[Elecraft] The K2 and the serial port

[Floyd Sense]

Yes, all interfaces will activate at boot, but the Rigrunner will hang with
the lines activated.  The fact is that NONE of them need to be activated.
If the change is made that I referenced, you will see no activity on the com
ports when you boot.  The idea of having to turn your radios off when you
boot is absurd and unnecessary.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Julian, G4ILO" <g4ilo@qsl.net>
To: "Elecraft List" <elecraft@mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Thursday, January 08, 2004 5:24 AM
Subject: [Elecraft] The K2 and the serial port


> I haven't had this problem of XP hanging at boot-up using a plain old home
> brew interface (never could understand why people pay good money for
> commercial interfaces when you can build one from a handful of junk box
> parts.) All radios suffer from the problem of going to transmit because of
> the key line being activated (don't use a PTT control line here as MixW
> does that using a software command) so it's a good idea to get in the
habit
> of turning the radio off if you need to boot the computer.
>
> 73,
> --
> Julian, G4ILO. (RSGB, ARRL, G-QRP, K2 #392)