[Elecraft] Who's On First?

[Bill Frantz]

I guess I'm not being clear. I don't think the Mac moves the 
DTR/RTS lines when it boots. I haven't ever seen the K3 go into 
transmit mode when I reboot.

Of course that might be because I have PTT_KEY set to OFF-OFF 
and use VOX for sound card modes except wsjt-x and RUMlogNG 
contest mode. (They use the CAT interface.)

73 Bill AE6JV

On 3/29/18 at 5:11 PM, donwilh at embarqmail.com (Don Wilhelm) wrote:

>If you have updated the K3 firmware in the last few months, it 
>does not make any difference whether the K3 or the computer is 
>turned on first.
>The K3 now has a SAFE mode that disables DTR and RTS until it 
>receives some command like polling for frequency, mode, etc. 
>from your software application.
>
>You can go into the K3 CONFIG menu for KEY-PTT and turn it to 
>unsafe if you have devices that monitor the RS-232 bus and do 
>not issue any commands (SteppIR controllers for one instance).
>
>Look at the firmware release notes for the past 3 months.
>BTW, the firmware release notes should be considered an 
>addition to your K3/K3S manual.  Do not overlook them.
>
>73,
>Don W3FPR
>
>On 3/29/2018 6:58 PM, Bill Frantz wrote:
>>On my Mac system, it doesn't seem to matter whether the radio 
>>or the computer starts first. The USB interface to my upgraded 
>>K3 is powered from the computer with enough functionality that 
>>the computer recognizes it without the radio being on.
>>
>>In any case, start wsjt-x last because it will try to talk to 
>>the radio for rig control and harass you until it can succeed. 
>>I've been in this situation enough times to know that starting 
>>the radio, waiting until the radio is ready to talk to the 
>>computer and then clicking "Retry" works.
>>
>>73 Bill AE6JV
>>
>
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