K3 and MK2R, Again
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I recently upgraded the firmware in the MK2R and I am back to the old
problem of every time I manually change bands on one of the K3's the MK2R loses comm and has to be switched off and on. If you type in the frequency to change bands the problem does not happen. Where is the problem? The radio? The MK2R? The MK2R Router has K3 Patched selected. Tom Taormina, K5RC Virginia City NV Home of W7RN and K7RC <http://k5rc.cc> http://k5rc.cc FOC 1760 "Communication is the problem to the answer" - 10cc ______________________________________________________________ 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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Tom,
I don't use the "Patched" selection and my K3/MK2R combination works fine. I have no idea what "Patched" means in the MK2R. As a matter of fact, most of the microHAM terminology makes no sense to me at all. Bob K5WA Message: 43 Date: Sat, 14 Aug 2010 08:52:38 -0700 From: "K5RC" <[hidden email]> Subject: [Elecraft] K3 and MK2R, Again To: <[hidden email]> Message-ID: <032701cb3bc8$b90dabd0$2b290370$@cc> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" I recently upgraded the firmware in the MK2R and I am back to the old problem of every time I manually change bands on one of the K3's the MK2R loses comm and has to be switched off and on. If you type in the frequency to change bands the problem does not happen. Where is the problem? The radio? The MK2R? The MK2R Router has K3 Patched selected. Tom Taormina, K5RC Virginia City NV Home of W7RN and K7RC <http://k5rc.cc> http://k5rc.cc FOC 1760 ______________________________________________________________ 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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K3 (patched) uses a faster response to the loss of data from the K3 - for example when the K3 is turned off while Router and a logging program are still running. The problem is that some logging programs will never time out and they fill Router's CAT data buffer. When the K3 is turned back on, the buffered data must be sent to and processed by the K3 before the logger, Router and K3 can resynchronize. The "Patched" version of the protocol dumps polls after aprox 1000 msec to prevent the buffer from overflowing. 73, ... Joe Subich, W4TV microHAM America, LLC. http://www.microHAM-USA.com http://groups.yahoo.com/group/microHAM On 8/14/2010 12:43 PM, K5WA wrote: > Tom, > > > > I don't use the "Patched" selection and my K3/MK2R combination works fine. > I have no idea what "Patched" means in the MK2R. As a matter of fact, most > of the microHAM terminology makes no sense to me at all. > > > > Bob K5WA > > > > > > > > > > Message: 43 > > Date: Sat, 14 Aug 2010 08:52:38 -0700 > > From: "K5RC"<[hidden email]> > > Subject: [Elecraft] K3 and MK2R, Again > > To:<[hidden email]> > > Message-ID:<032701cb3bc8$b90dabd0$2b290370$@cc> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > > > I recently upgraded the firmware in the MK2R and I am back to the old > > problem of every time I manually change bands on one of the K3's the MK2R > > loses comm and has to be switched off and on. If you type in the frequency > > to change bands the problem does not happen. Where is the problem? The > > radio? The MK2R? The MK2R Router has K3 Patched selected. > > > > > > > > Tom Taormina, K5RC > > > > Virginia City NV > > > > Home of W7RN and K7RC > > > > <http://k5rc.cc> http://k5rc.cc FOC 1760 > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 recently upgraded the firmware in the MK2R Is there a specific reason you "upgraded" from working firmware? When you uploaded new firmware to MK2R did you: 1) cycle the power (remove power) to load/initialize the new firmware? 2) Reset Router to its defaults? 3) select the radio protocol and configure the default data rate? 4) save the new protocol at data rate to MK2R as defaults? > every time I manually change bands on one of the K3's the MK2R > loses comm and has to be switched off and on. This sounds like a data clash between the K3 and logging software that leaves Router unable to read the frequency/mode information. What logging software? What is your setting for AUTOINF in the K3? What is the polling rate in your logging program? The K3 stops responding to the CAT port for up to 500 ms when changing bands (see. K3 Programmers Reference) and then responds with a significant amount of unsolicited data when the band change is finished. It is entirely possible that fast polling from the logger and AI1 or AI2 in the K3 creates a "stand off." Try reducing the polling rate in your logging program to 500 msec between polls and setting Autoinf = nor (off) in the K3 menu. If Autoinf is currently nor, try setting it to Audio 1. 73, ... Joe Subich, W4TV microHAM America, LLC. http://www.microHAM-USA.com http://groups.yahoo.com/group/microHAM On 8/14/2010 11:52 AM, K5RC wrote: > I recently upgraded the firmware in the MK2R and I am back to the old > problem of every time I manually change bands on one of the K3's the MK2R > loses comm and has to be switched off and on. If you type in the frequency > to change bands the problem does not happen. Where is the problem? The > radio? The MK2R? The MK2R Router has K3 Patched selected. > > > > Tom Taormina, K5RC > > Virginia City NV > > Home of W7RN and K7RC > > <http://k5rc.cc> http://k5rc.cc FOC 1760 > > "Communication is the problem to the answer" - 10cc > > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 > 73, ... Joe Subich, W4TV microHAM America, LLC. http://www.microHAM-USA.com http://groups.yahoo.com/group/microHAM ______________________________________________________________ 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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