Re: [Elecraft] RTTY operation with Terminal in Utility
The K3 Utility currenly uses the text-to-terminal capability of the K3 for its terminal program. Currently the P3 doesn't forward this information to the PC host. I've started an effort to exploit a new K3 MCU command, TB, designed for programs like this. It's going to be a few weeks more because of a vacation, but an update that provides terminal support concurrently with P3 operation is planned. It will be a K3 Utility update rather than a P3 update. Dick, K6KR -Original Message- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of jpk5...@cox.net Sent: Thursday, September 23, 2010 11:11 PM To: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: [Elecraft] RTTY operation with Terminal in Utility I'd seen comments about the inability of uploading the K3 firmware through the P3's RS-232 connection and I knew that the instructions, until the P3 firmware is updated, was to turn off the P3 while loading the K3. I had not seen any comments about a problem using the K3 Utility program to run the Terminal program on RTTY but I discovered that in order to use the RTTY terminal section, and probably the CW and PSK31 decode feature too, was to turn off the P3. Once it's off, the Terminal program comes back to life. I'm looking forward to a P3 firmware update when it becomes more transparent to the information flowing to and from the K3 through the P3. Also I'll put in another plug for updating the K3 Utility program so it can share a virtual serial port through LP-Bridge (for the Terminal) while the K3 can continue to talk to the computer for the Logger32 logging program. Thanks for everything and 73, Jim - K5LAD Growing old is like being increasingly penalized for a crime you haven't committed. -- Anthony Powell - Visit my webpages at: http://www.hayseed.net/~jpk5lad/ __ 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] RTTY operation with Terminal in Utility
OK Dick -- Sounds great thanks. I just thought I'd mention it now just in case someone wanted to dip their toe into the RTTY waters for this weekend's RTTY contest and planned to use the Terminal program in the Utility program. It surprised me, at first, when I couldn't decode on the Terminal program now when I had done it in the past. The P3 is new to me, however, and it took me a while to figure out what had changed. Thanks again, Jim - K5LAD BTW - I was playing around with RTTY decoding with MMTTY software and the K3 was doing a noticeably better job than was the MMTTY program copying RTTY off the air. It surprised me, but then, I guess it really shouldn't have. > The K3 Utility currenly uses the text-to-terminal capability of the K3 for > its terminal program. Currently the P3 doesn't forward this information to > the PC host. I've started an effort to exploit a new K3 MCU command, TB, > designed for programs like this. It's going to be a few weeks more because > of a vacation, but an update that provides terminal support concurrently > with P3 operation is planned. > > It will be a K3 Utility update rather than a P3 update. > > Dick, K6KR > > > -Original Message- > From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net > [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of jpk5...@cox.net > Sent: Thursday, September 23, 2010 11:11 PM > To: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > Subject: [Elecraft] RTTY operation with Terminal in Utility > > I'd seen comments about the inability of uploading the K3 > firmware through the P3's RS-232 connection and I knew that the > instructions, until the P3 firmware is updated, was to turn off the > P3 while loading the K3. > > I had not seen any comments about a problem using the K3 Utility > program to run the Terminal program on RTTY but I discovered > that in order to use the RTTY terminal section, and probably the > CW and PSK31 decode feature too, was to turn off the P3. Once > it's off, the Terminal program comes back to life. > > I'm looking forward to a P3 firmware update when it becomes > more transparent to the information flowing to and from the K3 > through the P3. > > Also I'll put in another plug for updating the K3 Utility program so > it can share a virtual serial port through LP-Bridge (for the > Terminal) while the K3 can continue to talk to the computer for the > Logger32 logging program. > > Thanks for everything and 73, > Jim - K5LAD > > > > > Growing old is like being increasingly penalized > for a crime you haven't committed. > -- Anthony Powell > - > Visit my webpages at: > http://www.hayseed.net/~jpk5lad/ > > > > > __ > 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 > === Life is like a football --- It ain't round ... It'll bounce funny on ya. http://www.hayseed.net/~jpk5lad/ __ 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] RTTY operation with Terminal in Utility
Currently, LP_Bridge blocks the K3 Utility because of potential problems with K3 commands that have been removed from the current K3 Utility. According to Larry Phipps, LP_Bridge will be changed to allow the K3 Utility to be used with LP_Bridge but, AFAIK, this hasn't been done yet. Dunc, W5DC __ 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] RTTY operation with Terminal in Utility
I have a version of KComm that uses the DB command, though I have no idea if it works through a P3 because I don't have a P3. I have pretty much lost all interest in the software development aspect of the hobby though I haven't completely given up on KComm as I still use it myself. However there are still several things outstanding to do before I go to all the trouble of updating the documentation, building an installer and officially releasing a new and hopefully final version and at the current rate of progress this might take a few more months. I did put an interim version that supports the DB command on the website for someone who asked, but it is only available as a zip file that you must install yourself: http://www.g4ilo.com/files/kcomm.zip . - Julian, G4ILO. K2 #392 K3 #222. * G4ILO's Shack - http://www.g4ilo.com * KComm - http://www.g4ilo.com/kcomm.html * KTune - http://www.g4ilo.com/ktune.html -- View this message in context: http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/RTTY-operation-with-Terminal-in-Utility-tp5565640p5566280.html Sent from the Elecraft mailing list archive at Nabble.com. __ 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] RTTY operation with Terminal in Utility
Hi Dunc -- Yeah, I'm well aware of that. I've been in communication with both Dick and Larry concerning this and they both say it was done to not allow collisions of data (in firmware uploads) but they also both agree that what I want to do will not cause a problem. They have limited my request which is possible and would not cause a problem, to keep from opening things up to cause others problems in the firmware uploads. They are working on the "situation" and will eventually have a solution, it just hasn't appeared yet. That was why I said "put in another plug" for it. I'm 'a waitin' 73, Jim - K5LAD On 24 Sep 2010 at 2:35, Duncan Carter wrote: > Currently, LP_Bridge blocks the K3 Utility because of potential > problems with K3 commands that have been removed from the current K3 > Utility. According to Larry Phipps, LP_Bridge will be changed to > allow the K3 Utility to be used with LP_Bridge but, AFAIK, this > hasn't been done yet. > > Dunc, W5DC > > === = Growing old is like being increasingly penalized for a crime you haven't committed. -- Anthony Powell - Visit my webpages at: http://www.hayseed.net/~jpk5lad/ === = __ 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
