Full Ethernet capability - including working directly as a network device - is in the future. Full Ethernet capability reuires more than just an Ethernet to serial converter. If the Ethernet connectio is nothing more than an Ethernet to serial converter, then why not stay with straight serial port point to point communications. The addressing capability from a network is the advantage of Ethernet - the data to the device cnn be the same.
So show me an Ethernet to serial converter that can live at a device location without the need for a computer at the device end and I will concede. A plain Ethernet to serial converter is not that sophisticated (unless someone has found one that I have not looked at, or the price for the embedded copmuter is excessive). 73, Don W3FPR Ken Nicely wrote: > You are certainly right that there would need to be some intelligence added > in on the hardware side. Some of the newer pic controllers like the > pic18f87j60 (I happen to be playing with that one now) have much of the > functionality built into the controller and there are libraries for the > routines, so it is not such a big hurdle. It would have to me made a > priority by Elecraft and I am not so sure that there would be enough bang > for the buck for them to justify the work. I for one would buy an add on > board that went right in the radio for say $100 or maybe even a little more, > but I doubt I am in the majority. I also would doubt that there would be > enough people interested....even at that price. > > Ethernet is definitely be something I will be looking for in future radios. > > I purchased a Datacom Networking ATC-1000 recently and had it working with > the K3. It is an ethernet to serial port bridge device. It worked fine as > long as I was just talking to the K3 with one application, but as soon as I > had its virtual port being referenced by LP Bridge there seemed to be too > many layers of virtual ports and it became unstable. I did not spend a lot > of time trying to get it to work. That is on my todo list. I think I might > be able to get it working well with some tinkering of the settings. > > Ken KE3C > > > > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 9.0.733 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/2746 - Release Date: 03/14/10 > 03:33:00 > > ______________________________________________________________ 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
