[Elecraft] K2 - KIO2 Question

[Don Wilhelm]

Paul.

Yes, for the K3 use a straight through serial cable.  Not a cross-over 
or null modem cable.

73,
Don W3FPR

On 11/9/2012 10:36 PM, Paul M Dunphy wrote:
> I'll be going down that road in a couple of weeks. Just to be crystal 
> clear so I don't blow something, I have a 4-port PCI serial add on 
> card in my PC. 4 extra DB-9 serial ports. Is all I need is a male to 
> female "straight through" DB9 serial cable to connect one of these 
> ports to the K3/100? (i.e. no cross over - null modem), just a 
> computer store standard serial cable with RX/TX and GRD (pins 2,3 and 
> 7)? This for computer control. No USB involved in my case, so it seems 
> really simple. However . . . I don't want to let the smoke leak out of 
> anything. 73, Paul VE1DX