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Re: K3s / P3 baud rate, poor man's 2nd receiver

Posted by Nr4c on Oct 12, 2018; 11:02pm
URL: http://elecraft.85.s1.nabble.com/K3s-P3-baud-rate-poor-man-s-2nd-receiver-tp7645626p7645632.html

No need to waste a lot of time on this. Set all to 38400, the default speed for the P3 to work well.

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...nr4c. bill


> On Oct 12, 2018, at 3:28 PM, Henk de Vries (hdv) <[hidden email]> wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
>
>
> Using my home-made RS232 sniffer in order to capture K3s frequency
> information while my K3s is exchanging information with Wintest I found some
> non-obvious behaviour of the PC - K3s USB baud rate that might interest
> others as well.
>
>
>
> The set-up is PC <a> USB <b> K3s <c> RS232 <d> P3 <e> (PC port of P3)
>
> <x> = connector/port
>
>
>
> Normally all baud rates are 38400 bd.
>
> The link <c> RS232 <d> is 38400 bd and cannot be changed.
>
>
>
> When changing the baud rate of the P3 (with P3 menu) the rate on <e> becomes
> the selected rate (as expected), so 4800, 9600 or 19200 bd.
>
> However also the rate on <a> (USB) <b> is changed to this rate.
>
>
>
> So the P3 is always in control of the baud rate towards the PC, no matter
> the connection towards the PC; via USB port on the K3s or via RS232/PC port
> on the P3.
>
> However, when the P3 is switched off, the <a>USB<b> rate reverts to the
> default setting of 38400 bd (of the K3s).
>
>
>
> I thought it worth mentioning, because this behaviour is not explained in

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