[Elecraft] Help with a Macro from the K3 to turn on the KAP500

[Don Wilhelm]

Tom,

Think about it a bit.  The K3 ACC cable connects to the KPA500 for the 
band data only.  So how could any form of a command be passed over the 
band data lines?

73,
Don W3FPR

On 7/17/2013 5:29 PM, Tom wrote:
> Ok could be undocumented.
> Lets hope Wayne chimes in.
>
> Tom
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> Sent from my iPhone
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> On 2013-07-17, at 5:25 PM, William Levy <wglevy at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Not what Wayne says.
>>
>> On Jul 17, 2013, at 3:24 PM, Tom <tomb18 at videotron.ca> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi
>>> Yes they talk to each other but only send band change info and certain other statuses. To do this with only a macro and no possible hardware is not possible
>>>
>>> Tom
>>> va2fsq.com
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>>> Sent from my iPhone
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>>> On 2013-07-17, at 5:06 PM, William Levy <wglevy at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Yes, but they are connected directly in the back of the K3 with one of the AUX cables so they feed each other that way.
>>>> Thus the K3, Amp and ATU all talk to each other.
>>>> Thus the need to be able from the K3 to turn on the Amp.
>>>> Bill N2WL
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Jul 17, 2013, at 1:02 PM, Tom wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hi
>>>>> That would be news to me, since the k3 and kpa use different serial ports.
>>>>> Tom
>>>>> va1fsq.com
>>>>>
>>>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>>>
>>>>> On 2013-07-17, at 2:24 PM, William Levy <wglevy at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Somewhere I thought there was written a short macro to designate a button
>>>>>> on the K3 to turn on the Amp from the K3.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Any help with that would be greatly appreciated. This old ham has his fist
>>>>>> in to too many old radios at the moment to sit down and figure out code.
>>>>>> Too busy reading resistor codes. All  help appreciated. Thanks, Bill N2WL
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>>> On 2013-07-17, at 5:06 PM, William Levy <wglevy at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Yes, but they are connected directly in the back of the K3 with one of the AUX cables so they feed each other that way.
>>>> Thus the K3, Amp and ATU all talk to each other.
>>>> Thus the need to be able from the K3 to turn on the Amp.
>>>> Bill N2WL
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Jul 17, 2013, at 1:02 PM, Tom wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hi
>>>>> That would be news to me, since the k3 and kpa use different serial ports.
>>>>> Tom
>>>>> va1fsq.com
>>>>>
>>>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>>>
>>>>> On 2013-07-17, at 2:24 PM, William Levy <wglevy at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Somewhere I thought there was written a short macro to designate a button
>>>>>> on the K3 to turn on the Amp from the K3.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Any help with that would be greatly appreciated. This old ham has his fist
>>>>>> in to too many old radios at the moment to sit down and figure out code.
>>>>>> Too busy reading resistor codes. All  help appreciated. Thanks, Bill N2WL
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