Thanks Dick. The speed settings will be fun to sort.
73, Mike NF4L On 8/1/12 2:09 PM, Dick Dievendorff wrote: > The SteppIR controller should be looking for IF auto-info "responses" > containing frequencies from the K3. The P3 passes these through its serial > interface from the K3 to the computer side. > > There is additional "private traffic" between the P3 and K3; very likely the > SteppIR controller is smart enough to ignore that chitchat. > > The serial connection between the P3 and K3 is always 38400 bps (and the P3 > firmware should set this speed automatically). > > The serial speed between your Computer and P3 is whatever you set the P3 to. > Most computer software (and your StepIR) see the P3/K3 combination as a K3, > even though the computer serial cable is connected first to the P3. > > If the SteppIR controller needs to be at a speed other than 38400, you'll > need to put it on the computer side of the P3. > > Real experience (or info from SteppIR) should trump my theoretical opinion > here: I don't have a SteppIR controller. > > Dick, K6KR > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Mike > Sent: Wednesday, August 01, 2012 10:18 AM > To: Elecraft Reflector > Subject: [Elecraft] P3 hookup > > I've got a P3 coming, and just downloaded the manual. If I understand > correctly from the diagram on p 13, the RS232 path is Computer--->P3--->K3. > > Currently I have a "y" cable plugged into the K3. The cable from the 'puter > plugs into one leg of that, and the other leg goes to the SteppIR control > box. > > Do I leave that where it is? > > 73, Mike NF4L > > ______________________________________________________________ > 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
