[Elecraft] K3 and N1MM

[Joe Subich, W4TV]

> Boy it sure seems like N1MM should be able to support the 
> keyer in the k3 and allow you to set the speed and probably 
> also read the speed that is set by the knob just like the 
> K1EL unit. 

The N1MM developers have spoken to this many times: 1) "KY;" 
and "KS;" are not broadly applicable (only Kenwood, Elecraft 
and "new" Yaesu rigs support it), 2) the implementation is not 
consistent (Yaesu only sends stored messages), 3) there is 
no "edit" capability, and 4) there is no "message finished" 
status.  

The benefits to be gained from supporting the "KY;" and 
"KS;" commands simply do not, in their collective opinion, 
justify the effort involved in a major rewrite of the CW 
interface code and making the CW interface code transceiver 
dependent (it is currently transceiver agnostic).  This is 
particularly true when the K1EL serial WinKeyer 2 kit is 
available for less than $40 and WinKey is available in 
products from several manufacturers.  

73, 

   ... Joe, W4TV 
    




> -----Original Message-----
> From: elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net 
> [mailto:elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Brett Howard
> Sent: Saturday, July 18, 2009 3:16 PM
> To: Julian, G4ILO
> Cc: elecraft at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3 and N1MM
> 
> 
> Boy it sure seems like N1MM should be able to support the 
> keyer in the k3 and allow you to set the speed and probably 
> also read the speed that is set by the knob just like the 
> K1EL unit.  Then the whole thing would fit in one box with 
> paddle break in and all...  Just seems like it should be able 
> to be supported.  Would be even cooler if the K3 could 
> support the K1EL protocol but thats probably a bit rude to do 
> to K1EL.  
> 
> Anyway just thinking out loud...
> 
> ~Brett
> 
> On Sat, 2009-07-18 at 03:22 -0700, Julian, G4ILO wrote:
> > 
> > 
> > Joe Subich, W4TV-4 wrote:
> > > You can use the internal keyer with paddles but N1MM Logger
> > > does not support the "KS;" keyer command for sending arbitrary 
> > > text.
> > > 
> > Actually it's the KY...; command. KS sets the speed. :)
> > 
> > -----
> > Julian, G4ILO. K2 #392  K3 #222.
> > * G4ILO's Shack - http://www.g4ilo.com
> > * KComm - http://www.g4ilo.com/kcomm.html
> > * KTune - http://www.g4ilo.com/ktune.html
> > 
> 
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