Re: [Elecraft] K3 - Steppir interfacing

2019-08-15 Thread Joe Subich, W4TV
oun...@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

Re: [Elecraft] K3 - Steppir interfacing

2019-08-15 Thread Ray Albers
Joe, you're right of course - and thank you. I have no clue why I typed DTR! Google sources did indeed say RXD (received data, pin 2) and that is in fact how I wired the cable. I guess I was looking at my hand drawn schematic notes and my eyes got a little dyslexic. Also, thanks to you and othe

Re: [Elecraft] K3 - Steppir interfacing

2019-08-14 Thread Bill Frantz
The StepIR controller learns the frequency the radio is using by reading the RS-232 interface between the computer and the radio. It does not need to send data on that interface, so don't connect the transmit data line to protect the devices. RS-232 interfaces can have only one device capable o

Re: [Elecraft] K3 - Steppir interfacing

2019-08-14 Thread Dr. William J. Schmidt
-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

Re: [Elecraft] K3 - Steppir interfacing

2019-08-14 Thread Joe Subich, W4TV
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

Re: [Elecraft] K3 - Steppir interfacing

2019-08-14 Thread Bill Johnson
bject: [Elecraft] K3 - Steppir interfacing 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 St

[Elecraft] K3 - Steppir interfacing

2019-08-14 Thread Ray Albers
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. W