Re: [Elecraft] Need more than one serial port?

2009-10-12 Thread NZ0T
It doesn't work with K3EZ does it Larry? N8LP wrote: You may want to look at my free LP-Bridge program. It acts as a clearing house for the K3. There is just one cable between the PC and K3. All your loggers and other programs (up to 5 of them) connect to the K3 through virtual ports in

Re: [Elecraft] Need more than one serial port?

2009-10-11 Thread chen dave
On Sat, Oct 10, 2009 at 11:23 PM, Paul paul.rei...@earthlink.net wrote: I am working on the BESCOTP award--the Bought Every Single Cable On The Planet award... The DB-9 serial port on the back of the K-3 here has a special cable running to the Steppir antenna controller. Now I need to access

Re: [Elecraft] Need more than one serial port?

2009-10-11 Thread N8LP
You may want to look at my free LP-Bridge program. It acts as a clearing house for the K3. There is just one cable between the PC and K3. All your loggers and other programs (up to 5 of them) connect to the K3 through virtual ports in LP-Bridge. You can also connect two devices such as a SteppIR

[Elecraft] Need more than one serial port?

2009-10-10 Thread Paul
I am working on the BESCOTP award--the Bought Every Single Cable On The Planet award... The DB-9 serial port on the back of the K-3 here has a special cable running to the Steppir antenna controller. Now I need to access the same port from the computer for another application, mainly my

Re: [Elecraft] Need more than one serial port?

2009-10-10 Thread Dave KQ3T
Paul, Ten-Tec, amongst others, sells a USB-to-Serial adapter http://store.tentec.com/accessories/#316. 73, Dave KQ3T Paul wrote: snip A secondary problem is that the computer only has USB ports, no serial port. It's an IBM Thinkpad. I believe it has 4 USB 2.0 ports available. Any info

Re: [Elecraft] Need more than one serial port?

2009-10-10 Thread Julian, G4ILO
Paul-30 wrote: So, how are you contesters out there doing that? Is there a Y cable made for DB-9? If so, wouldn't that pin out be different than the one for the SteppIR and cause problems? You can't connect two cables to one serial port. The SteppIR controller has two serial ports called

Re: [Elecraft] Need more than one serial port?

2009-10-10 Thread Bob Tellefsen
] Need more than one serial port? I am working on the BESCOTP award--the Bought Every Single Cable On The Planet award... The DB-9 serial port on the back of the K-3 here has a special cable running to the Steppir antenna controller. Now I need to access the same port from the computer

Re: [Elecraft] Need more than one serial port?

2009-10-10 Thread Mike
Julian, G4ILO wrote: Paul-30 wrote: So, how are you contesters out there doing that? Is there a Y cable made for DB-9? If so, wouldn't that pin out be different than the one for the SteppIR and cause problems? You can't connect two cables to one serial port. The SteppIR controller

Re: [Elecraft] Need more than one serial port?

2009-10-10 Thread Julian, G4ILO
Mike-39 wrote: There is also a schematic on the Steppir Yahoo group site http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SteppIR/files/ titled Y-cable.pdf and stamped by Fluid Motion that indicates that you can indeed Y the serial hoookup. Of course, you'll have to wire your own DB-9(s). It only has

Re: [Elecraft] Need more than one serial port?

2009-10-10 Thread Joe Subich, W4TV
: [Elecraft] Need more than one serial port? Julian, G4ILO wrote: Paul-30 wrote: So, how are you contesters out there doing that? Is there a Y cable made for DB-9? If so, wouldn't that pin out be different than the one for the SteppIR and cause problems? You can't

Re: [Elecraft] Need more than one serial port?

2009-10-10 Thread Gregg W6IZT
@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Need more than one serial port? It only has a 2 wire connection to the SteppIR controller. This is the scheme I'm planning on trying when the SteppIR goes back up. Am I barking up the wrong tower? Not at all. Exchange the DB9F (computer) and DB9M (radio

Re: [Elecraft] Need more than one serial port?

2009-10-10 Thread Joe Subich, W4TV
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Need more than one serial port? AutoInf=On? I just scanned thru menu and config. Where do I find this parameter? -Original Message- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Joe Subich, W4TV Sent: Saturday

Re: [Elecraft] Need more than one serial port?

2009-10-10 Thread Mike
PM To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Need more than one serial port? AutoInf=On? I just scanned thru menu and config. Where do I find this parameter? -Original Message- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf

Re: [Elecraft] Need more than one serial port?

2009-10-10 Thread NZ0T
I use this program: http://www.eterlogic.com/Products.VSPE.html It's a virtual port/splitter that allows you to create additional ports and use one cable to run multiple applications. Works well for me so far. 73 Bill nz0t Paul-30 wrote: I am working on the BESCOTP award--the Bought Every