[Elecraft] [K3] Shutdown ideas?

[Matt Zilmer]

Or maybe "accurate time".  Please excuse typos.

73,
matt W6NIA

On Sun, 23 Mar 2014 10:02:49 -0700, you wrote:

>You could use Task Scheduler (if you have a Windows 7 PC) to initiate
>a batch file that copies the shutdown command out to the correct COM
>port for your K3.  The scheduler list can have one or more entries
>that will run at Windows shutdown time.  It can support many types of
>trigger events.  I use the scheduler to run an NTP time check every 15
>minutes, so that JT65 and WSPR have accurage time to work with.
>
>You can read about Task Scheduler here:
>http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows/schedule-task#1TC=windows-7
>
>Not sure what other version of Windows have this facility.  Comes in
>very handy for Win7.
>
>73,
>matt W6NIA
>
>
>
>
>On Sun, 23 Mar 2014 12:17:02 -0400, you wrote:
>
>>I've got an APC UPS which will initiate a graceful shutdown of my PC when a
>>power fail occurs unless I otherwise intervene.
>>
>>The UPS also keeps my K3 PS alive so that in theory I could do a graceful
>>shutdown of that as well. I often leave my station powered on even while
>>not in use (in test mode to keep cats from sending CW...) but a power fail
>>makes the firmware in the K3 unhappy.
>>
>>I was wondering if anyone had any ideas of how to get DXLabs to send the
>>shutdown macro to the K3 (as detailed in the programmers manual). It's not
>>a program that is launched before or after Launcher starts the apps so I
>>couldn't see a way to do it.
>>
>>Anyone have any ideas?
>>
>>Thanks
>>
>>jim ab3cv
>>K3 #1210
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