Elecraft W2 Interface Software now available.

[Brian Broggie]

Now available on the Elecraft website (in Software/W2) is the "Elecraft
W2 Interface" for both Windows and Mac.

David Fleming, W4SMT, has written a cool program that has:

    * bargraph displays of Forward power, Reflected power, and SWR,
    * the actual numeric values from the W2,
    * front panel buttons for easily changing W2 display settings and
      Sensor Calibration,
    * and of course, much more.

Please try them with your W2.  Let us know how you like it.

73,
Brian, W6FVI
Elecraft, Inc.
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[Ed Gray W0SD]

Now this is the real deal! With the small window one can just leave it
up all the time.  I like having the reflected power in watts and SWR
both.  Now you can get an exact numerical power reading so you get the
reading as accurate as the W2 circuitry can produce which Eric says
exceeds the specification.  It looks like we can do some things looking
at the watt meter over our network when doing multi-op.

Ed W0SD





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[NZ0T]

Very, very cool!  I can leave the window up with my logging program.  Seeing forward and reflected power digitally is a great improvement.  Now if I can just figure out if there is a way I can get the W2 window to stay whenever I input to the logging program - anyone know how to that? I'm a computer illiterate.
73 Bill NZ0T

Brian Broggie wrote

Now available on the Elecraft website (in Software/W2) is the "Elecraft
W2 Interface" for both Windows and Mac.

David Fleming, W4SMT, has written a cool program that has:

    * bargraph displays of Forward power, Reflected power, and SWR,
    * the actual numeric values from the W2,
    * front panel buttons for easily changing W2 display settings and
      Sensor Calibration,
    * and of course, much more.

Please try them with your W2.  Let us know how you like it.

73,
Brian, W6FVI
Elecraft, Inc.
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[Ed Gray W0SD]

What I am going to try first is to make a space for it by reducing the
size of my logging program window.  There may be a way in our Windows
program(XP in my case) to make it stay on top but like you I don't know
how to do this. Hopefully someone on here can help us with that.

On 12/17/2009 10:46 AM, NZ0T wrote:
> Very, very cool!  I can leave the window up with my logging program.  Seeing
> forward and reflected power digitally is a great improvement.  Now if I can
> just figure out if there is a way I can get the W2 window to stay whenever I
> input to the logging program - anyone know how to that? I'm a computer
> illiterate.
> 73 Bill NZ0T
>    
>


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[David Fleming-2]

I could make the W2 software window a "Floating" style window. That is, it would stay "on top" all the time. But I personally do not like floating windows. They become irritating to me after a while. Perhaps I could make it optional. I'll look into it.

David, W4SMT

--- On Thu, 12/17/09, W0SD Ed Gray <[hidden email]> wrote:

> From: W0SD Ed Gray <[hidden email]>
> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] [K2]  Elecraft W2 Interface Software now available.
> To: [hidden email]
> Date: Thursday, December 17, 2009, 11:54 AM
> What I am going to try first is to
> make a space for it by reducing the size of my logging
> program window.  There may be a way in our Windows
> program(XP in my case) to make it stay on top but like you I
> don't know how to do this. Hopefully someone on here can
> help us with that.
>
> On 12/17/2009 10:46 AM, NZ0T wrote:
> > Very, very cool!  I can leave the window up with
> my logging program.  Seeing
> > forward and reflected power digitally is a great
> improvement.  Now if I can
> > just figure out if there is a way I can get the W2
> window to stay whenever I
> > input to the logging program - anyone know how to
> that? I'm a computer
> > illiterate.
> > 73 Bill NZ0T
>

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[M0XDF]

Any chance of this making it to OSX? I'd like to run a W2 sometime too.
73 de M0XDF, K3 #174
--  
The universe is like a safe to which there is a combination. But the
combination is locked up in the safe.
-Peter De Vries, editor, novelist (1910-1993)

On 17 Dec 2009, at 17:01, David Fleming wrote:

> I could make the W2 software window a "Floating" style window. That  
> is, it would stay "on top" all the time. But I personally do not  
> like floating windows. They become irritating to me after a while.  
> Perhaps I could make it optional. I'll look into it.
>
> David, W4SMT
>
> --- On Thu, 12/17/09, W0SD Ed Gray <[hidden email]> wrote:
>
>> From: W0SD Ed Gray <[hidden email]>
>> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] [K2]  Elecraft W2 Interface Software now  
>> available.
>> To: [hidden email]
>> Date: Thursday, December 17, 2009, 11:54 AM
>> What I am going to try first is to
>> make a space for it by reducing the size of my logging
>> program window.  There may be a way in our Windows
>> program(XP in my case) to make it stay on top but like you I
>> don't know how to do this. Hopefully someone on here can
>> help us with that.
>>
>> On 12/17/2009 10:46 AM, NZ0T wrote:
>>> Very, very cool!  I can leave the window up with
>> my logging program.  Seeing
>>> forward and reflected power digitally is a great
>> improvement.  Now if I can
>>> just figure out if there is a way I can get the W2
>> window to stay whenever I
>>> input to the logging program - anyone know how to
>> that? I'm a computer
>>> illiterate.
>>> 73 Bill NZ0T

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[David Fleming-2]

Hey Dave,

There IS an OSX version.

http://www.elecraft.com/software/W2/elecraft_w2_software.htm

David, W4SMT

--- On Thu, 12/17/09, David Ferrington, M0XDF <[hidden email]> wrote:

> Any chance of this making it to OSX?
> I'd like to run a W2 sometime too.
> 73 de M0XDF, K3 #174

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[M0XDF]

OK, thanks David, sorry, must admit I didn't look since I haven't got  
one yet.
--
There are three truths: my truth, your truth, and the truth.
-Chinese proverb

On 17 Dec 2009, at 17:09, David Fleming wrote:

> Hey Dave,
>
> There IS an OSX version.
>
> http://www.elecraft.com/software/W2/elecraft_w2_software.htm
>
> David, W4SMT
>
> --- On Thu, 12/17/09, David Ferrington, M0XDF  
> <[hidden email]> wrote:
>
>> Any chance of this making it to OSX?
>> I'd like to run a W2 sometime too.
>> 73 de M0XDF, K3 #174
>

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[Bill N2BC]

A few questions...

What is the max length of cable between the W2 and sensor?

It looks like the cable is CAT5 or CAT6 Ethernet cable, true?

THX!

73, Bill   N2BC

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[David Fleming-2]

The Mac version is WAY prettier than the Windoze version. That alone is a great reason for everyone to buy a MacBook Pro. (not trying to start a religious war). :-)

David, W4SMT

--- On Thu, 12/17/09, David Ferrington, M0XDF <[hidden email]> wrote:

> OK, thanks David, sorry, must admit I
> didn't look since I haven't got one yet.

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[Ed Gray W0SD]

Making the window on top optional would be the best of both worlds.  I
have some very important reasons why I want to be able to
see the W2 window all the time.

Let me provide a little back ground here which I am sure will apply to a
number of you. First of all can you see your amplifier meters when you
operate? Can you see your power and SWR? Obviously I think all of us
would like to but in some cases it is physically impossible to see the
amplifier meters and it can really be a hassle to see the watt meter. I
have one amplifier I have to turn around to see it. I can see it when I
tune up but not when I operate unless I turn around.  Some people have
amplifiers mounted a long ways away and just use them on one band so
they don't have to tune them all the time and of course there are a few
auto tune amplifiers. Actually with a lot of amplifiers once you know
the setting you can just dial them up.  One can do remote metering but
that can be a major project and require hacking into a unit. It is even
quite an expense and project to remote a wattmeter until the W2 came along.

To try and keep track of what is going on with the amplifier and
antenna's I found out early on I at least want to see a watt meter right
where I operate. I have several Bird watt meters so I got things set up
so I can remote one of them with the meter away from the thru-line.  
That works but then you are stuck with whatever slug you have in it and
you are either forward or reverse. I end up running around to get at the
thru-line and changing between the low and high power slugs and also
turning it for forward and reflected.  Definitely not a good deal in a
contest and a nuisance at other times.

There are dual line Birds where you can look at forward and reverse but
now we are talking some $$$$. You also have to find room for two meters.
I was going to do this and then I seen the W2 which is a much better
solution as it is all right where you can see the remote unit. Now I
have various power levels for the exciter or amplifier and at the same
time reflected power, a peak reading watt meter and a number of other
features.

Now add the W2 software and you greatly enhance the W2 of which I
detailed some of the enhancements in another post. Anyway I need to
monitor what is going on all the time so I need to keep the W2 window
up. As I said making it optional would be the best of both worlds so
people who don't want it up all the time do not have to.




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[Richard Squire - HB9ANM]

The new software is really cool. It is now permanently on my screen and works nicely.
A minor issue which will certainly be corrected in the future is than when transmitting at 20 W (which happens to be what the TUNE PWR on my K3 is adjusted to), the display jumps to 276...318 W and then settles down to 20 W. Tweaking the power around 20 W repeatedly sends it to such values, anything between 19 and 22 W with result in such unrealistic values - which then remain on display until I leave that range. This occurs whatever the range is set to and with or without AUTO mode, Not a big concern as otherwise everything is fine but I wonder whether anyone else noticed this?

[David Fleming-2]

Hi Richard,

Yes, we are aware of the problem and it will be corrected in a forthcoming firmware update. For now, set PWR(ser) to PEP. That should help.

tnx,

David, W4SMT

--- On Thu, 12/17/09, Richard Squire - HB9ANM <[hidden email]> wrote:

> The new software is really cool. It is now permanently on
> my screen and works
> nicely.
> A minor issue which will certainly be corrected in the
> future is than when
> transmitting at 20 W (which happens to be what the TUNE PWR
> on my K3 is
> adjusted to), the display jumps to 276...318 W and then
> settles down to 20
> W. Tweaking the power around 20 W repeatedly sends it to
> such values,
> anything between 19 and 22 W with result in such
> unrealistic values - which
> then remain on display until I leave that range. This
> occurs whatever the
> range is set to and with or without AUTO mode, Not a big
> concern as
> otherwise everything is fine but I wonder whether anyone
> else noticed this?
> -----
> Richard - HB9ANM

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