[Elecraft] Error in Kio2 Programmers PDF

[Jack Brindle]

While we are on the subject of the KIO2 interface, I can say with some 
authority that there actually is an error in the programmers reference 
manual, but Tony actually didn't find it. The error occurs in the 
translation table for the DS command.  The table shows that a received 
'Z' is translated to an 'X'. The correction is that a 'Z' should be 
translated to a lower-case 'c'.

As noted in a private email from Wayne, trailing digits are ignored by 
the K2 on received RS-232 commands.  This means that the number of 
digits in the argument is limited by the size of the K2 command receive 
buffer. This is slightly disappointing to me since I was really looking 
forward to acquiring a 10GW amplifier (and the required associated 
electrical utility) to make sure I will be heard in the EQP next month. 
Now I guess I'll just have to make due with my "hefty" 15 watts...

On Friday, February 21, 2003, at 04:02  PM, Jack Brindle wrote:

> Actually, it appears that the K2 accepts both formats, and then some. 
> It definitely accepts "PCxxx;" in extended mode, but it also appears 
> to accept "PCxxxx;" and "PCxxxxx;" as well as "PCxxxxxx;".  In all 
> cases on my K2 (no KPA100) it accepts the data and truncates the 
> digits following the third digit. I'll let the list pundits consider 
> what all this might mean, but that number of digits conceivably could 
> allow setting power up to 99,999.9 watts...
>

-Jack Brindle, WA4FIB
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