[Elecraft] Remote Rig questions

[JBaumgarte at aol.com]

Bob, Phil and others,
 
Wow, guess I should have done more studying.  I am running the RRC  boxes 
with my 2 K3's, but I have a PC based system and a couple of Green Heron  Go 
Everywhere boxes to run everything else--two 4 Squares, Beverage switch, 2  
rotor controllers, and a 6 pack.  Obviously, with this I have to keep my  
power supply and a computer running.  The idling PS doesn't seem to draw  
much, but . . . . .   It does work great, however, and its great to  have access 
to my contest station from back home!  Setting up the RRC boxes  was no 
slam dunk (for me), but received great support from the factory.
 
John, N0IJ
 
 
In a message dated 1/16/2013 17:08:08 Central Standard Time,  
K5WA at Comcast.net writes:

Phil,

I've got the same issues facing me as you do in point  number 1.  If I read
the documentation correctly, in addition to the  K3 control link (RS232), 
the
RemoteRig has 4 "channels" of discreet I/O for  ON/OFF applications such as
opening/closing an antenna switch or turning on  a relay to power a power
supply.  Secondly, in addition to the RS232  channel controlling the rig,
there is a secondary RS232 channel that can be  used for rotor control, amp
control or whatever.  I built a PLC based  antenna control system to handle
my 20 antennas and 4 rotators for which I  plan to use via this RS232 link
since my system can control all of these  antennas via a single RS232
connection.

I have not gotten beyond  initial planning yet with my K3/0 and RemoteRig 
but
I believe I will be  going down this path with the above as a basis.  I wish
someone made a  "bullet-proof" antenna disconnect box triggered via 12VDC
which would save  me from building one.  I've had a couple of lightning
events in the  past 3 years and they are VERY expensive to recover from.

I can't offer  an opinion on your second point since I'm a PC kinda guy.   
;-)

Good luck with the project!

Bob K5WA    


Message: 1
Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2013 12:23:21 -0500
From:  Philip Graitcer <pgraitc at me.com>
To:  elecraft at mailman.qth.net
Subject: [Elecraft] Remote Rig   questions
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As of today, I am the lucky owner of two  K3s and of a wonderful salt water
QTH. I would like to remote the seaside  K3 to my city QTH using the Remote
Rig options available on the Elecraft  website but have these two questions:

1. What do folks general use for  disconnecting the remote antenna and 
remote
power supplies?

2. I am  a Mac user, and although I have delved deeply into the manuals, it
appears  that the over internet setup is PC based. Has anyone done this with
a Mac,  or will be obliged to borrow a PC or install Parallels. And does
Parallels  have the right drivers to make this work.

Thanks!

Phil,  W3HZZ

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