K3/ACLog interface failure
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I hope an ACLog user out there can give me a clue as to my trouble.
As a start the following is my description as sent to N5FJP(ACLog author). ....................................................... There has been no success in interfacing my Elecraft K3 with my PC (XP OS) when using your general logging program. A serial port is used with RS232 connectors. In the interface setup Elecraft was selected and all the other blanks filled in as per the K3 manual. The ACLog test is never passed and I have gone through the setup many times to be sure things have been entered correctly. I don't know what else to do and would appreciate your suggestions. As some added information. I used WriteLog in the recent CQ 160 Contest and it interfaced with the K3 OK. In the past my Yaesu FT1000MP Mark V interfaced with your program just fine. .............................................................. And this is the reply: Hi Jim, Thanks for your e-mail.? I don't have a K3 here so I'm not going to have any specific advice on the settings.? Please feel free to post your question on the N3FJP_Software_Users group and see is someone with a K3 can help. 73, Scott N3FJP http://www.n3fjp.com/ ...................................................................... And it's certainly possible I'm doing something stupid; so I surely would appreciate any suggested solutions to my problem. My reasons for using ACLog for general logging were it is easy to install, the stuff provided that I'm not interested in can be hidden, it can be used as a log for special contests or parties such as QCWA,SOWP,PVRC. 73, Jim w3cp . ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html |
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<quote author="W3CP">
I hope an ACLog user out there can give me a clue as to my trouble. ....................................................... My set up works fine, but I am using the KUSB cable that connects the K3 to the USB port on my XP PC. Here are my AC Log settings in the Settings, Rig Interface menu: Rig = Elecraft Comm port = 4 Baud Rate = 4.8k 8 data bits 2 stop bits Connection Power = None Polling rate = 500 ms Mode by: Rig I too recommend the N3FJP AC Log and contest logging programs as they are excellent, fun, and inexpensive. Good luck. John W2XS |
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Mine works fine too with different settings using a straight thru cable to the RS232 port on an old HP.
Rig = Elecraft Comm port = 1 Baud Rate = 4.8k 8 data bits 1 stop bits Connection Power = RTS Polling rate = 2 sec Mode by: Rig 73, Bill NZ0T <quote author="John W2XS">
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Re: K3/ACLog interface failure
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In reply to this post by W3CP
Hi Jim,
Just setup aclog with the K3. working great... Have it set to port #1, Baud rate same as the rig(38.4), polling rate is 500 ms, on select rig I have "elecraft" and under that I have freq checked... Don...w2xb
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In reply to this post by W3CP
Hi Jim,
I had a similar experience with my K3 and ACLog from N3FJP. When I contacted Scott I got the same reply. Of course, he never had an FT1000MP like mine when he made my 'MP work with his software. I just got the feeling that it's time for me to move to another program. His log worked fine with my K2, so it sounds to me like Scott just doesn't want to mess with it. I like the logging program a lot, for all the same reasons you do and I hate to change, but....... 73, Terry, W0FM ---From W3CP: I hope an ACLog user out there can give me a clue as to my trouble. As a start the following is my description as sent to N5FJP(ACLog author). ....................................................... There has been no success in interfacing my Elecraft K3 with my PC (XP OS) when using your general logging program. A serial port is used with RS232 connectors. In the interface setup Elecraft was selected and all the other blanks filled in as per the K3 manual. The ACLog test is never passed and I have gone through the setup many times to be sure things have been entered correctly. I don't know what else to do and would appreciate your suggestions. As some added information. I used WriteLog in the recent CQ 160 Contest and it interfaced with the K3 OK. In the past my Yaesu FT1000MP Mark V interfaced with your program just fine. .............................................................. And this is the reply: Hi Jim, Thanks for your e-mail.? I don't have a K3 here so I'm not going to have any specific advice on the settings.? Please feel free to post your question on the N3FJP_Software_Users group and see is someone with a K3 can help. 73, Scott N3FJP http://www.n3fjp.com/ ...................................................................... And it's certainly possible I'm doing something stupid; so I surely would appreciate any suggested solutions to my problem. My reasons for using ACLog for general logging were it is easy to install, the stuff provided that I'm not interested in can be hidden, it can be used as a log for special contests or parties such as QCWA,SOWP,PVRC. 73, Jim w3cp . ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html |
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In reply to this post by W3CP
I think the RS232 data rate is set incorrectly in ACL - it should be 38.4. The default ACL Elecraft rate (4.8) is based on the K2, whereas the default data rate in the K3 is 38.4 (which you could set to 4.8). Anyway both the K3 and ACL have to use the same setting. You can also change the Stop Bits to 1, but I think it will work with either 1 or 2 set.
- John, W0JFR
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I've had problems using 2 stop bits with a USB adapter, so I'd advise using 1. I was told that the default baud rate of the K3 is 4800 - I can't confirm or deny that, since changing it was one of the first things I did. But you are quite right that the software and K3 have to use the same setting. All the problems people have had with KComm were due to this. People think you can just set the baud rate in the software and the rig will follow, but it won't. You have to check the CONFIG: RS232 menu setting yourself and make sure the software is using the same value. And if you've tried connecting at the wrong speed you need to turn the K3 off and on again, because sometimes it goes into a sulk and won't communicate at all after you have done this.
Julian, G4ILO. K2 #392 K3 #222 KX3 #110
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I am an ACLog user and my K3 works just fine with that program. I suspect that the baud rate is mismatched and that is causing your problem. I have mine set to run 38.4K baud and the polling rate is set at 100 mS.
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In reply to this post by Terry Schieler
The info,suggestions,and offers of help received on the problem are
certainly appreciated. They did help me get my thinking straight enough to have success. The basic difficulty was that the operator didn't really understand how the computer program interacted with the radio. So it was appliance operator error, or perhaps because he thought he was more than that. If every bit of the instructions had been understood and followed there may have been no trouble? 73 Jim w3cp ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html |
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