Hi Tom, This looks like a cool project. :=)
On Sat, 2012-04-14 at 23:31 -0700, tomb18 wrote: > In order for the P3 to control the K3 it must maintain communications via a > serial link. Thus one needs to use a com port sharing program such as > LP-Bridge or LP-Bridge 2. This works fine within the design parameters of > the program. As I have not used these programs before, are there any issues > with them that I should be aware of? Everything is working fine and far > better than I thought. I'm not sure how you have things set up, but you should be able to leave the P3's "XCVR" RS-232 port connected directly to the K3 and connect the computer's RS-232 to the P3's "PC" port. The software on the PC can send either P3 commands, K3 commands, or both over the same interface. LP-Bridge should not be required unless you have more than one PC program talking to the P3/K3 over a shared COM port. > I have found a bug in the P3 firmware: Issuing the #REF command only allows > setting over -140 to -90 not to +10 as stated in the manual. This is not > big issue since if you need your reference level at -90 you have other > problems! The #REF command should work over a -170 dBm to +10 dBm range. There may be come confusion due to the fact that the REF command uses dBm units and the P3's REF LVL control uses "-dBm" units. So if you send the command "#REF-090;" and then access REF LVL on the P3 it will read positive 90. Alan N1AL ______________________________________________________________ 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
