K2 Control software

[Tom Zeltwanger]

The K2 is a very nice design, using modular and flexible hardware (relays for
everything, under microprocessor control). Has anyone done anything to
radically change the control software in their K2?

Can we get access to the software that runs the controller and menues, so if we
wanted different menu/switch functionality, it could be changed? Seems like it
would not be that hard to really personalize this rig - something you could
never do with anything else I have seen on the market.

73,

Tom KG3V




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[Don Wilhelm-3]

Tom,

The best that you can do for making specific software (firmware) functions
of your own making is to create the entire K2 control firmware on your own
and burn it into the appropriate chips.

Elecraft keeps the firmware proprietary, and there are a number of valid
reasons behind that - an edge on the competition is one good reason, the
hardware would be easy for a competitor to duplicate.  Another of the
reasons is control - the firmware must be handle the hardware in a manner
consistent with the K2 specifications - if anyone and everyone could monkey
around with those control mechanisms, Elecraft probably could not offer any
kind of warranty because the basic control mechanism would not necessarily
be present.

Another of the proprietary items is the single wire serial control between
devices - the AUXBUS.  Its signalling protocol is not publically available,
so once you begin to create your own firmware, you must create it for all
options of interest to allow the options to talk to the microprocessor.  Not
a trivial task.

73,
Don W3FPR

> -----Original Message-----
>
> The K2 is a very nice design, using modular and flexible hardware
> (relays for
> everything, under microprocessor control). Has anyone done anything to
> radically change the control software in their K2?
>
> Can we get access to the software that runs the controller and
> menues, so if we
> wanted different menu/switch functionality, it could be changed?
> Seems like it
> would not be that hard to really personalize this rig - something
> you could
> never do with anything else I have seen on the market.
>
>

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