[Elecraft] gennovation keypad

[P.J.Hicks]

I have been trying to follow the adventures of those of you interested in using a Genovation Keypad with a K3 or K3s and I believe the waters have become muddied a bit. I think the gentleman wants to do what i want to do and that is to use a Genovation connected to the radio without having a P3 involved. Maybe I'm wrong. 

As stated before, I have used a G-keypad on my KX3 for several years and it is convenient and works well. However I have not been able to make it work with the K3 in any of the ways I have tried to set it up. Firstly I believe I do not know what the data stream data the K3 requires; I thought it was serial ASCI. It is obviously different from what the KX3 requires. But then again I may be wrong. The Genovation, in my understanding, sends ASCI text via the serial port to the KX3 where it is interpreted as commends and executed. What am I missing here? If the K3 accepts ASCI commands from the Elecraft K3 Utility and the KX3 accepts ASCI commands from the KX3 Utility, why are they not interchangeable? 

73 and keep it civil, 
PJH, N7PXY