New KX3 rig controller
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Hi everyone,
Quick intro on the list, since I only very recently joined: Ed, W6ELA. I have been a Ham for now a bit more than a year, and enjoying this hobby tremendously. I do a lot of programming and electronics in my spare time as well, and I am a long time Open Source guy. Related to the latter point, I have just launched "Wizkers", a new Rig Controller open source project that supports the KX3, KXPA100 and PX3, and runs on any computer that supports Google Chrome. Mac, Windows, Linux, it doesn't matter, it works on every OS :) Even works on any Chromebook if you have one around. I made a short presentation about it at the Palo Alto amateur radio club last Friday, and got very good feedback, so I thought I would share with the Elecraft community as a whole. If you want to check it out, head over to http://www.wizkers.io/ for more details. You will find the link to the Google Chrome store at the bottom of the page. The overall scope of Wizkers goes far beyond Ham radio, but as Hams, you can focus on the rig control capabilities... This rig controller offers unique features such as a advanced KXPA100 monitoring and charting, a very realistic and fully working KX3 panel, direct VFO input, and an audio waterfall. And it is compatible with fldigi too! As an aside: besides working on any Chrome browser, you can also install this on a BeagleBone and use this as a remote rig controller. I have not implemented remote audio yet, but it is on the roadmap at some point. If you have good programming skills in C++ and Javascript and would like to contribute, you are most welcome! Get in touch with me :) I am very much looking forward to hearing back from this group on what you all think of it! 73 Ed, W6ELA PS: Yes, it is an Open Source project, which means it is free - as in freedom - as much as it is free - as in free beer. ______________________________________________________________ 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 Message delivered to [hidden email] |
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Will an iOS version be coming out?
> On Jan 14, 2015, at 2:27 PM, Edouard Lafargue <[hidden email]> wrote: > > Related to the latter point, I have just launched "Wizkers", a new Rig > Controller open source project that supports the KX3, KXPA100 and PX3, and > runs on any computer that supports Google Chrome. Mac, Windows, Linux, it > doesn't matter, it works on every OS :) Even works on any Chromebook if you > have one around. > ______________________________________________________________ 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 Message delivered to [hidden email] |
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Stay tuned on that one... I have a Pignology unit that could be used for
the iOS version - Apple won't let you connect a USB or serial device to their own devices... Ed w6ela On Jan 15, 2015 6:40 AM, "Thorpe, Jeffrey" <[hidden email]> wrote: > > Will an iOS version be coming out? > > > > ______________________________________________________________ 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 Message delivered to [hidden email] |
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Actually you can. The camera kit includes stereo speaker and microphone connections, so that a USB sound card can be connected. This is how iSDR for iOS works. (In fact it works great.)
Jeff - KG7HDZ On Jan 15, 2015, at 9:29 AM, Edouard Lafargue <[hidden email]<mailto:[hidden email]>> wrote: Stay tuned on that one... I have a Pignology unit that could be used for the iOS version - Apple won't let you connect a USB or serial device to their own devices... Ed w6ela On Jan 15, 2015 6:40 AM, "Thorpe, Jeffrey" <[hidden email]<mailto:[hidden email]>> wrote: > > Will an iOS version be coming out? > > > > ______________________________________________________________ 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 Message delivered to [hidden email] |
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That's correct, Jeff, some USB devices are OK like sound cards.
Unfortunately, USB serial devices are not permitted, so rig control will be tricky. There are workarounds like the Pignology, or more recently Bluetooth LE with which Apple decided to be more open for some reason. On Android, on the other hand, as long as your device supports USB in "OTG" mode, all is fine. Looks like I need to put the Android/iOS release higher in my priority list :) Ed, W6ELA On Thu, Jan 15, 2015 at 9:57 AM, Thorpe, Jeffrey <[hidden email]> wrote: > Actually you can. The camera kit includes stereo speaker and microphone > connections, so that a USB sound card can be connected. This is how iSDR > for iOS works. (In fact it works great.) > > Jeff - KG7HDZ > > > > On Jan 15, 2015, at 9:29 AM, Edouard Lafargue <[hidden email]> > wrote: > > Stay tuned on that one... I have a Pignology unit that could be used > for the iOS version - Apple won't let you connect a USB or serial device to > their own devices... > > Ed w6ela > On Jan 15, 2015 6:40 AM, "Thorpe, Jeffrey" <[hidden email]> wrote: > > > > Will an iOS version be coming out? > > > > > > > > > > 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 Message delivered to [hidden email] |
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I understand the difference now. Thank-you Ed. I am looking forward to this.
Jeff - KG7HDZ > On Jan 15, 2015, at 11:59 AM, Edouard Lafargue <[hidden email]> wrote: > > > That's correct, Jeff, some USB devices are OK like sound cards. Unfortunately, USB serial devices are not permitted, so rig control will be tricky. There are workarounds like the Pignology, or more recently Bluetooth LE with which Apple decided to be more open for some reason. On Android, on the other hand, as long as your device supports USB in "OTG" mode, all is fine. > ______________________________________________________________ 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 Message delivered to [hidden email] |
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