[Elecraft] list submission, using ham radio deluxe and logic with k3 and a laptop with only com3

[N2TK, Tony]

I have been using LP-Bridge since its inception without major issues.
I had tried Win4K3Suite one day. I did not spend much time with it, but two
things didn't seem right. Maybe I just didn't know what I was doing though.
It seemed each time I started the program I lost the equalizer settings and
had to reenter them.
Also there was an issue about the resolution had to be set to 3 decimal
places. I would rather have the resolution to two decimal places for CW and
for SSB depending if I am running or just going up and down the band I want
to have 1 or two decimal places. 
And again, maybe I just didn't know what I was doing. And since LP-Bridge
handles all of my devices fine I didn't get too serious with Win4K3Suite. I
have the P3 with external monitor so not too interested in another band
scope.  
The one thing I can't seem to do with LP-Bridge is have the Acom 2000A track
my K3's receive frequency in order to pretune. I have N4PY's program doing
that in the background.

Tell me I didn't do things correctly and that if I set up Win4K3Suite
properly I  can just start the program and it will start my other interface
programs such as N1MM+, DXBase, AXETTY,  like LP-Bride and be seamless.

73,
N2TK, Tony

-----Original Message-----
From: Elecraft [mailto:elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of M.
George
Sent: Wednesday, March 01, 2017 8:36 PM
Cc: Elecraft Reflector <elecraft at mailman.qth.net>
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] list submission, using ham radio deluxe and logic
with k3 and a laptop with only com3

I used LP-Bridge for many years and never was satisfied with the
reliability... plus the time it takes to create the virtual ports was always
irritating to me. It is pretty good and the price sure is right however!

I have switched to Win4K3Suite with com0com for the CAT sharing of the
K3(s) and it has been rock solid.  As others have mentioned, you can share
the K3 CAT interface with up to 4 other applications and the lastest version
of Win4K3Suite also adds 3 or 4 (off the top of my head) read only
interfaces that you can use... i.e. like an SDA100 SteppIR controller or an
Amplifier that will track the transceiver frequency.  VSPE looks pretty
good, but the license feed for the signed 64 bit version is ~$25 and that
gets you half way to the cost of Win4K3Suite... Win4K3WSuite in and of
itself is really nice.  The more I use it, the more I like it... for
example, pre defined RX EQ settings are so nice where you can just push a
button and change the EQ settings on the K3 in a few seconds and if you are
tweaking the EQ settings, you get to hear things live without having to
leave the Config menu.  Anyway, I'm really like the spectrum display to in
combination with an LP-PAN2.  It's become the replacement to NaP3.  It's all
together just a much more reliable solution than LP-Bridge and NaP3 IMHO.  I
can't live without my LP-PAN2 by the way... but now I no longer need to deal
with LP-Bridge and Win4K3Suite starts right up with no delay where the
com0com ports are created when Windows 10 starts up.

Max NG7M

On Wed, Mar 1, 2017 at 6:07 PM, Tim Tucker <ae6lx at worldwidedx.com> wrote:

> I have used LP Bridge in the past but found that it crashed too often 
> to suit my tastes.  I am currently using VSPE 64 bit on two machines 
> (for the past 2 years) without any problems.
>
> Tim
>
> On Wed, Mar 1, 2017 at 9:31 AM, buddy s <buddys70 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > i have a laptop, win 10, usb cabled to my k3, and the com port is 
> > identified as com3.  i would like to use ham radio deluxe and logic 
> > simultaneously.
> >
> > if someone has a similar situation and solved the problem i would 
> > appreciate the details.  i have tried VSPE, unsuccessfully.
> >
> > thanks, es
> >
> > 73 de
> > W3BS, Buddy Spiegel
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