[Elecraft] [K3] Remote control protocol documentation

[Thomas Horsten]

Don,

I was under the impression that a new protocol had been implemented in the
firmware, providing better performance and features for remote control
applications compared to the existing command set from the K3 Programmer's
Reference.

The approach of continuously polling all values and attempting to emulate
panel key presses by translating them into the corresponding commands is
not very efficient for this purpose, and it's not possible to achieve 100%
synchronization and correct mapping of keys to functions.

73, Thomas M0TRN

On 30 January 2012 13:34, Don Wilhelm <w3fpr at embarqmail.com> wrote:

> Thomas,
>
> If you are referring to the recent support for RemoteRig, the
> description of that function can be found at the Elecraft website -
> search on "RemoteRig".  Either the RemoteRig, or a communications link
> to connect 2 K3s (the local K3 controls the remote K3) is what is
> needed.  What is required is a communications link, and not any
> particular protocol.
>
> If you are instead creating a control program to run on your computer
> and remotely control a single K3, then the K3 Programming reference is
> the documentation that you need.
>
> 73,
> Don W3FPR
>
> On 1/30/2012 7:00 AM, Thomas Horsten wrote:
> > Hi Elecraft list,
> >
> > I have read about the new K3 remote protocol (that's supported natively
> in
> > the latest firmwares of the K3), and I want to implement my own remote
> > control solution. However I haven't been able to find any documentation
> on
> > the remote protocol anywhere (implemented in Linux with software on a
> > Beagleboard acting as the backend to a GTK+ frontend emulating the user
> > interface on another machine in the network).
> >
> > Does anyone know if this documentation exists, and if not, when it will
> be
> > released? Apologies if there is an early beta/draft version of the
> protocol
> > documentation somewhere and I've missed it. If it's not out there, can
> > someone in the know provide me with a copy?
> >
> > 73, Thomas M0TRN
> >
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