Thanks for all the suggestions. Does anyone run Remote Rig and know what failsafe it may provide?
73 jim ab3cv On Mon, May 29, 2017 at 11:20 AM, Jim Miller <[email protected]> wrote: > In considering remote operation options I'm still struggling with how to > implement a kill switch that is foolproof. > > Last night we had several power glitches that left our Comcast modem hung > up. There was really no service outage in the area so all it took was > unplugging and replugging the modem to restore it. Of course it took nearly > 5 minutes to completely come alive with internet service active. > > This happens often enough that it makes me concerned that if internet > service is interrupted while I'm operating remotely I wouldn't be able to > kill the transmitter output. > > So I'm wondering if a better option is to have a deadman timer to kill the > K3 and amp output. Not sure what criteria I would use to reset the deadman. > I'm sure a Raspberry Pi or similar could be programmed to do the work. > > Suggestions welcomed! > > jim ab3cv > ______________________________________________________________ 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]
