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P.B. Christensen

KPA1500 Client/Server Software

Is there any news from Elecraft or a third-party developer concerning
KPA1500 client/server software? Some of us, and likely many more ops, need
the ability to control the amp from a remote desktop without the need of
desktop replication software like TeamViewer and VNC. N4CC and I share his
KPA1500 at a remote and while the KPA1500 setup utility gets the job done,
it's a poor user experience.

What's needed is a highly graphical client/server application similar to the
type designed by Bernd Koch, DF3CB for the Alpha 87A amplifier. That
package has client and server components, and the GUI is a high-resolution
graphic of the amplifier complete with switches, LEDs, panel graphics, even
the logo. Clicking on the GUI is just like finger presses on the actual
amp. It would be great to utilize the KPA1500's Ethernet port but even
client/server connectivity via USB is fine for now -- just to get something
going other than the KPA1500 setup utility.

I'm willing to help finance the development to get something moving along
now and not some TBD date in the future.

Paul, W9AC

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Eric Swartz - WA6HHQ

Re: KPA1500 Client/Server Software

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We are already in test with both client server sw (Similar to KPA500 and KAT500 remote) and also client direct to the amp via local ethernet or usb.

Stay tuned! We will announce here when it is ready.

73,
Eric
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> On Jun 27, 2018, at 4:53 AM, Paul Christensen <[hidden email]> wrote:
>
> Is there any news from Elecraft or a third-party developer concerning
> KPA1500 client/server software? Some of us, and likely many more ops, need
> the ability to control the amp from a remote desktop without the need of
> desktop replication software like TeamViewer and VNC. N4CC and I share his
> KPA1500 at a remote and while the KPA1500 setup utility gets the job done,
> it's a poor user experience.
>
> What's needed is a highly graphical client/server application similar to the
> type designed by Bernd Koch, DF3CB for the Alpha 87A amplifier. That
> package has client and server components, and the GUI is a high-resolution
> graphic of the amplifier complete with switches, LEDs, panel graphics, even
> the logo. Clicking on the GUI is just like finger presses on the actual
> amp. It would be great to utilize the KPA1500's Ethernet port but even
> client/server connectivity via USB is fine for now -- just to get something
> going other than the KPA1500 setup utility.
>
> I'm willing to help finance the development to get something moving along
> now and not some TBD date in the future.
>
> Paul, W9AC
>
>
>
>
>
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Eric Swartz - WA6HHQ

Re: KPA1500 Client/Server Software

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In reply to this post by P.B. Christensen

The KPA1500 Remote s/w, which should be on our website later this week, supports
both a local operation via direct connection via USB or ethernet to the amp.
This s/w also supports client/server operation when there is a computer running
the K3Remote s/w at each end. (with the same user interface.)

Stay tuned! :-)

73,
Eric
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On 6/27/2018 4:53 AM, Paul Christensen wrote:

> Is there any news from Elecraft or a third-party developer concerning
> KPA1500 client/server software? Some of us, and likely many more ops, need
> the ability to control the amp from a remote desktop without the need of
> desktop replication software like TeamViewer and VNC. N4CC and I share his
> KPA1500 at a remote and while the KPA1500 setup utility gets the job done,
> it's a poor user experience.
>
> What's needed is a highly graphical client/server application similar to the
> type designed by Bernd Koch, DF3CB for the Alpha 87A amplifier. That
> package has client and server components, and the GUI is a high-resolution
> graphic of the amplifier complete with switches, LEDs, panel graphics, even
> the logo. Clicking on the GUI is just like finger presses on the actual
> amp. It would be great to utilize the KPA1500's Ethernet port but even
> client/server connectivity via USB is fine for now -- just to get something
> going other than the KPA1500 setup utility.
>
> I'm willing to help finance the development to get something moving along
> now and not some TBD date in the future.
>
> Paul, W9AC
>
>
>
>
>
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Paul Baldock

Re: KPA1500 Client/Server Software

At 03:59 PM 8/6/2018, you wrote:
>The KPA1500 Remote s/w, which should be on our website later this
>week, supports both a local operation via direct connection via USB
>or ethernet to the amp.

Will I be able to control the KPA1500 using 2 different programs
simultaneously, one talking via Ethernet and one via USB, without conflict?

- Paul KW7Y

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Rick Tavan-2

Re: KPA1500 Client/Server Software

Not sure what you want to do here, but when running KPA1500 Remote in its
client/server configuration you can make control changes and monitor the
amp via either the client or the server instance, running on different
computers, and they follow each other. I've seen no discrepancies. In my
shack, the server instance is connected to the amp via USB and connects to
the client instance via Ethernet across the LAN or WAN. For me, the
simultaneous operation characteristic is just a curiosity - if I'm in the
shack, I use either the physical control panel or the USB-connected
instance of KPA1500 Remote. If I'm operating remotely, I use the client
instance running on my local computer. So I only see and play with the dual
access capability when I'm in the shack (the "radio site") and
experimenting with the configuration.

73,

/Rick N6XI

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Rick Tavan
Truckee, CA

On Mon, Aug 6, 2018 at 1:06 PM, Paul Baldock <[hidden email]> wrote:

> At 03:59 PM 8/6/2018, you wrote:
>
>> The KPA1500 Remote s/w, which should be on our website later this week,
>> supports both a local operation via direct connection via USB or ethernet
>> to the amp.
>>
>
> Will I be able to control the KPA1500 using 2 different programs
> simultaneously, one talking via Ethernet and one via USB, without conflict?
>
> - Paul KW7Y
>
>
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