Rick; I am suspecting that the remote software isn’t checking for fan control properly.
The ^FC; command can both set and read the fan setting; the remote software should certainly be reading it. There is a command that has not yet been added to the KPA500 Programmer’s document to report fan speed. It is: ^FS; The response will be: ^FSn; where n is an integer from 0 to 6 indicating the current fan speed. The Fan Control setting is saved in EEPROM and is sticky. It will be preserved across power cycles. And now I will spend some of my holidays updating the KPA programmer’s reference. It is a far better experience than going to the mall… 73! Jack, W6FB > On Dec 24, 2017, at 2:28 PM, Rick Tavan <[email protected]> wrote: > > Yes, I think I've seen something like that but wasn't able to characterize > it succinctly. I often set the fan on 1 or 2 when operating remotely. If I > power cycle the amp, it seems to come up with KPA500 Remote saying the fan > is on 0 when in fact it's still on 1 or 2 ... I think. Two possibilities: > > 1. It might be best to reset the fan to zero when it powers up. Then the > KPA500 Remote display would be correct, albeit only by coincidence. I don't > know how many people prefer the fan setting to persist through power > cycles, though. > 2. It might be best for KPA500 Remote to read the current fan setting at > power up and display it correctly intentionally. I don't know if that > setting is readable, though. > > 73, > > /Rick N6XI > > > Rick Tavan > Truckee, CA > > On Sun, Dec 24, 2017 at 9:32 AM, Michael Walker <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> I run my KPA500 remotely... very remotely >> >> There are times when I am running at full power in a carrier mode that I >> turn the fan on high manually. Which is pretty funny when it is blowing >> -10C air through it. >> >> Then, when I am done, I turn it down. >> >> But.. there are times when I actually get to the remote station and find >> that that fan is still running at high speed even though all the remote >> controls show it at low speed. >> >> Has anyone else notices this? >> >> 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] >> > ______________________________________________________________ > 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]
