Re: [Elecraft] Fldigi - K3 connection

2017-01-01 Thread Brian Waterworth
Sometimes I have found that when starting FlDigi, the cat linkage doesn't work on FLDigi's start-up. I then have to go to FLDigi's menu and do the following: Configure-->Rig Control-->RigCat tab --> Initialize button. If the button doesn't turn red, you should be able to see changes on the rig

Re: [Elecraft] Fldigi - K3 connection

2017-01-01 Thread George Kidder
Hi Brian, Thanks for the reply. I had found that "howto" file, but can't make much sense of it. The current K3.xml file relays changes between the rig and the two little blue boxes under the frequency display, but these changes are not reflected in the fldigi operate mode, nor do changes in

Re: [Elecraft] Fldigi - K3 connection

2017-01-01 Thread Matt Zilmer
Hi George, Do you mean DATA/USB/CW/etc. mode information, or something else? I have fldigi 3.22 displaying DATA mode during normal operation, using Rigcat and K3.XML as the rig control template. Are you saying you can't see a mode change after accessing the drop-down (next to the main

Re: [Elecraft] Fldigi - K3 connection

2017-01-01 Thread Brian Waterworth
Yes, I have had success with my KX3 and FlDigi by modifying the rig xml for the K3 as a starting point. Here is the howto: http://www.w1hkj.com/FldigiHelp/rig_xml_page.html It took me a little longer to figure out the xml file's relationships, but this howto didn't exist then. Once you see the

[Elecraft] Fldigi - K3 connection

2017-01-01 Thread George Kidder
Hi gang, I am running fldigi with my K3, and everything works as indicated in the manual. It would be useful if fldigi was able to poll the K3 for mode information, and set itself accordingly. I suspect that a modification of the K3.xml file might accomplish this, but I don't know enough