[Elecraft] Need more than one serial port?

[Julian, G4ILO]

Paul-30 wrote:
> 
> So, how are you contesters out there doing that? Is there a Y cable made
> for DB-9? If so, wouldn't that pin out be different than the one for the
> SteppIR and cause problems?
> 

You can't connect two cables to one serial port. The SteppIR controller has
two serial ports called Data In and Data Out. You connect Data In to the K3
using a special SteppIR cable. You connect Data Out to the computer using a
standard serial cable, or USB to Serial adapter.

http://www.steppir.com/files/Transceiver%20Interface%20Operation%205-28-09.pdf

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