[Elecraft] K3 USB option

[Jim Miller]

Thanks for the information.  I guess I need to reread a good share of the
information, I'm getting old.  There is just sooo much (including trying to
keep up with the reflector which I don't think is even possible).  I have
read all the information available except not having finished the actual K3
Manuals itself.

Anxiously awaiting my Katiegram, early August?  Katie, you listening?

Thanks es 73, de Jim KG0KP

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dick Dievendorff" <dieven at comcast.net>
To: "'Jim Miller'" <JimMiller at STL-OnLine.Net>; "'Elecraft Reflector'"
<elecraft at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Thursday, June 19, 2008 9:54 AM
Subject: RE: [Elecraft] K3 USB option


> The KUSB is a USB to Serial Adapter that connects the K3 to your personal
> computer, and should be used if your personal computer has no RS-232
serial
> ports but has USB (Universal Serial Bus) ports.
>
> The KUSB is not something built into the K3, it is an external cable with
a
> USB-to-Serial conversion function in a microcontroller built into the
cable.
>
>
> There is a picture of it in the K3 Utility Help.  You can install the K3
> Utility before your K3 arrives.  Under K3 Utility Help, select "Getting
> started" and "cable requirements".
>
> If your PC has an RS-232 serial port, then the KUSB is not necessary.
> Instead you'll need a straight-through 9-pin RS-232 cable.
>
> Firmware updates require that the PC be able to communicate with the K3,
> either with a 9-pin RS-232 cable attached to your PC's RS-232 serial port,
> or if your computer has no RS-232 port but has USB ports, you'll need a
USB
> to Serial Adapter like the KUSB for firmware updates (and any other
computer
> rig control you may desire).
>
> The KUSB has the right "gender" of connectors (nuts instead of jack
screws)
> so that it will attach correctly to the back of the K3.  If you choose
> another USB to Serial Adapter and it has jack screw connectors, you should
> also acquire a 9-pin male-to-female "straight thru" RS-232 cable that has
> screw connectors on each end.
>
> Dick, K6KR
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net
> [mailto:elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Jim Miller
> Sent: Thursday, June 19, 2008 7:30 AM
> To: Elecraft Reflector
> Subject: [Elecraft] K3 USB option
>
> Is it necessary to have the USB option to install firmware updates or is
it
> simply a faster method that I can add on later?  What other capabilities
> does it add?
>
> 73, de Jim KG0KP
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