I recommend the Wizkers app. It is portable across several kinds of computers.
http://www.wizkers.io/ <http://www.wizkers.io/> In the KX3, you get the SWR by fetching the display characters, then translating them to numbers. Kind of messy. wunder K6WRU Walter Underwood CM87wj http://observer.wunderwood.org/ (my blog) > On Sep 23, 2016, at 10:12 AM, Holger Schurig <holgerschu...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi ho, > > I want to programmatically get the SWR, or at least an approximation of the > SWR via the serial cable. > > I found an old application kx3swr.py (http://robert.butera.org/?p=380), but > somehow this one returned always 0.0 as SWR back, which I didn't really > believe. Basically the program does this: > > select ATU menu: MN023; > turn ATU to bypass: MP001; > turn menu off: SWT09; > set frequency: FA ... ; > wait a bit > turn TUNE button: SWH16; > wait a bit > get VFO data: DS; > try to decipher it > release TUNE button: SWT16; > > However, my KX3 with firmware 2.38 always returns DS@@@@@>>@; as response. > Even when I do the steps manually. Did this change with some recent > firmware update, or did I miss something important? Only when outside of > TUNE I get some value, e.g. DS14³60°00. > > > Also, dear Elecraft, in the K3&KX3 Programmers manual you wrote in the BG > command description "CWT, SWR, and CMP readings not yet available". How > long is "not yet" going to take? :-) > > Or, dear Elecraft, maybe you implement the RM command like the Kenwood > TS850 or TS870 ... (I have found them used in the hamlib source). > > > 73, Holger > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 > Message delivered to wun...@wunderwood.org ______________________________________________________________ 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 Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
