That will make it easy. You can either use a USB cable or an RS232 cable. Both will work fine.
73, Mike va3mw On Fri, May 5, 2017 at 12:33 PM, Harry Yingst <[email protected]> wrote: > Thank you > > The USB cable will be under 15 feet as the room I'm moving it to a finished > storeroom in > my basement is directly below me. I could run serial but the USB makes for > a easier install. > > One advantage of the move will be easy access to run a new 220 to that room > > The one thing I forgot about is the 15 pin aux cable but at that length it > will probably be OK. > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > *From:* Michael Walker <[email protected]> > *To:* Harry Yingst <[email protected]> > *Cc:* "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > *Sent:* Friday, May 5, 2017 8:06 AM > *Subject:* Re: [Elecraft] Remoting the KPA500 & KAT500? > > Hi Harry > > You have 2 ways to do this and extending USB is not the best choice if it > would work at all. > > Depending on how far the run is, it might be able to do it via RS232 (from > your USB connector) direct into back of devices. While the spec for RS232 > is about 20ft or less, I currently run RS232 over 120' at 9600 baud. That > is fast enough for these devices. You don't need to go to 38,400 baud as > that will limit your cable length. > > This is what I do on my remote base for my Steppir and Rotator control and > the tower is 120ft away from the computers. I don't use any tuners, as > that is one less thing to worry about. None of my equipment is heated and > I have seen it work down to -30C without issue. > > Your other option is to run a LAN cable and use RS232 over IP adapters > such as https://www.amazon.com/USR-TCP232-306-Serial-Ethernet- > Converter-RS232/dp/B01MXWACF3/ref=sr_1_8?ie=UTF8&qid= > 1493985728&sr=8-8&keywords=rs232+lan. The guys are RS485.com have some > cool stuff as well. www.rs485.com > > You run some software in your computer that will run the Elecraft > software. From Elecrafts perspective, it looks like a normal serial port. > On the other end the KPA500 plugs into the device above. > > One last option is to use RS422 boxes that extend RS232 for miles. > > Don't forget, you will need good AC power installed. If you can, I would > recommend using 220V and not 115V as that will limit your voltage drop. > > I hope that helps > > Mike va3mw > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________ 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]
