I am confused about the connection and communication between my PC and my MicroHam stationmaster (SM), K3, P3 and hope that someone can help clear this up.
I just modified my K3 to upgrade it to the KIO3B digital I/O board. Before upgrading to the KIO3B, I had used a custom RS232 cable to the CAT port on the and the entire system worked fine using DXLabs, or N1MM as the “logger” program. To reconfigure the cables and connect them in the right order, I consulted the SM website and support page which indicates the connection flow was from the PC to the SM (all via USB), then to the P3, then to the K3. To implement this, I connected the PC to SM via USB, then used the E980296 “Y-Cable”, provided by Elecraft, and connected the RS-232 connectors to the back of the P3 (ensuring the cables matched the configuration shown in the KIO3B upgrade kit), and the other end with “RJ” connector to the K3. When I powered this system up, the K3 firmware recognized the KIO3-B board properly. However, this configuration does not work. Upon starting the Router program, the Tab indicating the status of the SM shows the usual green check mark. Moving to the port tab, the Router program indicates the COM port is open (one arrow green) and is sending data but it is not receiving anything back (red arrow is not present) from the radio. Have I configured the system correctly? BTW No changes were made to the inside of the SM. I had used COM Port 7 in my previous configuration and have not changed that either. 73’s, Greg N9GB ______________________________________________________________ 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 Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
