[Elecraft] Help setting up K3 w N1MM

[Fred Jensen]

I had no problem doing what you ask on my old XP laptop, and after it 
finally flamed out, I set the same thing up on the new Win 7 laptop.  I 
use the USB-serial adapter I think I got from Elecraft [Prolific chip 
set at any rate] which comes up as COM4.

With XP and PTT/Keying through the RTS-DTR lines, the CW was *almost* 
flawless.  Every now and then, Windoze would decide it needed to do 
something more important than running N1MM for me and if the logger was 
sending something at that moment, it would be massacred.  I finally went 
to a WinKeyUSB which comes up as COM5 and all is well.  Never tried 
RTS-DTR keying with the Win 7 machine.

So, what you want is normal operation for N1MM.  You need to check the 
Windows Device Manager [Ports] to see what the COM port is for your 
adapter to the K3. In the N1MM Config menu, go to Config Ports menu [top 
one] and set that COM port to a K3.  If you're still going to use 
RTS-DTR keying, you set that up using the SET button to the right of the 
COM port entry.  Be sure and set the K3 menu item to match.

73,

Fred K6DGW
- Northern California Contest Club
- CU in the 2014 Cal QSO Party 4-5 Oct 2014
- www.cqp.org

On 2/10/2014 8:39 PM, Dave Barr wrote:
> I am looking for advice in how to set up my K3 with N1MM incorporating
> rig control at least to the extent of having the radio control the
> logging frequency and mode shown in N1MM primarily for AFSK RTTY using
> just the Elecraft USB to serial adapter cable (in addition to the audio
> in/out connections to the computer sound card).    I have had no problem
> setting up for Digital and CW without any K3 to N1MM control interaction
> other than ptt and cw keying.  The K3 Utility works fine.  The digital
> engine is MMTTY. Page 84 of the KE7X K3 manual suggests that what I want
> to do is possible.   Help!
>
> Dave, K2YG