Jim; You'll need a serial "Y" cable. They can be had online and SteppIR sells one too.
I have the one from SteppIR. The cable runs from the serial port on my K3 to the serial port on my PC. The other segment of the "Y" runs to the upper-most serial port on the SteppIR controller. I have the SteppIR controller set to "KENW" mode and 4800 baud. I'm using XMLog by W1ECT. XMLog is set to Kenwood TS-2000 mode. Keep in mind that the SteppIR controller is just a passive listener on the serial line. It does not send serial commands. It only responds to commands it "overhears" being sent between the rig and PC. Also in the K3 CONFIG menu, you may want to set "AUTO INF" to "Auto 1". This causes the K3 to send a band/frequency data on the serial line every time you change frequency. Some log book software polls the rig continuously which lets the SteppIR track your band and frequency changes automatically. XM Log does not do this but setting AUTO INF to AUTO 1 accomplishes the same thing and my SteppIR follows as I QSY. Dave Quick KØEKL -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, April 21, 2008 9:57 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [Elecraft] K3 with SteppIR Is anyone on the reflector using their K3 with a SteppIR antenna and a logging program on their computer? I'm hoping to build a cable to unite my K3 (due in May or June) to the SteppIR box and the computer running Logger32. My Icom IC-756PRO just parallelled the CI-V cable from the radio to the SteppIR box and the serial port on the computer. I'm pretty sure the K3's not going to be that easy. Since the K3 is outputting to a serial port it sounds easy to connect to the computer's serial port but I don't quite see where the SteppIR box interfaces into the picture. Has anyone already plowed this ground? Any help is appreciated. 73, Jim - K5LAD "It's so simple to be wise. Just think of something stupid to say and then don't say it." -- Sam Levenson -------------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.hayseed.net/~jpk5lad/ _______________________________________________ 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
