Re: [Elecraft] Serial port woes with KIO3B

PM To: Elecraft List Subject: [Elecraft] Serial port woes with KIO3B Yesterday, I installed a KIO3B update kit in my K-3. Everything appears to work OK except for the USB serial port. At first, this morning, everything seemed to be working OK - the K3 was controlling my amp and reading out freque

Re: [Elecraft] Serial port woes with KIO3B

Are you using com port 10 on all applications? Bob, W1EQ Get Outlook for iOS<https://aka.ms/o0ukef> From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net on behalf of Pete Smith N4ZR Sent: Tuesday, May 2, 2023 2:50:20 PM To: Elecraft List Subject: [Elecraft] Seria

[Elecraft] Serial port woes with KIO3B

Yesterday, I installed a KIO3B update kit in my K-3.  Everything appears to work OK except for the USB serial port.  At first, this morning, everything seemed to be working OK - the K3 was controlling my amp and reading out frequency to DXLab Commander.  I started trying to configure N1MM to re

Re: [Elecraft] Serial port problems

Many USB>Serial cables contain counterfeit chips. The legitimate makers fought back by installing driver instructions that disable the counterfeit. Maybe your update finally caught up. The Elecraft cables are legitimate. Don't buy cheap knock-offs from the Internet. k4ia, Buck K3# 101 Hono

Re: [Elecraft] Serial port problems

The culprit was the serial/USB cable. Got a new one from Elecraft and all is well. Thank you all. 73, Gary W7TEA > On Jul 16, 2019, at 1:17 PM, Gary Tuck wrote: > > For the first time I am having difficulties communicating with my K3/P3. The > only thing which has changed is an upgrade to

Re: [Elecraft] Serial port problems

Gary, did you remember to unplug the serial cable when you reinstalled the FTD driver? I guess it's the same procedure as it's on my 7300. Maybe I'm wrong. Bert VE3NR On 7/16/2019 4:17 PM, Gary Tuck via Elecraft wrote: For the first time I am having difficulties communicating with my K3/P3.

[Elecraft] Serial port problems

For the first time I am having difficulties communicating with my K3/P3. The only thing which has changed is an upgrade to the Mac OS. Now running 10.14.5 Mohave. I reinstalled the FTD driver for the serial cable, tried both my iMac and MacBook and neither finds the P3 responding. I have not

[Elecraft] "Serial port is closed"

Hello, Elecraft - Working on getting the K3 hooked up to a Dell Latitude laptop but can’t seem to make a connection using the K3 Utility. Using the serial to USB adapter cable. On the K3 Utility port page, no ports show up, and there is a notation at the bottom, “Serial port is closed”. D

Re: [Elecraft] Serial Port Question...

Tom, Thank you for looking that over, it would have taken me a day or more as I have not looked at serial output for a decade or more... :) I will investigate MixW and see what I can find... If I find a fix, I will post it here. -- Thanks and 73's, For equipment, and software setups and review

Re: [Elecraft] Serial Port Question...

Dave sent me a log of the serial port activity from MixW, showing the steady state and the situation when he is tuning using the software and the K3. The steady state polling form MixW to the K3 consists of the commands: IF; and FB; So basically it is polling the radio for the transceiver inform

Re: [Elecraft] Serial Port Question...

Hi Joe, OK I understand now, thanks for clearing that up... I will see if I can locate that info in either program. I do have a serial capture from both programs, and they do look vastly different... I am a bit reticent to put them up here, due to size... -- Thanks and 73's, For equipment, and s

Re: [Elecraft] Serial Port Question...

No, that's *not* what I was asking. How many times per second do the particular programs send an "up 100 Hz" command to the radio? How quickly can they send commands? Some programs store the "move up" or "move down" commands and pace them out one every 100 ms or one every 250 ms or one every 5

Re: [Elecraft] Serial Port Question...

e: 06/07/2014 6:08 PM (GMT-05:00) > To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net > Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Serial Port Question... > > > Both were set at 100 Hz per click on the mouse wheel... I believe > that > is what you are asking. > -- > Thanks and 73's, &g

Re: [Elecraft] Serial Port Question...

  Original message From: David Cole Date: 06/07/2014 6:08 PM (GMT-05:00) To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Serial Port Question... Both were set at 100 Hz per click on the mouse wheel...  I believe that is what you are asking. -- Thanks and 73's

Re: [Elecraft] Serial Port Question...

Both were set at 100 Hz per click on the mouse wheel... I believe that is what you are asking. -- Thanks and 73's, For equipment, and software setups and reviews see: www.nk7z.net for MixW support see; http://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/mixw/info for Dopplergram information see: http://groups.yah

Re: [Elecraft] Serial Port Question...

What is the command rate of MixW? Each program has it's own polling or command rate and they can differ by a substantial amount. 73, ... Joe, W4TV On 2014-07-06 5:15 PM, David Cole wrote: I have a question about serial ports and the K3... first let me set the stage for the failures...

[Elecraft] Serial Port Question...

I have a question about serial ports and the K3... first let me set the stage for the failures... Setup: I have a K3, (two RX), and a P3, (SVGA), connected to my Windows machine, which is running a fully updated and patched version of XP, using a RS-232 serial cable, and the built in serial card,

Re: [Elecraft] Serial port control of KPA500?

Ok, thanks for the info. -- View this message in context: http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/Serial-port-control-of-KPA500-tp7572285p7572289.html Sent from the Elecraft mailing list archive at Nabble.com. __ Elecraft mailing list Ho

Re: [Elecraft] Serial port control of KPA500?

an.qth.net [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of tomb18 Sent: Saturday, April 06, 2013 10:54 AM To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: [Elecraft] Serial port control of KPA500? Hi, I have the K3, KPA500 and the P3. So far I only connected the KPA directly to my computer but it s

[Elecraft] Serial port control of KPA500?

Hi, I have the K3, KPA500 and the P3. So far I only connected the KPA directly to my computer but it should work like the K3 right? So, can I just take the out of the P3 and plug the cable into the RS232 port on the KPA500? Thanks -- View this message in context: http://elecraft.365791.n2.n

Re: [Elecraft] Serial Port on K3

2012/2/29 > Ordinarily, I never power my K3 from other that more-than-adequate > 13.8-Volt DC supplies, but this was like an emergency/field day setup and > it > disclosed a problem. Now, you see my concern about the K3 serial port > failing > with a lowered supply voltage to the K3? > > Hi Bert

[Elecraft] Serial Port on K3

Jim, K9YC, Let me address the questions you posed in your e-mail: 1. The K3 was powered directly from a 54-AH AGM battery using a 4-foot #10 red/black wire pair (same as what I use in the shack with an Astron RS-35M). 2. The computer/laptop (IBM Thinkpad 390X -- with genuine RS232 serial p

Re: [Elecraft] Serial Port on K3

On 2/27/2012 8:48 PM, n...@aol.com wrote: > So, is the K3 serial port supposed to crap out when the rig's voltage > supply isn't optimum? > Several questions. First, how are you powering the rig? Two wires straight to the battery? What conductor size? How long? Did you have two wires runn

Re: [Elecraft] Serial Port on K3

Actually you don't know if the problem is with the rig or the serial port on the computer. One or the other is out of spec as IIRC an rs232 port should respond at +/- 9 volts. If you have a scope handy you might sniff out the signal voltages on the data lines and see what the swing is. Jim K0XU Se

[Elecraft] Serial Port on K3

Saturday, I was preparing my mobile station for the NCQP on Sunday. I was using external power to my K3 from a fully charged AGM battery. Running 50 watts into a good antenna, everything seemed okay; I made a lengthy 40M CW contact and next hooked up my laptop for logging. That's where I ran

[Elecraft] Serial port control line CW keying with KPA100 supplied cable - where to find the modification schematic ?

Hi there, On page 63 in the KPA100 manual ("CW keying and PTT"-section) there is a vague comment at the end of the section referring to the Elecraft homepage for references to the NPN-transistor and diode circuit that can be added to the K2 / 100 to use the white wire in the Serial cable for C

Re: [Elecraft] Serial port sharing

It sure would be nice if somebody came out with a hardware dongle that did this splitting into 3 or 4 ports. While I use LP-Bridge here, I'd rather do with a hardware solution. Of course the P3 already shares and passes through one port. 73 de Brian/K3KO David Herring wrote: > Anyone know of a

[Elecraft] Serial port sharing

Anyone know of a serial port sharing software similar to LP-Bridge, for the Mac? Would love to have Mac Logger DX and fldigi talking to the rig at the same time. Ok, ok, I know it's a little off topic, but I'd be using this WITH my "Elecraft K3". :-) Thanks, Dave, AH6TD (formerly K6DCH)

Re: [Elecraft] Serial port RTS problem [was: Different mode]

Hi Don, i had just come to the same suspicion when I read your email. And we are right. My homebrew desktop system (Tyan Tiger dual AMD board) works fine. This is a Dell problem. I will look around to see if there is an updated serial port driver that fixes this. I will be pleasantly surprised

Re: [Elecraft] Serial port RTS problem [was: Different mode]

Bill, Just out of curiosity, I tried it here too. Your momentary action may be 'normal' I tried it in CW mode and set the K3 menu to key on DTR. When I issued the command mode com1 dtr=on, the K3 keyed for a very brief time and then went back to receive - it did not stay key-down as I expected

Re: [Elecraft] Serial port RTS problem [was: Different mode]

Hi Julian, Fascinating! (as Mr Spock would say). I first enabled PTT=RTS on the K3. The rig keyed up as usual. I then asserted the command line you suggested in a command window, and the RTS line dropped but then immediately reasserted itself -- I would say the dropped time was maybe 200 ms.

Re: [Elecraft] Serial port RTS problem [was: Different mode]

Bill W5WVO wrote: > > Julian et al., > > I have always used VOX for WSJT keying, so I tried setting it up for RTS > control > as you suggest above. But when I try to configure the K3 for ether PTT=RTS > or > PTT=DTR with NO RS232-controlling application (like WSJT) running, the rig > keys >

Re: [Elecraft] Serial Port - DB-9 vs. RJ-45

On Jun 21, 2006, at 7:31 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Four problems with using an RJ-45 for the port on the K2: - Only 8 wires - Not shielded - Could be mistaken for something else just as easily as a DB-9 Don't use it as a serial port -- use it as a 10BaseT connection. And now the big one

Re: [Elecraft] Serial Port - DB-9 vs. RJ-45

mper - the cables can come pre-crimped. Just solder the other connector on the other end. 73, James KB2FCV -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Sent: Wed, 21 Jun 2006 19:31:36 EDT Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Serial Port - DB-9 vs. RJ-45 Four problems with u

Re: [Elecraft] Serial Port - DB-9 vs. RJ-45

Four problems with using an RJ-45 for the port on the K2: - Only 8 wires - Not shielded - Could be mistaken for something else just as easily as a DB-9 And now the big one: Crimping an RJ-45 plug requires a special tool (mine "only" cost $30), and the plugs are one-shot items. DB-9 is no harder

RE: [Elecraft] Serial Port

Julius, The K2 does not have a Serial Port - it has an AUX I/O connector. Not to belabor the point, but there is a BIG difference (see prior posts). The real answer depends on the signal lines that are connected and the cable distance between them. No one answer applies to all, it is signal spe

Re: [Elecraft] Serial Port

The KRC2 is an inline device, it has 2 DB9's on it. You cable from the K2 to the KRC2, then from KRC2 to downstream serial stuff like computer. I believe you cable to the KAT100 in parallel with the KRC2 .. check the KRC2 manual. I think you'll need a seperate serial port for the steppir controlle

[Elecraft] Serial Port

Another silly question: Just how many devices can I daisy chain from the K2 Serial Port? Currently, I just use the KAT100 and my computers, but soon I will need to connect the KRC2 and the controller for a SteppIr. Will I need to do anything special or ??? Cheers, Julius n2wn ___

RE: [Elecraft] serial port remote control of K2 question

At 05:10 PM 3/27/2006, Don Wilhelm wrote... >It is unfortunate that the PC world uses these DE9 connectors for RS-232, >and it is (was) a PC world implementation only, real RS-232 ports use the >DB9 or the RJ45 connectors - these are defined in the RS-232 standard, the >DE9 connector is not in the

RE: [Elecraft] serial port remote control of K2 question

Nick, That is the implementation I have chosen for protection against accidents, YMMV. The hardest part of accomplishing that is removing the male #4 pin from the mating connector. Actually I can understand little advantage in using a non-conductor, a chunk of wire works fine too, but certainly a

Re: [Elecraft] serial port remote control of K2 question

Don Wilhelm wrote: > CAUTION! Be Aware - your K2 can be damaged by connecting some of the RS-232 > signals. > > The K2 AUX IO port is NOT an RS232 port! Maybe we should all do the "toothpick in pin 4" mod? -- "Nosey" Nick Waterman, G7RZQ, K2 #5209. use Std::Disclaimer;[EMAIL PROTECTED] Lae

RE: [Elecraft] serial port remote control of K2 question

hi Bill, [EMAIL PROTECTED] schrieb am 27 Mar 2006 um 20:25: > Werner, I have the CTR device and it works very nicely. I am using the > trick is to get the mating with the pocket PC device. I used the directions > available on the internet. I really like having the logging, DX cluster and > al

RE: [Elecraft] serial port remote control of K2 question

K9YEQ K2-35; KX1-35/3080 ___ -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dr. Werner Furlan Sent: Monday, March 27, 2006 2:27 PM To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: [Elecraft] serial port remote control of K2 question hi

RE: [Elecraft] serial port remote control of K2 question

:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rich Lentz Sent: Monday, March 27, 2006 5:01 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Elecraft Reflector Subject: RE: [Elecraft] serial port remote control of K2 question Upon looking at the various pages you referred to, it appears that they have made the proper adaptor for use

RE: [Elecraft] serial port remote control of K2 question

Furlan Sent: Monday, March 27, 2006 2:27 PM To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: [Elecraft] serial port remote control of K2 question hi all, has anybody already connected a Bluetooth CTR Interface to the serial port of the K2? What are the voltage levels needed? RS232 or TTL? FYI, the CTR

RE: [Elecraft] serial port remote control of K2 question

This question gives me cause to post my occasional RANT for the protection of your K2. CAUTION! Be Aware - your K2 can be damaged by connecting some of the RS-232 signals. The K2 AUX IO port is NOT an RS232 port! Although the port has 3 pins that are compatible with RS-232 levels (RXD, TXD, and

[Elecraft] serial port remote control of K2 question

hi all, has anybody already connected a Bluetooth CTR Interface to the serial port of the K2? What are the voltage levels needed? RS232 or TTL? FYI, the CTR Interface page is here: http://www.lynovation.com/ 73! de Werner OE9FWV -- Powered by Pegasus Mail - free at Home

Re: [Elecraft] serial port shortage?? a great solution

i just bought some USB to serial port converters... like the one I have been using for the piles of serial stuff i have. I have no connection to this place , other than believing it is a good deal for this group. 8 serials from a USB port. And they are very configurable... from the edgeport

Re: [Elecraft] Serial port keying via the K2 (Logger32)

I am wondering why these programs like Logger32 and others do not implement the same scheme for the K2 as used in K24U. There is no external hardware (i.e. transistors etc.) to "key" the K2. The K2 "KY" command implements keyboard CW with no "external" hardware needed. A single keyer trans

Re: [Elecraft] Serial port keying via the K2 (Logger32)

John, Depends on the program. Most use serial port keying; works even if you are using a USB-serial converter which I am doing right now. For example, MixW lets you select either DTR or RTS for PTT or CW, but some programs use one for CW and one for DTR but not both for both.. I don't use

Re: [Elecraft] Serial port keying via the K2 (Logger32)

On Wed, 13 Oct 2004 19:24:17 -0400, john wrote: >I wonder if other K2 owners (with the KI02 option of course!) >are using computer keying? If so, did you implement >it using the DTR or PTT method via the serial port, or >via the parallel port? I have been using DTR keying with WriteLog quite

RE: [Elecraft] Serial port keying via the K2 (Logger32)

ll use the 'printer' port. BTW, the N3FJP software also allows this. 73, Jamie WB4YDL -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of john Sent: Wednesday, October 13, 2004 6:24 PM To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: [Elecraft] Serial po

[Elecraft] Serial port keying via the K2 (Logger32)

I wonder if other K2 owners (with the KI02 option of course!) are using computer keying? If so, did you implement it using the DTR or PTT method via the serial port, or via the parallel port? Are there advantages to one method over another? Thanks! John K5MO --- Checked by AVG anti-virus syst