[Elecraft] Re: K3 text-to-terminal details

[Doug Person]

Wayne,
Thanks for the update on this.  As a semi-retired software developer for 
Big-Blue, I'm thinking it would be fun to write an interface for this in 
the Eclipse platform - which is runnable on almost any OS.
Doug-- K0DXV

wayne burdick wrote:
> Hi Joe,
>
> After sending "TT1;", any decoded text (TX or RX, at the K3) is 
> streamed to the terminal without request commands. The user (or 
> software application) can continue to send commands to the radio 
> completely transparent to the text stream as long as the command 
> doesn't return anything (e.g., an "UP;" command to move the VFO one 
> unit, etc.). If the application needs to send command that returns a 
> string, it can optionally send "TT0;" to suspend the stream 
> temporarily, or it can attempt to parse the returned string from the 
> stream.
>
> We may tweak this behavior in the future. If so, it'll be documented 
> in the K3 Programmer's Reference.
>
> 73,
> Wayne
> N6KR
>
> On Nov 7, 2007, at 8:06 AM, Joe Subich, W4TV wrote:
>
>>
>> Wayne,
>>
>> How is the data returned if TT1: is enabled?  Is the CAT
>> function disabled and the port turned into a pure terminal
>> output or is the received/decoded data returned in
>> "chunks" within a "TT" report (e.g. TT[a string of N characters];)?
>>
>> 73,
>>
>>    ... Joe, W4TV
>>
>>
>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net
>>> [mailto:elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of wayne burdick
>>> Sent: Tuesday, November 06, 2007 9:13 PM
>>> To: Doug Person
>>> Cc: elecraft at mailman.qth.net
>>> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3: An Observation for Struggling
>>> Brass-Pounders
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Nov 6, 2007, at 6:02 PM, Doug Person wrote:
>>>
>>>> I'm curious - does the K3 send the decoded text through the serial
>>>> port where it might be displayed in a terminal program?
>>>>
>>>> Doug -- K0DXV
>>>>
>>>
>>> Yes. There's no third-party software support to do this yet, but all
>>> you have to do is run a terminal emulator program on the PC,
>>> then send
>>> "TT1;" to the K3 (this turns on text-to-terminal). You can
>>> receive CW,
>>> FSK, and PSK31 this way. To transmit, you can send small
>>> packets using
>>> the Key command, e.g. "KY CQ DE N6KR K;".
>>>
>>> The K3 Utility program, which includes our download, will include an
>>> ASCII terminal that does all this for you at some point.
>>>
>>> For further details see the K3 Programmer's Reference,
>>> available on our
>>> K3 page.
>>>
>>> 73,
>>> Wayne
>>> N6KR
>>>
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