I use a four port USB to serial adapter that connects to four Elecraft devices. It's almost as cheap and a bit simpler than a switch and associated cables. Gearmo makes it and I bought mine from Amazon. You might want a KXSER cables or the equivalent for the KAT500. Or use the KXUSB that comes with it.
Have fun!! Dick, K6KR Sent from my iPhone > On Sep 27, 2013, at 19:45, W5UXH <[email protected]> wrote: > > I placed the order for the factory assembled KPA and KAT to go with my > K3/100. I would like to identify any specific configuration items I need to > be aware of to hopefully smooth the integration of all three units. > > Things already taken care of: > Latest K3 firmware (04.67). > Two 15 pin cables assembled per AD5X instructions. > KPA and KAT utilities installed. > I plan to use a single USB to RS-232 cable (already in use on the K3) with a > switch box for all three units. I still need to fabricate the DE-9 to 1/8" > stereo plug adaptor for the KAT but have the wiring information needed for > that. > > Obvious configuration menu items to set: > Amplifier Key Interrupt Power: select "Optimize for the KPA500" > Tuner Antenna selection per band: I will set this appropriately for the two > antennas I use. (It appears that this can be set in the Configuration menu, > but it sounds as if one can just "train" this setting on each band while > training the tuner settings.) > > In reading the KPA and KAT manuals I have not run across anything else so > far. I will need to set my K3 drive level for each band of course > (currently set for an AL-80B/QSK amp). > > My hope is to be able to hook everything up and be ready to train the KAT > for each frequency segment of bands of interest, set the K3 drive level for > each band, and be ready to go. > > I will appreciate any suggestions / pointers that current users can provide. > I suspect there will be one or more menu items in the K3 needed, so I need > to study the K3 documentation next. > > > > > -- > View this message in context: > http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/KPA500-Suggested-checklist-for-installing-KPA-and-KAT-with-K3-tp7579314.html > Sent from the Elecraft mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > ______________________________________________________________ > 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
