[Elecraft] K3 Serial Port

[Larry Phipps]

Eterlogic can work as long as the two programs don't poll much, reducing the chance of collisions. It takes all incoming data and mixes it together, which can cause lost or corrupted commands. It also sends all K3 responses to all connected programs, which can be a problem with some programs, which may not support all the incoming commands. Some programs also require a proper response to each command in sequence, and will be confused by a response that was not just polled for.

It is a very useful program for many things, though, and should make a good addition to LP-Bridge for some of the more exotic setups requiring bridges between programs and hardware, a second PC, etc. As long as the connection is one-to-one (or one-to-many under some circumstances) it should be fine, but I haven't tested it.

73,
Larry N8LP



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Date: Mon, 30 Mar 2009 16:23:48 -0600
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Another solution is provided by Eterlogic's "Virtual Serial Port Emulator," 
a free download from Eterlogic's web site.  You can create a serial port
"splitter," for using diifferent software programs that talk with the K3.

I use it to run DXBase 2007 and DXLab's Commander program
simultaneously.  

73,
Chuck  NI0C
K2/10 s/n 5853
K3/100 s/n 1061