[Elecraft] K3 with SteppIR

[K0EKL]

Jim;

You'll need a serial "Y" cable. They can be had online and SteppIR sells one
too. 

I have the one from SteppIR. The cable runs from the serial port on my K3 to
the serial port on my PC. The other segment of the "Y" runs to the
upper-most serial port on the SteppIR controller. I have the SteppIR
controller set to "KENW" mode and 4800 baud.

I'm using XMLog by W1ECT. XMLog is set to Kenwood TS-2000 mode.

Keep in mind that the SteppIR controller is just a passive listener on the
serial line. It does not send serial commands. It only responds to commands
it "overhears" being sent between the rig and PC. 

Also in the K3 CONFIG menu, you may want to set "AUTO INF" to "Auto 1". This
causes the K3 to send a band/frequency data on the serial line every time
you change frequency. Some log book software polls the rig continuously
which lets the SteppIR track your band and frequency changes automatically.
XM Log does not do this but setting AUTO INF to AUTO 1 accomplishes the same
thing and my SteppIR follows as I QSY.

Dave Quick KØEKL



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[mailto:elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of jpk5lad at cox.net
Sent: Monday, April 21, 2008 9:57 PM
To: elecraft at mailman.qth.net
Subject: [Elecraft] K3 with SteppIR

Is anyone on the reflector using their K3 with a SteppIR antenna and a
logging program on their computer?  I'm hoping to build a cable to unite my
K3 (due in May or June) to the SteppIR box and the computer running
Logger32.  My Icom IC-756PRO just parallelled the CI-V cable from the radio
to the SteppIR box and the serial port on the computer. I'm pretty sure the
K3's not going to be that easy. 

Since the K3 is outputting to a serial port it sounds easy to connect to the
computer's serial port but I don't quite see where the SteppIR box
interfaces into the picture.  Has anyone already plowed this ground?

Any help is appreciated.

73,
Jim - K5LAD






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