[Elecraft] New Elecraft Product: K-Pod Control Panel for K3S and K3 Transceivers

[Wayne Burdick]

At minimum, you need a data cable (to the RJ jack on beneath the rig's front panel). This cable can optionally supply power to the pod as well. Or you can use an external supply.

The USB cable would only be needed when updating the firmware, and even that might be possible through the data cable.

Wayne
N6KR


On Apr 14, 2016, at 11:28 AM, kk5na <kk5na at kk5na.com> wrote:

> So, it needs the control cable, a power cable and could possibly have a third cable for USB?
> 
> Joe KK5NA
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> On 4/14/2016 11:41 AM, Wayne Burdick wrote:
>> On Apr 14, 2016, at 9:33 AM, Mike Dodd <mike at mdodd.com> wrote:
>> 
>>> The K-Pod datasheet says, "A USB port is provided on the K-Pod for firmware updates and future station control uses."
>>> 
>>> Does this mean I can connect the USB cable to my PC only when I want to upgrade the firmware using the K-Pod Utility?
>>> 
>>> Or must the USB be always connected?
>> You'd only need to connect the USB cable if you were using the K-Pod Utility app to update your pod's firmware or change its switch behavior.
>> 
>> On the other hand, with future firmware (not committing to anything, yet!) the K-Pod should be able to emulate a mouse, keyboard, or some combination of these via its USB port. So you could use it as a general-purpose input device to control software applications.
>> 
>> Wayne
>> N6KR
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