[Elecraft] K3 remote control

[K8TB]

Art,

    It looks like you have a pc at the remote site. What you need is a 
parallel relay board, like this one: 
http://www.electronickits.com/kit/complete/elec/ck1601.htm   . Wire up 
one of the relays to the remote on   pin of the K3. You will find out 
that most cpu's will trigger all the relays on when you power up, and 
the relays will stay on, until driven by a program. The really good news 
is that Simon has a program to control the parallel port in his HRD 
program. Its called "parallel control"! You can now use those other 
relays to control antenna relays and the like at the site.

    I use the parallel program to turn the K3 on, and switch antennas.

    I use HRD and IpSound. Works OK. But I am looking at the device made 
in Sweden, the RemoteRig. If you have a Kenwood TS-480, the control head 
is actually at your remote (office in your case) location.

    Now, we just have to get Elecraft to produce a K3 front panel that 
sends out all the front panel commands as an RS-232 string, and then I 
could have the feel of the K3 at home. BTW, my second K3 is used only as 
a 6 meter SSB/digital modes remote base.

    tom K8TB

kz5d at aol.com wrote:
> I'm setting up my station to be able to remotely operate from the office (yes from work!). I have a web power switch that allows me to turn equipment on and off via the internet. But it appears that isn't the recommended method for the K3.
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> The K3 manual?has a reference to turning the radio's power on and off remotely by grounding pin 7 on the ACC connector.Then the manual states that the controller must send the K3 a "PS0" remote control command via the RS232 interface. Then deactivate the POWER ON signal.
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> Has anyone had any experience in doing this? In particular, what is the basic code to send the 'PS0" mentioned?
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