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DAVID INGEBRIGHT

KAT-500 remote control using serial port

I have the KAT-500 Utility working fine through the serial cable and USB. Now to get it running over the internet on the RRC 1258. Using the RRC COM 2 Port, the set up wants to know the serial protocol, The stop bits, the data bits and the parity. I see someone asked that back in 2014 but can't seem to find the answer. Cannot find this info in the KAT500 manual.
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Re: KAT-500 remote control using serial port

David:

> On Nov 8, 2019, at 11:12 PM, DAVID INGEBRIGHT <[hidden email]> wrote:
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> I have the KAT-500 Utility working fine through the serial cable and USB. Now to get it running over the internet on the RRC 1258. Using the RRC COM 2 Port, the set up wants to know the serial protocol, The stop bits, the data bits and the parity. I see someone asked that back in 2014 but can't seem to find the answer. Cannot find this info in the KAT500 manual.

I’m using a Lantronics EDS4100 to convert serial-to-ethernet at the shack to forward KAT500 serial data from the ham shack to my location. I’m running Win10 Pro under Parallels on a Macbook Pro running the KAT500 utility software and Lantronics software to convert ethernet back to serial. This allows the Elecraft KAT500 utility where I am to ’see’ the KAT500 at the shack.

My EDS4100 has Com9 configured for RS232, 34800 baud, None, 8,1, None. The first “None” is for parity and the second “None” is for flow control. As noted, it is 8-bit, 1 stop bit, and no parity.

Hope this helps,

Barry Baines, WD4ASW
Keller, TX

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Re: KAT-500 remote control using serial port

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David;

Sorry I didn’t’t have the opportunity until now to answer your question…

The answer is in the KAT500 Programming reference. You probably want to use 38400 bps, 8 N 1 to communicate with the KAT500, as is described in the Serial Port Overview section of that manual.
The manual is available at the same place as the operations manual.

73!
Jack, W6FB

> On Nov 8, 2019, at 9:12 PM, DAVID INGEBRIGHT <[hidden email]> wrote:
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> I have the KAT-500 Utility working fine through the serial cable and USB. Now to get it running over the internet on the RRC 1258. Using the RRC COM 2 Port, the set up wants to know the serial protocol, The stop bits, the data bits and the parity. I see someone asked that back in 2014 but can't seem to find the answer. Cannot find this info in the KAT500 manual.
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