[Elecraft] K3 / P3 - RS232 ???

[iain macdonnell - N6ML]

On Thu, Jul 11, 2013 at 2:29 PM, Fred Jensen <k6dgw at foothill.net> wrote:
> On 7/11/2013 2:07 PM, Pfizenmayer wrote:
>>
>> New K3 user -- it boots up in transmit if the RS232 attached laptop has
>> not been booted up first . And no amount of button pushing that I have
>> found will take it out of transmit. (other than power off - but back on
>> and still in transmit)
>>
>> What do I have set wrong ???  This is a real RS232 not a USB-RS232 dongle.
>> All works fine if computer is booted up first - communicates with N1MM
>> etc etc
>
>
> RTS and DTR can be configured to assert PTT and key the K3.  It is
> controlled by a menu entry CONFIG:RS-232, and there are several choices
> including turning it off.  Turn them off in the menu and your problem should
> go away.  I think you have to have CONFIG:TECH MD set to ON to see the
> RS-232 menu entry.

Actually it's "CONFIG:PTT-KEY", and TECH MD is not required.

73,

    ~iain / N6ML