[Elecraft] Give us a network interface

[Jack Brabham]

  Not to mention that Ethernet has a nasty habit of creating RFI, at 
least in my experience.

Now on the other hand native USB might be a simple and useful upgrade 
from serial, and with the appropriate driver could appear as a "virtual" 
serial port to existing software.

73 Jack KZ5A
K3 #4165







On 8/29/2010 8:51 AM, Joe Subich, W4TV wrote:
>   >  Sure, many of these software programs do not support network
>   >  connections yet, but we need the hardware to support it first.
>   >  Once the hardware supports it, the software designers will be
>   >  quick to add it.
>
> I seriously doubt that.  Most software writers tend to support a
> common feature set for all transceivers.  Unless they are writing
> transceiver specific 'remote operation' or 'soft front panel'
> applications, they will continue to write to a serial interface -
> whether it is implemented as a standard serial port or a USB to
> serial converter - and support set/get for frequency and mode
> because that's what is available in the 10s of thousands of
> transceivers already in user hands.
>
> The Omni VII has a true network interface ... do you see ANY of
> the major software packages supporting the full feature set of
> the Omni VII via Ethernet?  No, the only software to take full
> advantage of the Omni VII capability is TenTec's own package.
>
>   >  Once more I will make my plea for a network interface in the K3
>   >  and now the P3.
>
> In addition to the lack of usefulness with third party software,
> this is a bad idea in general.  It would generally require a
> separate controller (or much larger controller) and would add
> significant complexity and cost with no corresponding benefit
> for the overwhelming majority of users.
>
> The K3 provides a rich (although sometimes cumbersome) interface
> for external control.  If you want a network level interface, the
> Programmer's Guide provides enough information that you can build
> your own.
>
> 73,
>
>      ... Joe, W4TV
>
> On 8/29/2010 8:18 AM, Ken Nicely wrote:
>> Once more I will make my plea for a network interface in the K3 and now the
>> P3.
>>
>> I, like others, have had issues getting the serial communications working.
>>    I understand that setting up a network device is a little more complicated
>> than a serial device, but it would eliminate all the issues introduced by
>> having to run custom software (LP Bridge) to communicate between more than
>> one software application and the K3 or P3.  It would also eliminate the need
>> to communicate through the P3 to talk to the K3.
>>
>> Please give us a network port on the K3 and P3.  This would allow each
>> program to independently communicate with both the K3 and P3, greatly
>> simplifying the communication between the software and the rig.  Sure, many
>> of these software programs do not support network connections yet, but we
>> need the hardware to support it first.  Once the hardware supports it, the
>> software designers will be quick to add it.
>>
>> Ken Nicely KE3C
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