[Elecraft] Sharing a KX3 to multiple application on Mac OS 10.10

[Michael Walker]

Sharing is a challenge, but not impossible.

Consider if you require both applications to be able to control the unit.
If this is the case, then I would say no.

If you only want one to monitor the frequency of the radio but not provide
input, then it is doable.

The 'simple' way is to have a Y cable where one connection is the master
connection that has full control of the radio and the other just listens to
the radio communication.  Steppir does this already as an example.'

This Y cable would connect to the radio and would connect to 1 physical
serial report as the master.  Then, with another single wire it would go to
another physical serial port in an RX only mode.

The above is the safest so there are no port conflictions or control issues.

In the windows world, there are tools to do this.  In the Flex world we use
DDUTIL or for others, PSTRotator does a good job of communicating with many
devices.

In the future, it would great if all the communications got off RS232 and
moved to TCP or  UDP and we can get away from RS232.  These things take
time of course.

I hope that helps some.

Mike va3mw


On Mon, Feb 16, 2015 at 2:04 PM, James Bennett <w6jhb at me.com> wrote:

> Josh,
>
> I am not aware of a way to do it natively on OS X. However, I have OS X
> 10.10 and run VMWare Fusion. Under Fusion I am running Windows 8.1 and my
> KX3 is connected there. I use a serial port manager (free) called LP Bridge
> (LPB2). With LPB2 in place, I simultaneously run NaP3 (Pan Display Program,
> also free) and my Windows Logging program - LOG4OM. (yes, that’s free, too!)
>
> Not ideal, but I’ve had a K3/P3 for quite some time and when I got the
> KX3, I really missed the pan display. The PX3 was only dreamware when I got
> my KX3, so having NaP3 was super! I still use it, as my OS X is running on
> a 27” iMac and having the pan display of the KX3 on a screen that large is
> amazing!
>
> I have my K3 connected to the OS X side of things, where my main logging
> program (MacLoggerDX) runs. I export via ADIF from LOG4OM my KX3 contacts
> and haul them into MacLoggerDX periodically, via Dropbox.
>
> Wish I could point you to a multi-serial port application for the Mac, but
> I know of none.
>
> 73, Jim / W6JHB
> Folsom, CA
>
>
> > On   Monday, Feb 16, 2015, at  Monday, 7:48 AM, Joshua Gould <
> jg.k8wxa at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Any one know of a way to do it?  I would like to be able to share the
> > serial port among at least the KX3 utility and RUMLog (Which after
> reading
> > the manual I have a much better understanding of) More software might
> come
> > along later, but those are the big two for now.
> >
> > 72,
> > Joshua Gould
> > K8WXA
> > EM89pn
> >
> > KX3# 7465
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