K3 Serial Port
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Another solution is provided by Eterlogic's "Virtual Serial Port Emulator,"
a free download from Eterlogic's web site. You can create a serial port "splitter," for using diifferent software programs that talk with the K3. I use it to run DXBase 2007 and DXLab's Commander program simultaneously. 73, Chuck NI0C K2/10 s/n 5853 K3/100 s/n 1061 "Umm, adding a second serial port won't help if both apps need to talk to the K3! Try running LP-Bridge, and connecting the two apps to (different) virtual serial ports that it uses. I don't use DX4WIN nor Digipan, but other combinations of apps seem to work quite well. http://www.telepostinc.com/LPB.html ~Iain / N6ML" ______________________________________________________________ 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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A friend put me onto EDGEPORT USB to serial devices. Run 300-400 new. Ebay
has them (take-outs I think) and I bought a 4 port one for 25 and an 8 port one for 35. Love them. Hardware has comm 1 and 2 and the Edgeport software configures to comm 5-8 or 5-12. Using the 4 port one with Windows XP Pro to K3, PSKMETER, and TM-D710 right now. Works FB. The 8 port is for my second shack PC and will connect the remaining radios, TNC, rigblaster to my 746, and my other 2 meter rig. 73, de Jim KG0KP ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ron D'Eau Claire" <[hidden email]> To: <[hidden email]> Sent: Monday, March 30, 2009 6:54 PM Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3 Serial Port > *If* the need is for a second serial port (that's not clear from the > thread), CommFront (www.commfront.com) makes a nice single USB to two > RS232 > port dongle that works FB for me. It's supposed to work with all the > currently popular OS's out there today including Linux, Windows and Macs. > > I've used it with 32 bit Xp and 64 bit Vista. > > Ron AC7AC > > > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 > ______________________________________________________________ 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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I can echo Jim's "endorsement" of the Edgeport device. I have the Edgeport/8 on my XP machine, and it has worked flawlessly.
Lou, W0FK
St. Louis, MO
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In reply to this post by hf4me
I use an EdgePort with 2 serial ports and can testify to their quality.
Bought this years ago when the cheap versions didn't work very well (at least that was my experience). In contrast, the EdgePort worked right from the start, and the EdgePort people provided great support when I wanted to change the configuration. This is the expensive Rolls Royce of serial ports, and these days the cheap ones seem to work fine. But if the EdgePorts can be had cheaply on ebay I wouldn't hesitate to choose the same brand today. 73, Erik K7TV ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Miller KG0KP" <[hidden email]> To: <[hidden email]> Sent: Monday, March 30, 2009 5:15 PM Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3 Serial Port >A friend put me onto EDGEPORT USB to serial devices. Run 300-400 new. >Ebay > has them (take-outs I think) and I bought a 4 port one for 25 and an 8 > port > one for 35. Love them. Hardware has comm 1 and 2 and the Edgeport > software > configures to comm 5-8 or 5-12. > > Using the 4 port one with Windows XP Pro to K3, PSKMETER, and TM-D710 > right > now. Works FB. The 8 port is for my second shack PC and will connect the > remaining radios, TNC, rigblaster to my 746, and my other 2 meter rig. > > 73, de Jim KG0KP ______________________________________________________________ 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 ni0c
Eterlogic can work as long as the two programs don't poll much, reducing the chance of collisions. It takes all incoming data and mixes it together, which can cause lost or corrupted commands. It also sends all K3 responses to all connected programs, which can be a problem with some programs, which may not support all the incoming commands. Some programs also require a proper response to each command in sequence, and will be confused by a response that was not just polled for.
It is a very useful program for many things, though, and should make a good addition to LP-Bridge for some of the more exotic setups requiring bridges between programs and hardware, a second PC, etc. As long as the connection is one-to-one (or one-to-many under some circumstances) it should be fine, but I haven't tested it. 73, Larry N8LP Message: 18 Date: Mon, 30 Mar 2009 16:23:48 -0600 From: "ni0c" <[hidden email]> Subject: [Elecraft] K3 Serial Port To: <[hidden email]> Message-ID: <001c01c9b186$3377e800$f215f504@oemcomputer> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Another solution is provided by Eterlogic's "Virtual Serial Port Emulator," a free download from Eterlogic's web site. You can create a serial port "splitter," for using diifferent software programs that talk with the K3. I use it to run DXBase 2007 and DXLab's Commander program simultaneously. 73, Chuck NI0C K2/10 s/n 5853 K3/100 s/n 1061 ______________________________________________________________ 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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