Bill (and others), Yes, your proposed solution works, but here's some more alternatives:
- grab one of those embarrasingly cheap USB-to-Serial sticks, plug that into the laptop's USB port, and voila, there's your DB9 - when going "remote control", you could use HAM Radio Deluxe, which is a more generic control system, or even G4ILO's K2/Net software, which uses a server part on the PC which actually "controls" the K2 (i.e. the one with the serial and/or audio cables attached), and then there's a nice graphical client program that connects to it. The remote-control software is free in both cases; the DB9 stick is about $12 here. Cheers, Fred PA4YBR/KA4YBR, K2/100 #05331 -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bill Carpenter Sent: donderdag 21 september 2006 16:54 To: elecraft list Subject: [Elecraft] Computer interface It's not a huge priority for me and I'm a computer dunce but I did go ahead and make up the interface cable from the K2/100 to the computer. The problem is that the Dell laptop I use in the shack (I use AClog by N3FJP) has no db9 port, just USB. I did hook up to the desktop that is nearby and the interface works fine. We do have a wireless home network so my question is - can I leave the K2 hooked up to the desktop and access any control software and my AClog through the network or do I need to buy a db9/usb interface to go directly to my laptop? If I can use the network (which was set up by our 19 year old son who is away at college so unable to help computer dunce Dad) how do I go about doing so? Thanks in advance and my apologies for the dumb questions :) 73, Bill NZ0T K2/100 5703 _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: [email protected] You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: [email protected] You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
