Actually, the preferred method is to use a regular "Y" cable and a cable for the SteppIR's "S26" cable schematic intended specifically for the K3. It can be found in the Steppir groups.IO file section, or I can send it to you.
Dr. William J. Schmidt - K9HZ J68HZ 8P6HK ZF2HZ PJ4/K9HZ VP5/K9HZ PJ2/K9HZ Owner - Operator Big Signal Ranch – K9ZC Staunton, Illinois Owner – Operator Villa Grand Piton – J68HZ Soufriere, St. Lucia W.I. Rent it: www.VillaGrandPiton.com Like us on Facebook! Moderator – North American QRO Group at Groups.IO. email: b...@wjschmidt.com -----Original Message----- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Joe Subich, W4TV Sent: Wednesday, August 14, 2019 9:44 PM To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net; rayalb...@gmail.com Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3 - Steppir interfacing > I made up a Y cable to interconnect K3, SteppIR controller and > computer. Lots of Googling told me that the connections to SteppIR > controller should be only DTR and Gnd, so I made sure that was how it > was wired. Your Google "sources" are nonsense. The direct version of this e-mail includes the schematic for the *STEPPIR* Y cable. 73, ... Joe, W4TV On 2019-08-14 8:47 PM, Ray Albers wrote: > So a couple of days ago I posted tale of woe, trying to get my newly > acquired K3 to work with MixW - well, thanks to a few off line e-mails > and some stumbling around, I got that working. Ditto, got N1MM+ working great. > > Next - how to get the K3 to play with my SteppIR vertical antenna > controller. Worked fine with my ICOM 746PRO, where I had both MixW and > SteppIR autotracking working fine with the radio. > > So: My computer is a Windows XP thing that I bought specifically > because it has an actual RS232 (9 pin) serial interface, so no need to > struggle with a serial to USB adapter. I made up a Y cable to > interconnect K3, SteppIR controller and computer. Lots of Googling > told me that the connections to SteppIR controller should be only DTR > and Gnd, so I made sure that was how it was wired. Other posts point > out that the CONFIG AutoInf should be set to Auto1 (one post said it > should be set to Norm, so I tried it both ways). I even tried setting > K3, SteppIR and computer to a slower data rate (9600) in case the 38k > rate was too fast. No joy. Did the obvious newbie stuff like turning > things on and off, plugging and unplugging cables - still NG. > > As I said, my logging program and N1MM are working just fine (one at a > time, of course), and I could live without having the SteppIR do > autotracking as I change bands/frequencies, but dagnabbit!!! it's the > principle of the thing! I ought to be able to have everything working. > > Any suggestions would be appreciated. > > 73 > Ray K2HYD --- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG. https://www.avg.com ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
