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n5ib

K2, Bluetooth, and Android

Well, I've slipped cautiously into the 21st century...
Bought an Android tablet device last week and did some playing with it
using the BlueTerm app to communicate with my K2 using the little
Bluetooth adapter I concocted a few weeks ago. As expected, I was able to
control the radio with text strings transmitted over the Bluetooth link.
Proof of concept. But inconvenient to actually operate the radio.

After a modestly rigorous search I've not uncovered any Android apps
designed to control the K2 (in the manner of the ones for K3 and KX3).
Piglet comes close, but uses WiFi rather than Bluetooth, so needs a
network environmment.

Anbody know of any I missed, or any in the works?
Alas, my programming skills would be at the level of "Android Programming
for Dummies" :^))

73
Jim, N5IB
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Nick Garner

Re: K2, Bluetooth, and Android

Hi Jim,
HamLog on Android has wired serial and Bluetooth in addition to that same
Wi-Fi control in the Piglet app.

I'm the author so please feel free to send any feedback my way.

73,
Nick
N3WG
On Sep 4, 2014 4:03 PM, <[hidden email]> wrote:

> Well, I've slipped cautiously into the 21st century...
> Bought an Android tablet device last week and did some playing with it
> using the BlueTerm app to communicate with my K2 using the little
> Bluetooth adapter I concocted a few weeks ago. As expected, I was able to
> control the radio with text strings transmitted over the Bluetooth link.
> Proof of concept. But inconvenient to actually operate the radio.
>
> After a modestly rigorous search I've not uncovered any Android apps
> designed to control the K2 (in the manner of the ones for K3 and KX3).
> Piglet comes close, but uses WiFi rather than Bluetooth, so needs a
> network environmment.
>
> Anbody know of any I missed, or any in the works?
> Alas, my programming skills would be at the level of "Android Programming
> for Dummies" :^))
>
> 73
> Jim, N5IB
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Thomas Taylor-2

Re: K2, Bluetooth, and Android

On Thu, 4 Sep 2014 16:43:52 -0700
Nick Garner <[hidden email]> wrote:

> Hi Jim,
> HamLog on Android has wired serial and Bluetooth in addition to that same
> Wi-Fi control in the Piglet app.
>
> I'm the author so please feel free to send any feedback my way.
>
> 73,
> Nick
> N3WG
> On Sep 4, 2014 4:03 PM, <[hidden email]> wrote:
>
> > Well, I've slipped cautiously into the 21st century...
> > Bought an Android tablet device last week and did some playing with it
> > using the BlueTerm app to communicate with my K2 using the little
> > Bluetooth adapter I concocted a few weeks ago. As expected, I was able to
> > control the radio with text strings transmitted over the Bluetooth link.
> > Proof of concept. But inconvenient to actually operate the radio.
> >
> > After a modestly rigorous search I've not uncovered any Android apps
> > designed to control the K2 (in the manner of the ones for K3 and KX3).
> > Piglet comes close, but uses WiFi rather than Bluetooth, so needs a
> > network environmment.
> >
> > Anbody know of any I missed, or any in the works?
> > Alas, my programming skills would be at the level of "Android Programming
> > for Dummies" :^))
> >
> > 73
> > Jim, N5IB
> >

<<<<< snip >>>>>

Hi Nick,
Could you please supply us with a url for your hamlog application?

Thanks, Tom KG7CFC

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Nick Garner

Re: K2, Bluetooth, and Android

Hi Tom,
Here's a bunch of links:

HamLog Android:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.n3wg.hamlog&hl=en
Hamlog iOS: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/hamlog/id308437400?mt=8
HamLog Mac: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/hamlog/id411282466?mt=12
KX3UI Mac: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/kx3ui/id590043143?mt=12
K3UI Mac: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/k3ui/id626886809?mt=12
K2UI Mac: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/k2ui/id662821836?mt=12

Nick

On Thu, Sep 4, 2014 at 10:20 PM, Thomas Taylor <[hidden email]> wrote:

> On Thu, 4 Sep 2014 16:43:52 -0700
> Nick Garner <[hidden email]> wrote:
>
> > Hi Jim,
> > HamLog on Android has wired serial and Bluetooth in addition to that same
> > Wi-Fi control in the Piglet app.
> >
> > I'm the author so please feel free to send any feedback my way.
> >
> > 73,
> > Nick
> > N3WG
> > On Sep 4, 2014 4:03 PM, <[hidden email]> wrote:
> >
> > > Well, I've slipped cautiously into the 21st century...
> > > Bought an Android tablet device last week and did some playing with it
> > > using the BlueTerm app to communicate with my K2 using the little
> > > Bluetooth adapter I concocted a few weeks ago. As expected, I was able
> to
> > > control the radio with text strings transmitted over the Bluetooth
> link.
> > > Proof of concept. But inconvenient to actually operate the radio.
> > >
> > > After a modestly rigorous search I've not uncovered any Android apps
> > > designed to control the K2 (in the manner of the ones for K3 and KX3).
> > > Piglet comes close, but uses WiFi rather than Bluetooth, so needs a
> > > network environmment.
> > >
> > > Anbody know of any I missed, or any in the works?
> > > Alas, my programming skills would be at the level of "Android
> Programming
> > > for Dummies" :^))
> > >
> > > 73
> > > Jim, N5IB
> > >
>
> <<<<< snip >>>>>
>
> Hi Nick,
> Could you please supply us with a url for your hamlog application?
>
> Thanks, Tom KG7CFC
>
> --
> Life takes on meaning when you become motivated, set goals and charge
> after them
> in an unstoppable manner.
> -Les Brown
>
> ^^ --... ...-- / -.- --. --... -.-. ..-. -.-.
>
> ^^^^
> Tom Taylor KG7CFC
> openSUSE 13.1 (64-bit), Kernel 3.11.6-4-default,
> KDE 4.11.2, AMD Phenom X4 955, GeForce GTX 550 Ti (Nvidia 337.19)
> 16GB RAM -- 3x1.5TB sata2 -- 128GB-SSD
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> registered linux user 263467
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