[Elecraft] [K3 Remote] TERM Mode no longer persists?

[Fred Jensen]

I've experienced this several times Rick. Once, it was because I had 
dismantled my control setup and when I reassembled it, I forgot to use 
the null modem cable between the K3 and RRC.  The other times [three 
maybe], it's been a bad RS-232 DE-9 connection at the RRC.  I think it 
is only one pin ... apparently all DE-9 jumpers are not created equal.

I use a mechanical A/B switch too.

73,

Fred ["Skip"] K6DGW
Sparks NV DM09dn
Washoe County

On 8/30/2018 10:50 AM, Rick Tavan wrote:
> I seem to be suffering a recurrence of a very old problem (years ago) for
> which I don't recall the solution:
>
> I have a real K3 at the control site, controlling a K3 at the remote site
> via RRC-1258 MkII boxes. I have a mechanical D-SUB 9 pin switch to route
> the control site K3 serial port to either a local computer or the RRC. When
> routed to the RRC and operating normally, when I turn on the K3 it begins
> to show its power-on banner in the VFO B area, then mid-way through that
> scroll detects that it's in TERM mode with an RRC connected, powers up the
> remote K3, and all is well. However, that doesn't seem to be working now.
> The control K3 comes up and fails to detect the RRC. The power-on banner
> for the control K3 completes its scroll and the radio operates locally. I
> think it is slipping out of TERM mode. I can force it back into TERM mode
> with a long hold of the CONFIG button, but then it never turns on the
> remote radio. If I turn off the control K3 and then back on, it apparently
> has forgotten it was in TERM mode.
>
> Any advice?
>
> Thanks,
>
> /Rick N6XI
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> Rick Tavan
> Truckee, CA
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