There is no new protocol that I am aware of, just the RemoteRig support implementation.
73, Don W3FPR On 1/30/2012 8:37 AM, Thomas Horsten wrote: > Don, > > I was under the impression that a new protocol had been implemented in the > firmware, providing better performance and features for remote control > applications compared to the existing command set from the K3 Programmer's > Reference. > > The approach of continuously polling all values and attempting to emulate > panel key presses by translating them into the corresponding commands is > not very efficient for this purpose, and it's not possible to achieve 100% > synchronization and correct mapping of keys to functions. > > 73, Thomas M0TRN > > On 30 January 2012 13:34, Don Wilhelm<[email protected]> wrote: > >> Thomas, >> >> If you are referring to the recent support for RemoteRig, the >> description of that function can be found at the Elecraft website - >> search on "RemoteRig". Either the RemoteRig, or a communications link >> to connect 2 K3s (the local K3 controls the remote K3) is what is >> needed. What is required is a communications link, and not any >> particular protocol. >> >> If you are instead creating a control program to run on your computer >> and remotely control a single K3, then the K3 Programming reference is >> the documentation that you need. >> >> 73, >> Don W3FPR >> >> On 1/30/2012 7:00 AM, Thomas Horsten wrote: >>> Hi Elecraft list, >>> >>> I have read about the new K3 remote protocol (that's supported natively >> in >>> the latest firmwares of the K3), and I want to implement my own remote >>> control solution. However I haven't been able to find any documentation >> on >>> the remote protocol anywhere (implemented in Linux with software on a >>> Beagleboard acting as the backend to a GTK+ frontend emulating the user >>> interface on another machine in the network). >>> >>> Does anyone know if this documentation exists, and if not, when it will >> be >>> released? Apologies if there is an early beta/draft version of the >> protocol >>> documentation somewhere and I've missed it. If it's not out there, can >>> someone in the know provide me with a copy? >>> >>> 73, Thomas M0TRN >>> >> ______________________________________________________________ >> 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 > ______________________________________________________________ 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
