P3SVGA USB Keyboard

[David Pratt]

Mike - It sounds as though you have not read the PDF file that is
contained within the P3/SVGA/USB beta zip file. That explains about the
asterisk under the Status Bar paragraph and all you need to know to get
it working.  Read that, Mike, and preferably print it off and you'll be
away.

David G4DMP

In a recent message, Mike K2MK <[hidden email]> writes

>Hi Rick,
>
>Yes I've tried PSK-D and FSK-D. And yes the keyboard caps lock light does go
>on. I'm not sure what you mean by an asterisk in the status box but no there
>is no asterisk on either the large monitor or the P3. I did plug and unplug
>the keyboard.
>
>I'm not going to pursue this further as I'm happy with PC software control
>of RTTY and PSK. I'll debug the problem later when the P3 is able to do some
>other interesting keyboard related things.
>
>73,
>Mike K2MK

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[Mike K2MK]

Hi Dave,

This is very embarrassing. I never saw the PDF file among the other documents that were extracted from the zipped file. It's quite extensive. Thanks for pointing that out.

73,
Mike K2MK

David Pratt-4 wrote

Mike - It sounds as though you have not read the PDF file that is
contained within the P3/SVGA/USB beta zip file. That explains about the
asterisk under the Status Bar paragraph and all you need to know to get
it working.  Read that, Mike, and preferably print it off and you'll be
away.

David G4DMP

[Paul Saffren N6HZ]

Hi Mike,

If you look on your external display at the very bottom of the screen you should see a blue status bar.  On the left it will show either rx or TX based on whether the K3 is transmitting or not.  On the right there will be a small asterisk if the SVGA card detects a valid USB keyboard (Apple keyboards appear to not work) .  If you see the asterisk, you should be able to type characters and they will show up in the Tx window which is the data window shown underneath the Rx window.  Another way to check is hold down Ctrl-Alt-H and see if you see the help screen.

Regarding BIOS keyboard etc.  The USB stack we are using makes mention of the requirement for IBM PC compatible keyboards.  During my initial testing I was able to find that all the PC USB keyboards we have in house work fine.  Since these keyboards are relatively inexpensive, I would suggest simply buying one.

If you're still running into problems getting the transmit to work, give me a call at Elecraft.

73,

Paul

[W5RDW]

I recently got a mini keyboard that works with the P3/SVGA/Latest Firmware. I got it from a company in Houston, Texas called Directron (www.directron.com/akb110b.html). It is a Adesso AKB-110B for $23.99. It is an 87 Windows Key layout, nice and small (11.75 X 6 X 1 in.) with a 6 ft. USB cable.