[Elecraft] computer - P3 - K3 communications blues

[david Moes]

> "You should be able to run one and only one additional application to 
> the P3. Once you have one application connected to the P3 serial port, 
> that application blocks any other applications from using the serial 
> port the K3 the P3 are using. So if you are trying to use the same 
> serial port for more than one software application it will not use the 
> P3 port. It will give you a port in use error message. " 


Isn't LP-Bridge going to allow more than one application to talk to the 
serial port? I thought that is one of its main purposes.

alternatively and much simpler than LP-Bridge to solve this you can use 
vspe from eterlogic.  This can create a splitter to allow any number off 
applications to access a virtual port that is all routed into one 
physical Comm port.   works for me.   I often have logger32, MMSSTV 
FLDIGI all working at once.    I can even have K3 utilities and K3eze 
all connected at the same time using VSPE.

All that said it seems that the OP cant even connect one program.      
Id also check that that all the cabling is correct.   IE PC to P3 and P3 
to K3 aren't reversed.  try removing the P3 from the picture just to 
double check that the serial port to K3 is working.   also  shut down 
LPbridge and try using the port directly with only K3 utilities using 
that port.     I am not totally familiar with LP bridge so I am not sure 
if there is extra configuration if using the P3.

73

David Moes

dmoes at nexicom.net
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