Kel - I'd take the K3 out of the equation, and see if the Expert works correctly alone. And I wouldn't bet my life the cable is wired correctly. The DB 15 connector sounds a bit odd. Do you have a wiring diagram for the connection?
73, Mike NF4L On 5/16/2011 9:03 AM, Kjeld Holm wrote: > Dear All, > > I am confused after having tried almost anything to get my PC to control > both K3 and the Expert. I can controle K3 from HRD via COM1 with no > problems. > > My latest try to control the Expert was to have the factory make a cable to > me with DB-9 female from the computer and a DB-9 male going to the K3 and a > DB-15 male going to the Expert. So the cables should be all right from the > factory. > > My Expert is set to CAT = Kenwood and BAUD RATE 9600. > > My COM1 is set to Bits per second = 9600, Data bits = 8, Parity = None, Stop > bits = 1 and Flow control = None. > For flow control I have tried also Hardware and Xon/Xoff > > Result: K3 is following HRD fine. The Expert is doing nothing. > > What am I doing wrong? (Now that the cable must be OK as it is made by the > Italian factory). > > Vy 73 de > OZ1CCM Kel > > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[email protected] > > 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:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
