[Elecraft] K3 Linux rig control

[Doug Person via Elecraft]

It would make a lot more sense to run fldigi directly under ubuntu 
rather adding in the complex layer of wine.

flrig is a very simple rig control program - but it does work very well 
running on ubuntu variants and most other distros.

73, Doug -- K0DXV

On 6/3/15 7:46 AM, Matt Zilmer wrote:
> This isn't a direct answer to your question, Bill.  It does address
> the Linux issue to some extent.
>
> I'm running Ubuntu 12.04 here and have Fldigi up and running under
> Wine.  I'm working on getting MSDMT going now.  Tht is a software
> modem / terminal program  used for Army MARS message transfer on HF.
>
> With Fldigi, everything is working fine and it is as stable as Fldigi
> gets.  This setup runs using a Creative Labs EMU 0202.  I have to run
> the program via sudo because otherwise Fldigi can't get access to the
> sound unit.
>
> M110A is set up differently (for the present), so I can't run it as
> su.  So the EMU sound unit isn't visible, though the COM port works
> fine.  I'm slowly working this out.
>
> For just plain old rig control, you might try DM780 by itself under
> wine.  it only requires a COM port to operate the K3.  You have to set
> up the COM port under the dos_devices folder withing ~/.wine, I
> believe.  There are different web pages describing the "how to" for
> serial ports under wine.
>
> 73,
> matt
> W6NIA / AAR9CD
>
> On Wed, 03 Jun 2015 07:21:29 -0400, you wrote:
>
>> I am looking for Linux software to control the K3. Currently I use an
>> old version of HRD - which basically does what I want. HRD is a no go
>> under Wine. I am totally uninterested in logging apps and similar - only
>> desire rig control.
>>
>> At this point I am running Linux Mint 17 on one machine and Win 10
>> Preview on another.  Win 10 is filled with features - as in bloatware -
>> that I do not need nor want. However, there are a few programs that I
>> run that are Windows only types and have no serious clones available for
>> Linux. HRD is one of these.
>>
>> Any suggestions? My goal is to run only a single system - Linux or
>> Windows. It makes it too fiddly to run two full systems. Dual boot and
>> VMware solutions have been explored and dismissed. Rig control would go
>> a long way toward making the change to Linux only.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Bill W2BLC K-Line
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