[Elecraft] K2 Control Cable Question

[Bill Coleman]

Wouldn't hurt to try it.  The basic commands (freq mode etc.) are the same 
between the K2 and K3.  Since the K2 and K3 basics are Kenwood compatible, 
I'd bet LP Bridge would handle a Kenwood nicely too.


-----Original Message----- 
From: iain macdonnell - N6ML
Sent: Wednesday, April 27, 2011 1:21 PM
To: don at w3fpr.com
Cc: elecraft at mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K2 Control Cable Question

No, LP-Bridge does not allow multiple applications to access the same
COM port .. it allows multiple applications to access the same *K3*,
by placing itself in the middle, and forming a "virtual K3", which
keeps itself in sync with the real K3, and provides access to
applications through virtual COM ports. It doesn't work for any rig
other than the K3 (AFAIK).

    ~iain / N6ML


On Wed, Apr 27, 2011 at 5:17 PM, Don Wilhelm <w3fpr at embarqmail.com> wrote:
>  Jim,
>
> I would rather suggest you look at LP-Bridge by Larry Phipps.  It allows
> multiple software applications to use the same com port.
>
> 73,
> Don W3FPR
>
> On 4/27/2011 1:01 PM, Jim Campbell wrote:
>> I have tapped into the K2's IF and am sending the resulting signal to a
>> Softrock. The output of the Softrock is fed to a CW Skimmer. The K2's
>> control cable is used by CW Skimmer to display the K2's current
>> frequency. The connection is bi-directional as the CW Skimmer can
>> command a change in the K2's frequency.
>>
>> I am using MixW3 as my logging program. I would like to feed the
>> frequency info coming from the K2 to MixW as well. Is it possible to
>> accomplish this by tapping into the K2's cable and extracting the RXD
>> and GND signals to be sent to a different COM port that is used by MixW?
>> The OS (Win 7 Pro) won't allow both CW Skimmer  and MixW to use the same
>> COM port.
>>
>> Thanks and 72,
>>
>> Jim - W4BQP
>>
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