Mike, Thanks for these suggestions. This is what I was looking for. I just want a jump start. I am not going to concentrate on a fancy GUI - several nice GUI based applications already exist. I just want some basic functionality that can run on a small embedded processor (using LINUX, most likely). Main application is contesting (primarily CW but starting to do more SSB).
73, Tom KG3V Quoting Mike Markowski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Tom, > > Tom Zeltwanger wrote: > > Can anybody recommend a source of any open source software or libraries > > (preferably "C" language) for talking to my K2? I just build the KIO2 and > am > > looking at doing some custom interface programming. > > It's easy enough that you might not even need any other libraries. The real > work is to get the serial link going. After that, all k2 commands and > responses > are plain ascii with one exception. The "DS" command that returns the state > of > the display uses binary data. > > You might want to check out http://hamlib.org and its open source C code. > Since > it's designed to talk to many rig types, though, there's probably more > abstraction than you're interested in, but it might be useful. Also, the K2 > is > only partially supported by hamlib. > > I recently wrote some Java code (http://udel.edu/~mm/ham/elecraft/) for the > K2 > and W1 using the rxtx.org serial link support library and using rxtx and > writing > the graphical portions were the hardest parts. K2 control is mostly nice > and > easy. Since it wasn't designed to be 100% software controlled, the only > thing I > find cumbersome is dealing with rig functions that don't have dedicated > commands. For instance, take a look at what you need to do to turn on or > off > the power amp. :-) All in all, though, I think you'll find it easy enough. > > 73, > Mike ab3ap > _______________________________________________ > 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
