[Elecraft] KIO2 Test anomoly?

Mon Jul 7 09:27:00 2003

Hi Rod. Not sure why it should work or not. But it does work using
Hyperterminal.
Did you tap MENU, tap DISPLAY, go to PORT, hold in EDIT then tap DISPLAY to
send a test message?
N2TK, Tony
#3481

-----Original Message-----
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Sent: Monday, July 07, 2003 09:02
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Subject: [Elecraft] KIO2 Test anomoly?

Folks,

The first test of the KIO2 communication functionality,  From
Page 14 of the KIO2 Manual, is:

"If a K2-compatible application program is not available, you can
test the serial interface using a terminal program such as
Hyperterminal, as follows:"

... <setup/radio control instruction deleted>

"3. Tap DISPLAY to send a test message from the K2 to the
    computer. The string FA000xxxxxxxx; should be seen in the
    terminal program window, where xxxxxxxx is the present VFO A
    frequency in Hz. (The first "x" will be 0 if VFO A is set to
    a frequency below 10 MHz.)"

...

I was never able to make this test work. However THE KIO2 WORKS
FINE, tested by interacting with the radio, via Hyperterminal,
using I/O commands documented in the Elecraft KIO2 Programmer's
Reference.

Is there a manual errata I missed? It seems to me that the test
above should NOT work. Consider this, taken from the programmers
ref. manual, "meta command section":

"AI (Auto-info mode): The AI meta-command controls how and when
the K2 responds to commands:

0. No Auto-info: __THIS IS THE DEFAULT__. No radio information
   will be automatically reported. (You can still request
   specific information using GET commands.)"

So if the default is no Auto-info reporting, it seems the test
above should not work.

?!?!?!?!? :-)

73, Rod N0RC

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