K3 battery and RRC1258?

[CX7TT]

K3 #250 is connected to control RRC 1258 MkII.  I have only been using
this setup for 4 days.  With Win8.1 I find that when I start N1MM+ and
the control box, the N1MM does not 'see' the virtual com ports even
though the device manager does. I found that pullling out the USB plug
from the front of the control RRC seems to 'reset' the com ports and
then all is well.

This morning when I pulled the USB plug out, the K3 shut down until I
plugged the USB back in....then notice that K3 showed 'low battery'.

Went to the K3 manual and there is nothing about a battery in the Index.
Nabbled K3 battery and yes, there is a battery.  One thread did mention
a CR2032.  Is this correct? and where is the battery located? necessary
to remove subRX ?

Now why would pulling out the front panel USB plug from the control RRC
shut down the K3? It has it's separate power supply a SS-30M?

Thanks for tips and suggestions.

73 Tom HP1/CX7TT
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[Don Wilhelm-4]

Tom,

I can answer about the Low Battery part of your question - that has to
do only with the power supply voltage delivered to the K3 (not the coin
battery for the Real Time Clock).
There is a BAT MIN menu item where you can specify the voltage below
which that message will be blinked on the display periodically.
It has a default value of 11 volts - check yours to see what it is
actually set at.
That feature is nice when you are working with a battery because you can
see when the battery needs to be recharged.
With a good power supply in use, if you see that message, it would be an
indication that you should check your power supply and the PS wiring to
the K3 for possible loose connections.

For the remote operation questions, someone other than myself will have
to answer, I have no experience with that.
Brandon at Elecraft is quite knowledgeable and may be able to help along
with the support folks at RemoteRig.

73,
Don W3FPR


On 11/9/2015 1:27 PM, [hidden email] wrote:
>
> Went to the K3 manual and there is nothing about a battery in the Index.
> Nabbled K3 battery and yes, there is a battery.  One thread did mention
> a CR2032.  Is this correct? and where is the battery located? necessary
> to remove subRX ?
>
>

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[k6dgw]

I'm fairly new to the RR-1258 too, however I've noticed that things are
sensitive to the order in which stuff is turned on/off.  The virtual
ports seem to come from the RR box.  On my computer [Win 7], the Device
Mgr says the ports are there but they really aren't ... they're just
reserved for when the computer and RR are connected via the USB.  If the
USB isn't connected, N1MM+ can't find the RR ports

N1MM+ seems to want the CAT port to be RR1258 COM1 which on mine ends up
being COM15.

I don't know about the batter issue, but when my K3 is in TERM mode and
I'm connected to the remote, most of the indications I see seem to be
coming from the remote, not my control K3.

73,

Fred K6DGW
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On 11/9/2015 10:27 AM, [hidden email] wrote:
> K3 #250 is connected to control RRC 1258 MkII.  I have only been using
> this setup for 4 days.  With Win8.1 I find that when I start N1MM+ and
> the control box, the N1MM does not 'see' the virtual com ports even
> though the device manager does. I found that pullling out the USB plug
> from the front of the control RRC seems to 'reset' the com ports and
> then all is well.

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