[Elecraft] K3 software utility needed

[Joe Subich, W4TV]

> Which is a very good reason for supporting the K3 as a 
> network addressable device. 

Network addressability is only a small part of the equation. 
The K3 controller would need to be reworked to support multiple 
simultaneous access to prevent a poll/command string from one 
application from interrupting a multiple command string from 
another controller. 

73, 

   ... Joe, W4TV 
 

> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Phil Hystad
> Sent: Thursday, December 10, 2009 9:48 AM
> To: nf4l at nf4l.com
> Cc: elecraft; Barry N1EU
> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3 software utility needed
> 
> 
> 
> On Dec 10, 2009, at 6:26 AM, Mike wrote:
> 
> > The problem on a Windows box is sharing the comm port with another
> > application.
> 
> 
> Which is a very good reason for supporting the K3 as a 
> network addressable
> device.  Each K3 should have its own IP address.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> > 
> > 73, Mike NF4L
> > 
> > Barry N1EU wrote:
> >> There are some very useful little applications being developed out
> >> there by the K3 user community.  I'd just like to plant a 
> seed for a
> >> potential new application to augment the limited display of the K3.
> >> How about a simple application that would be a full-time display of
> >> various K3 settings that aren't normally visible without 
> pushing one
> >> or more buttons?  The parameters that I'd really like to be able to
> >> see with a quick glance:
> >> 
> >> shift (numeric)
> >> width (numeric)
> >> power
> >> compression
> >> mic gain
> >> sub preamp
> >> sub antenna selection
> >> sub shift
> >> sub width
> >> AF Limit
> >> AGC hold
> >> AGC DCY
> >> AGC SLP
> >> AGC THR
> >> 
> >> I envision using such an application in conjunction with LP-Bridge
> >> along with other software such as logging software, 
> panadapter, etc.
> >> Again, this would be a display-only application, using up 
> as little pc
> >> monitor space as possible.
> >> 
> >> 73,
> >> Barry N1EU
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