[Elecraft] OT - WSJT-X & K3s

[Lynn W. Taylor, WB6UUT]

Barry,

You missed my point in both of your responses.

Here it is again:

    * START SIMPLE *

One thing I've learned as a computer scientist with a few decades 
experience is that someone can spend hours trying staring at one part a 
problem when the issue is in an entirely different place.

That was the essence of my post.

Start simple doesn't mean *FINISH SIMPLE* -- not by any means.

It's just easier to solve problems when you don't have a ton of moving 
parts.  Get two working, then add the third, then add the fourth, etc.

73 -- Lynn

On 9/4/2017 4:28 PM, Barry wrote:
> Lynn,
>      You are correct there is a lot of gee whiz software out there. And, 
> the usual connection is serial port, even when that port is created by a 
> USB connection. I have a hard time understanding why there is so much 
> angst over serial ports. Windows has a window call device manger. In it, 
> you can see what ports are being defined. If you use a USB connection, 
> you can watch the port announce itself. Just for clarification, I AM NOT 
> a computer scientist and need my spell checker to get it spelled 
> correctly. However, I did learn about device manager and have been happy 
> ever since.
> 
>      If you plan on  having your logging software know where you are and 
> band you're on and track other activities, you really don't get much 
> choice; you must be able to share the data to/from the radio. The best 
> thing, best behaved, is Win4K3 for the Elecraft users, regardless of 
> whether you are a KX3 or K3 user. I am being told the KX2 is also fine 
> and my K3s works great. The one thing I have found here and 1 other 
> station is having forgotten which ports I was using for what; I now have 
> that written down and life is sweet.
> 
> 73,
> Barry
> K3NDM
> 
> ------ Original Message ------
> From: "Lynn W. Taylor, WB6UUT" <KX3.1 at coldrockshotbrooms.com>
> To: elecraft at mailman.qth.net
> Sent: 9/4/2017 4:33:00 PM
> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] OT - WSJT-X & K3s
> 
>> The reason I asked is that it seems that there is a bunch of wonderful 
>> software out there, that it's all pretty awesome.
>>
>> Brand new users struggle mightily with things like serial ports when 
>> they aren't strictly needed.
>>
>> So, start with just the sound card (and VOX).  Then add the serial 
>> port.  Then try adding port sharing.
>>
>> ... and remember, the first rule of intelligent tinkering is to save 
>> all the parts.
>>
>> 73 -- Lynn, WB6UUT
>>
>> On 9/4/2017 1:07 PM, Jim Brown wrote:
>>> Yep! The serial connection is needed only for frequency control, and 
>>> WSJT-X works just fine without it. I don't do any port sharing, 
>>> giving WSJT-X the port by itself, and log manually in DXKeeper.
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