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Can anybody recommend a source of any open source software or libraries
(preferably "C" language) for talking to my K2? I just build the KIO2 and am looking at doing some custom interface programming. I would also be interested in seeing what complete software packages are out there, but my main interest is in something I can use to start my own program, or source code I can really customize. This will run on a small embedded processor with a hex heyboard, so I am not really looking for a fancy GUI. Also - is there a problem with the list? Or is everyone all talked out? I only received 2 messages since yesterday aftenoon - very unusual. 73, Tom KG3V _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: [hidden email] 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 |
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I haven't looked at the set of commands to control the K2 over serial. I seem to recall they're somewhere, right? Is it just a simple command / response protocol? Does the K2 send any spontaneous messages to the controller? It is probably simple enough that I'd be inclined to write my own rather than looking for one, but that's just me. - Keith N1AS - - K2 5411.ssb.100 - -----Original Message----- From: Tom Zeltwanger Can anybody recommend a source of any open source software or libraries (preferably "C" language) for talking to my K2? I just build the KIO2 and am looking at doing some custom interface programming. _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: [hidden email] 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 |
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I think there is the code on the Elecraft web page to control the K2
----- Original Message ----- From: "Darwin, Keith" <[hidden email]> To: <[hidden email]> Sent: Friday, April 20, 2007 1:51 PM Subject: RE: [Elecraft] Computer interface programming I haven't looked at the set of commands to control the K2 over serial. I seem to recall they're somewhere, right? Is it just a simple command / response protocol? Does the K2 send any spontaneous messages to the controller? It is probably simple enough that I'd be inclined to write my own rather than looking for one, but that's just me. - Keith N1AS - - K2 5411.ssb.100 - -----Original Message----- From: Tom Zeltwanger Can anybody recommend a source of any open source software or libraries (preferably "C" language) for talking to my K2? I just build the KIO2 and am looking at doing some custom interface programming. _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: [hidden email] 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 -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.446 / Virus Database: 269.5.5/769 - Release Date: 19/04/2007 17:56 _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: [hidden email] 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 |
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Tom,
Tom Zeltwanger wrote: > Can anybody recommend a source of any open source software or libraries > (preferably "C" language) for talking to my K2? I just build the KIO2 and am > looking at doing some custom interface programming. It's easy enough that you might not even need any other libraries. The real work is to get the serial link going. After that, all k2 commands and responses are plain ascii with one exception. The "DS" command that returns the state of the display uses binary data. You might want to check out http://hamlib.org and its open source C code. Since it's designed to talk to many rig types, though, there's probably more abstraction than you're interested in, but it might be useful. Also, the K2 is only partially supported by hamlib. I recently wrote some Java code (http://udel.edu/~mm/ham/elecraft/) for the K2 and W1 using the rxtx.org serial link support library and using rxtx and writing the graphical portions were the hardest parts. K2 control is mostly nice and easy. Since it wasn't designed to be 100% software controlled, the only thing I find cumbersome is dealing with rig functions that don't have dedicated commands. For instance, take a look at what you need to do to turn on or off the power amp. :-) All in all, though, I think you'll find it easy enough. 73, Mike ab3ap _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: [hidden email] 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 |
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Tom,
The K2/KIO2 Programmers Reference is available for download from the Elecraft website > http://www.elecraft.com/manual/KIO2%20Pgmrs%20Ref%20rev%20E.pdf It contains all the commands and their formats. If you create a piece of software that can send and receive these commands over an RS-232 port, you will have the software that you desire. The commands can even be sent manually or from a script using a terminal program such as HyperTerm. That is about as open source as you can get. Pick your programming language from assembler through the most exotic and control your display/input presentation and the resulting serial port commands. 73, Don W3FPR 73, Don W3FPR Tom Zeltwanger wrote: > Can anybody recommend a source of any open source software or libraries > (preferably "C" language) for talking to my K2? I just build the KIO2 and am > looking at doing some custom interface programming. > > I would also be interested in seeing what complete software packages are out > there, but my main interest is in something I can use to start my own program, > or source code I can really customize. This will run on a small embedded > processor with a hex heyboard, so I am not really looking for a fancy GUI. > > Also - is there a problem with the list? Or is everyone all talked out? I only > received 2 messages since yesterday aftenoon - very unusual. > > > 73, > > Tom KG3V > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Post to: [hidden email] > 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: [hidden email] 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 |
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Keith is correct in that the command syntax is simple enough to roll
your own routines. There is a "universal" library that gives common function calls for a variety of transceivers, Omnirig, available at http://www.dxatlas.com/omnirig/ I looked at this when writing Z90 Control version 2 to allow the Z90/91 panadapter to interface with other than K2 transceivers, but decided that my Z90 customer base was so heavily weighted to the K2 that the extra effort required to use Omnirig was not justified. Instead, I just wrote a few simple Delphi routines to read and write the necessary commands. Jack K8ZOA Darwin, Keith wrote: > > I haven't looked at the set of commands to control the K2 over serial. > I seem to recall they're somewhere, right? Is it just a simple command > / response protocol? Does the K2 send any spontaneous messages to the > controller? It is probably simple enough that I'd be inclined to write > my own rather than looking for one, but that's just me. > > - Keith N1AS - > - K2 5411.ssb.100 - > > -----Original Message----- > From: Tom Zeltwanger > > Can anybody recommend a source of any open source software or libraries > (preferably "C" language) for talking to my K2? I just build the KIO2 > and am looking at doing some custom interface programming. > > _______________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Post to: [hidden email] > 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: [hidden email] 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 |
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Keith,
Yes it is a very straight-forward command set. I will write my own application, just trying not to reinvent the wheel. I would think someone has done some basic API work with open source by now. If not, maybe I can help get the ball rolling. 73, Tom KG3V Quoting "Darwin, Keith" <[hidden email]>: > > I haven't looked at the set of commands to control the K2 over serial. > I seem to recall they're somewhere, right? Is it just a simple command > / response protocol? Does the K2 send any spontaneous messages to the > controller? It is probably simple enough that I'd be inclined to write > my own rather than looking for one, but that's just me. > > - Keith N1AS - > - K2 5411.ssb.100 - > > -----Original Message----- > From: Tom Zeltwanger > > Can anybody recommend a source of any open source software or libraries > (preferably "C" language) for talking to my K2? I just build the KIO2 > and am looking at doing some custom interface programming. > > _______________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Post to: [hidden email] > 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: [hidden email] 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 |
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Mike,
Thanks for these suggestions. This is what I was looking for. I just want a jump start. I am not going to concentrate on a fancy GUI - several nice GUI based applications already exist. I just want some basic functionality that can run on a small embedded processor (using LINUX, most likely). Main application is contesting (primarily CW but starting to do more SSB). 73, Tom KG3V Quoting Mike Markowski <[hidden email]>: > Tom, > > Tom Zeltwanger wrote: > > Can anybody recommend a source of any open source software or libraries > > (preferably "C" language) for talking to my K2? I just build the KIO2 and > am > > looking at doing some custom interface programming. > > It's easy enough that you might not even need any other libraries. The real > work is to get the serial link going. After that, all k2 commands and > responses > are plain ascii with one exception. The "DS" command that returns the state > of > the display uses binary data. > > You might want to check out http://hamlib.org and its open source C code. > Since > it's designed to talk to many rig types, though, there's probably more > abstraction than you're interested in, but it might be useful. Also, the K2 > is > only partially supported by hamlib. > > I recently wrote some Java code (http://udel.edu/~mm/ham/elecraft/) for the > K2 > and W1 using the rxtx.org serial link support library and using rxtx and > writing > the graphical portions were the hardest parts. K2 control is mostly nice > and > easy. Since it wasn't designed to be 100% software controlled, the only > thing I > find cumbersome is dealing with rig functions that don't have dedicated > commands. For instance, take a look at what you need to do to turn on or > off > the power amp. :-) All in all, though, I think you'll find it easy enough. > > 73, > Mike ab3ap > _______________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Post to: [hidden email] > 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: [hidden email] 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 |
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I have some python command-line routines that I should publish for K2
and SteppIR control. They won't add much more to your understanding if you already have other code, but if you are considering a Linux UI, you might want to try writing it in Python instead of C. It may be quicker and easier to maintain, and can be ported to Windows as well. (WSJT for example is done this way). Also, Dave W1HKJ wrote a configurable rig interface for fldigi that uses an XML-based config file format. I contributed the K2 file and help a small amount on the XML design. One idle project for me is a second implementation of the rig control interpreter outside of fldigi, perhaps in Python or Java. The hope is that this rig control format can be shared among many programs. Hamlib is OK for many purposes, but the infrastructure in it is complex, and the difficulty of adding new features is high. Plus, given its monolithic nature, it is hard for individuals to make small contributions. The configurable approach Dave has taken has the advantage here, though it remains to be seen how it will be extended to deal with rigs that require some computation that it can't currently express. 73, Leigh/WA5ZNU _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: [hidden email] 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 |
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