If it were "open source" Elecraft could control what you did to your radio.
Sent from my iPhone ...nr4c. bill > On Dec 16, 2016, at 1:07 PM, Doug Person <[email protected]> wrote: > > I'm a big Pi fan myself. So if adding my voice provides any additional > influence - here it is. I'm also a programmer and I agree there is extra > work involved. If the utility was open source, then volunteers could join in > and manage the tool chain and build. I would certainly be happy to make a > contribution. > > The Raspberry Pi is a very hot platform that gets more and more capable with > each new board. Version 3 is quite amazing. I can hardly tell I'm running > on a little ARM box. It's power is the result of the advances in mobile > platforms, so the future for these little computers is very bright. > > Doug -- K0DXV > >> On 12/13/2016 8:28 PM, James Bennett wrote: >> Ah, crud - you know, I saw that "x86-based Linux” statement and it never >> dawned on me about the Pi being ARM-based!!! I should have known that, as I >> went through a ton of hoops getting WSJT-X and Hamlib running on the RPi >> because of that issue. In both instances I had to compile from source. Once >> the dependencies were addressed, the compilation process went well, although >> sloooooow. Well, I suppose Elecraft doesn’t provide source for the utility, >> so I guess I’ve got to pull the cable off the RPi and over to my iMac and >> run the Utility over there on OSX. Not cool, dang it. Oh well… >> >> Thanks for everyone’s input. >> >> 73 and Happy Holidays, Jim / W6JHB >> Folsom, CA >> >> >>> On Tuesday, Dec 13, 2016, at Tuesday, 6:16 PM, Tim Elwell >>> <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> The utility is compiled for the x86 architecture. You won't be able to run >>> it on the ARM architecture that the Pi runs on. The only way to do that is >>> for Elecraft to compile a version for the ARM. Last I seem to recall being >>> mentioned, there wasn't enough need to spend the time setting up the tool >>> chain and dependencies for the ARM platform. It would be time best spent >>> fixing other problems. >>> >>> I'm a Pi person myself and would like to see it for that platform, but do >>> understand as a programmer the difficulties of the extra support required >>> for another platform. And a small company has to watch their employee >>> capital. >>> >>> Here's hoping for the future, though. >>> >>> Tim >>> KG1GEM >>> >>> PS: Sorry Jim, I realized I mistakenly replied directly to you and not the >>> list originally. >>> >>> >>> On 12/13/16 7:53 PM, I'm a big Pi fan myself. So if adding my voice >>> provides any additional > influence - here it is. I'm also a programmer and I agree there is extra > work involved. If the utility was open source, then volunteers could join in > and manage the tool chain and build. I would certainly be happy to make a > contribution. > > The Raspberry Pi is a very hot platform that gets more and more capable with > each new board. Version 3 is quite amazing. I can hardly tell I'm running > on a little ARM box. It's power is the result of the advances in mobile > platforms, so the future for these little computers is very bright. > > Doug -- K0DXV > >> On 12/13/2016 8:28 PM, James Bennett wrote: >> Ah, crud - you know, I saw that "x86-based Linux” statement and it never >> dawned on me about the Pi being ARM-based!!! I should have known that, as I >> went through a ton of hoops getting WSJT-X and Hamlib running on the RPi >> because of that issue. In both instances I had to compile from source. Once >> the dependencies were addressed, the compilation process went well, although >> sloooooow. Well, I suppose Elecraft doesn’t provide source for the utility, >> so I guess I’ve got to pull the cable off the RPi and over to my iMac and >> run the Utility over there on OSX. Not cool, dang it. Oh well… >> >> Thanks for everyone’s input. >> >> 73 and Happy Holidays, Jim / W6JHB >> Folsom, CA >> >> >>> On Tuesday, Dec 13, 2016, at Tuesday, 6:16 PM, Tim Elwell >>> <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> The utility is compiled for the x86 architecture. You won't be able to run >>> it on the ARM architecture that the Pi runs on. The only way to do that is >>> for Elecraft to compile a version for the ARM. Last I seem to recall being >>> mentioned, there wasn't enough need to spend the time setting up the tool >>> chain and dependencies for the ARM platform. It would be time best spent >>> fixing other problems. >>> >>> I'm a Pi person myself and would like to see it for that platform, but do >>> understand as a programmer the difficulties of the extra support required >>> for another platform. And a small company has to watch their employee >>> capital. >>> >>> Here's hoping for the future, though. >>> >>> Tim >>> KG1GEM >>> >>> PS: Sorry Jim, I realized I mistakenly replied directly to you and not the >>> list originally. >>> >>> >>>> On 12/13/16 7:53 PM, James Bennett wrote: >>>> I’ve been using my KX3 connected to a Raspberry Pi 3 for quite some time, >>>> using CQRlog for logging, FLDIGI for PSK31, and recently, WXJT-X rc3 for >>>> JT9 and JT65. I’d like to load the most current firmware into the KX3 so I >>>> can get the full 15 watts out. I downloaded and un-tar’d the KX3 Utility >>>> from the Elecraft web site. So - now what? If I click on the “kx3util” >>>> executable, nothing happens. What is the secret procedure to get this >>>> going? I am using the Raspian Jessie (Debian Linux) OS on this RPi. >>>> >>>> >>> ______________________________________________________________ >>> 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 >>> Message delivered to [email protected] >> James Bennett >> [email protected] >> >> >> >> ______________________________________________________________ >> 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 >> Message delivered to [email protected] > > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 > Message delivered to [email protected] ______________________________________________________________ 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 Message delivered to [email protected]
