequency. __ 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
Re: [Elecraft] K2: CAT control of K2/100 with HRD
Steve, It seems you have done everything right, and have a hardware failure on your hands. Since you have not used the RS-232 port before - it is possible that it did not work when the KPA100 was first built. The first thing to check is continuity for RFC6, RFC7, and RFC8 on the KPA100 board (near the DE-9 connector). It is also possible that U4 on the KPA100 board has been damaged. Yes, all the modifications for the serial port are included on any K2 control board SN 3000 and above. If you have a wire on Control Board P4 pin 1, that indicates that the wiring change was incorrectly applied to your Control Board, and should be backed off - in that case you will have to find what trace was really cut (it was not the trace going to pin 25) and repair that cut with a point to point wire. 73, Don W3FPR On 4/18/2011 12:14 PM, Stephen Victor wrote: Hi My K2/100 has been functioning well, and I am now trying for the first time to use the connection on the 100W amplifier unit for CAT control with Ham Radio Deluxe. The K2 is serial number 6679, so apparently no modifications are needed. The side-tone works. I fashioned the cable as per instructions (and there is continuity where there should be), turned on the port function on the K2, set the baud rate on HRD to 48,000. However, the HRD is unable to read the frequency. Am I missing something obvious? Is some driver needed, or some further modification to the K2 or amplifier circuitry? Thanks and 73 Steve WA2DTW __ 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 __ 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
