There are two questions on the list, here's what I know to both:
Re quoted message below: Yes. RemoteRig will install 4 "virtual" COM
ports. View them in the Device Manager under PORTS. If you're
fortunate, they will be labeled RRC-1258 COM0, -COM1, -COM2, and -COM
Extra. See below if you're not fortunate. Following each one, in [ ],
will be another COM port. Find the RRC-1258 COM1 port and use the [COMx]
as the port in your logger as the K3 port. It is really talking to the
remote radio. It's more or less transparent.
For the less fortunate: Sometimes some flavors of Win10 show the ports
in the Device Mangler, however they will be missing the RRC-1258 label.
Watch as you turn on the RRC, they always seem to come up in the order
listed above, label or not.
Re your other message: Yes, it is essentially like "being there," or
more appropriately, it is just as if your K3/mini is making the RF.
There is just barely noticeable latency if you spin the dial rapidly,
and there will be some I'net QRN [quick pops, and snaps], and
occasionally dropouts, depending on your connection and ISP. BW
requirements are fairly low, maybe 150-200 KBps, from watching the
router here[50 MBps ATT Uverse] here.
Teamviewer [or similar] can be used to control your station automation,
including the control program for the KPA500 or [I presume] the
KPA1500. Getting the P3 to work is another issue with no simple answer.
The P3 takes input from the remote K3's 8 MHz first IF. The P3 at the
remote is also connected to the remote K3 which makes the various modes
work and track the radio.I'm sure many technological suggestions will be
forthcoming here, but believe me, it is non-trivial.
Teamviewer latency is annoyingand makes dragging windows around the
screen or resizing them very frustrating. Controlling rotators works OK
but you need to cultivate a high degree of patience with the mouse.
If you want to switch the remote radio to local when you're there, just
disconnect the RRC-1258. A lot of the details depend on how you're
keying and connecting the mic/headphones/spkrs. Running remote, keying
the mini [from the internal keyer or the key jack] keys the remote. The
mic/line in function just as if they were connected AT the remote.
Hope this helps
73,
Fred ("Skip") K6DGW
Sparks NV USA
Washoe County DM09dn
On 8/13/2017 5:34 PM, Jim Miller wrote:
Another K3/0-mini RR question:
If I have a laptop at the control point running my logging program or N1MM+
for contesting how does it communicate with K3/0-mini if the mini is
connected to the RR?
thanks
jim ab3cv
On Sun, Aug 13, 2017 at 8:08 PM, Jim Miller <[email protected]> wrote:
I have a K3s, P3 (and someday a KPA1500) and I'm considering a RemoteRig
and K3/Mini for remote operation.
I realize the P3 access and KPA1500 if any will need to come from some
other source like Teamviewer or VNC. I need that for controlling the
rotator and power switching anyway.
I'm told that RR/K3-mini performance is like "being there."
One issue I have is the amount of disconnecting and reconnecting of cables
when switching from local operation of the K3s to setting up for remote
operation.
Nothing I've seen in the documentation leads me to believe that this
reconfiguration of cabling for the K3s is any simpler that what is needed
for the original K3.
For those of you who have RR and a K3s: did I miss something? Does the
cleaned up wiring on the K3s via USB for normal local operation offer any
advantages when it comes to RR configuration?
Thanks
jim ab3cv
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