[Elecraft] Remotely controlling a K2

[Jack Brindle]

Just a warning here to be careful. VNCs are notorious for being  
unsecure. You are probably OK on the Mac for quite a while, but the  
Windows component may open up pandora's box. For this reason many, if  
not most, companies have banned VNC from their internal networks.

Yeah, yuck!


On Jan 28, 2008, at 3:05 PM, Barry McWilliams wrote:

> Here's a configuration that may work.  It incorporates a K2 radio  
> control program running on your Mac and a means to control you Mac  
> via the Internet from your Windows operating system PCs.  (You've  
> got the audio part figured out.)
>
> 1) Install a K2 control program on you Mac.  This will allow you to  
> control the frequency, mode and other parameters of your K2.  Here  
> are two possible programs.
>
>   a)  David's (W4SMT) program that he mentioned here on the  
> reflector earlier today. (I don't know where it's available. This is  
> the first I've heard about his work ... sounds interesting.)
>
>   b) A program from NI5V ->  (http://www.machamradio.com/software/ni5v/mack2/index.html 
> )
>
> 2) Install on you Mac a VNC (Virtual Network Computer) "server" that  
> allows you to capture your Mac's screen and keyboard.  With this,   
> you can control your Mac, and thus it's applications from another  
> computer via the internet.
>
>   Here's a link to a free VNC servere for OSX ->
>       http://www.redstonesoftware.com/products/vine/server/index.html
>
> 3) Finally, you need a VNC "viewer" that runs on the Windows PCs to  
> connect to the above VNC "server",  control you Mac and run K2  
> control program.
>   Here's a link to a VNC "viewer" that run on Windows ->
>         http://www.realvnc.com/products/free/4.1/winvncviewer.html
>
> Here's the schematic ...
>
> Windows -> VNC Viewer -> internet -> VNC server -> K2 control program
>
> Hope this gives you some ideas,
>
> Barry, WK2S
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-Jack Brindle, W6FB
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