[Elecraft] KX3/PX3 Linux Utilities for Raspberry

[Eric Swartz WA6HHQ - Elecraft]

Guys, this thread was closed several days ago. Please see my list posting on this topic  

73,

Eric
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> On Apr 8, 2016, at 5:10 PM, Phil Wheeler <w7ox at socal.rr.com> wrote:
> 
> 
> 
>> On 4/8/16 4:45 PM, Brendon Whateley wrote:
>> Phil,
>> 
>> With all due respect, your use case is clearly different from those of us
>> who are so enthusiastic. I've not had a Windows PC since XP was a new
>> thing, and I have no interest in going back to Windows. Our house is all
>> MacBook Pro and various Linux machines, including a growing number of RPi.
>> So the fact that you are happy with running Windows on a Mac is unrelated
>> to the fact that I want to dedicate a RPi to the shack duties and have
>> another in my Go Box so that I can literally grab my KX3 and hit the road
>> without messing with computer stuff. That way the shack RPi can be
>> permanently attached to its monitor, keyboard, mouse, etc. And the Go Box
>> can be configured for a small bluetooth keyboard/mouse device I have.
>> 
>> The RPi has the needed power for this use, and at $35 I can have several
>> for different locations as needed -- something I am not prepared to do with
>> MacBooks.
>> 
>> What this thread is showing is that there is a growing number of people who
>> feel that a RPi is a perfect solution for this use case, and if not that,
>> then some other Linux machine. We are hoping that Elecraft will open source
>> the utilities so that folks such as myself can help make this a reality.
> I suspect open sourcing the utilities would be a mistake.
>> 
>> Commenting on a thread to say "this doesn't apply to me, so I don't see why
>> anybody else would care" is a little self centered and leads to an
>> unfortunate tone which is so common in HAM communities -- it discourages
>> new hams such as myself from getting involved, or asking questions.
>> 
>> Regards,
>> - Brendon
>> KK6AYI
> 
> Eric closed this thread, but I must reply since you put words in quotation marks which I never wrote ("this doesn't apply to me, so I don't see why anybody else would care") -- very disingenuous and misleading of you, and amazing that you would do so.
> 
> What I did say was "as a shack computer the idea of a separate computer unit plus monitor plus keyboard seems a bit of a kluge." and nothing you said relates to that statement.
> 
> I also said:
> 
> "So I just don't get all the enthusiasm for using an RPi (or BBB) as the
> shack computer to support the Elecraft utilities, etc.  No problem with
> Linux (which I can run on the MBAir, and do run on my RPi2), just with the
> physical arrangement."
> 
> and part of your reply did address that.
> 
> But inventing quotations which I did not say: Truly Troubling.
> 
> Phil W7OX
> 
> 
>> 
>>> On Fri, Apr 8, 2016 at 10:45 AM, Phil Wheeler <w7ox at socal.rr.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Regarding the RPi, I like experimenting with it but as a shack computer
>>> the idea of a separate computer unit plus monitor plus keyboard seems a bit
>>> of a kluge.
>>> 
>>> Just now my shack computer is an 11" 2010 MacBook Air with 250GB SSD. It
>>> runs both Windows 10 and OS X 10.11.4, so I can use the many ham apps (such
>>> as EZNEC) unique to Windows and not requiring too much computing power. A
>>> real plus is that it can sit in front of my K3 or KX3 and I can still see
>>> the rig's front panel over the top of the computer's monitor -- and the
>>> monitor is plenty large enough for the digital modes, and the keyboard is
>>> full size.
>>> 
>>> My most compact RPi set up now is an RP2 with a small keyboard with
>>> trackpad and a 7" HDMI monitor. Due to the separate boxes that takes up
>>> more space than the 11" MacBook Air, while having a smaller-than-normal
>>> keyboard and a screen which is a challenge to use.
>>> 
>>> So I just don't get all the enthusiasm for using an RPi (or BBB) as the
>>> shack computer to support the Elecraft utilities, etc.  No problem with
>>> Linux (which I can run on the MBAir, and do run on my RPi2), just with the
>>> physical arrangement.
>>> 
>>> 73, Phil W7OX
>>> 
>>> 
>>>> On 4/8/16 10:10 AM, Roger Klein wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> Add me as well for running on the Pi, this would be useful to have.
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> Roger N5RWK
> 
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