[Elecraft] K3 CAT and SPE Expert 1K-FA

[Mike]

Kel -

I'd take the K3 out of the equation, and see if the Expert works correctly alone. And 
I wouldn't bet my life the cable is wired correctly. The DB 15 connector sounds a bit 
odd. Do you have a wiring diagram for the connection?

73, Mike NF4L

On 5/16/2011 9:03 AM, Kjeld Holm wrote:
> Dear All,
>
> I am confused after having tried almost anything to get my PC to control
> both K3 and the Expert. I can controle K3 from HRD via COM1 with no
> problems.
>
> My latest try to control the Expert was to have the factory make a cable to
> me with DB-9 female from the computer and a DB-9 male going to the K3 and a
> DB-15 male going to the Expert. So the cables should be all right from the
> factory.
>
> My Expert is set to CAT = Kenwood and BAUD RATE 9600.
>
> My COM1 is set to Bits per second = 9600, Data bits = 8, Parity = None, Stop
> bits = 1 and Flow control = None.
> For flow control I have tried also Hardware and Xon/Xoff
>
> Result: K3 is following HRD fine. The Expert is doing nothing.
>
> What am I doing wrong? (Now that the cable must be OK as it is made by the
> Italian factory).
>
> Vy 73 de
> OZ1CCM Kel
>
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