[Elecraft] K2 Remote/Server

[Larry Phipps]

I'm not sure what K2Remote and K2Server are supposed to do, but if it's that they allow network control of the rig, then you can already do that.

I have been controlling my TS850S for years over several network connections using a device called a Serial Device Server. It can be implemented in either hardware or software, so you don't even necessarily need a computer at the remote site. 

I don't have a K2 yet, but I suspect it would work the same since K2 uses the basic Kenwood protocol. I control a lot of devices remotely using this architecture including rotator, relays, A/D inputs, SteppIR controller, etc. It will work with most serially controlled devices. 

ARRL has accepted an article I wrote about implementing this capability for future publication. There is more info on my website at www.telepostinc.com/n8lp.html under the link "Remote Control of Networked Station Equipment". The basic idea is that the server converts serial ports to TCP ports at the remote site, and the client at the home site converts the TCP ports into virtual com ports that any software can access as though they were real.

You can also control the rig remotely using the remote telnet server in TRX-Manager. TRX offers  Master (home) and Slave (remote) options for the two locations that can be tied together through a built in telnet terminal.   

73,
Larry N8LP


----- Original Message ----- 
From: Mike S 
To: elecraft at mailman.qth.net 
Cc: eric at elecraft.com 
Sent: Thursday, September 16, 2004 1:41 PM
Subject: [Elecraft] K2 Remote/Server


What's the status of K2 Remote and K2 Server? Despite multiple promises otherwise, development seems to have stopped in 2001 with no Server available.

Might I suggest that if Elecraft doesn't want to complete these to the promised level, they might make a contribution to the G4ILO K2net project ( http://www.tech-pro.net/g4ilo/k2net.html ) and/or KE6D K2Anywhere ( http://www.qsl.net/ke6d/k2anywhere.htm ), which seems to do "all that and more?"

(K2net has had more recent updates, includes bidirectional audio streaming, and seems easier to use)

Mike
W8UR

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