[Elecraft] K3 Utility vs. RemoteRig?

[Hisashi T Fujinaka]

Sounds like outdated design to me. The K4 should have more internal
horsepower so remotely sending firmware will be easier.

Also not a fan of unpublished APIs.

On Thu, 19 Dec 2019, Tom wrote:

> Hi,
> It's not a bug. The K3 utility uses many additional commands beyond the
> published API.  In addition, you can load firmware through the utility.
> I would think that the remote rig controller relies on Ascii commands and
> not binary transfers. It would be quite a risk to your radio to use any
> product to transfer firmware or undocumented commands.
> If you must do this remotely, then you should have a PC at the remote site
> and then connect via something like TeamViwer.
> 73 Tom va2fsq.com
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net <elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net> On
> Behalf Of Mitch Wolfson DJ0QN / K7DX
> Sent: December 17, 2019 11:03 PM
> To: Rick Tavan <rick at tavan.com>; Elecraft Reflector
> <elecraft at mailman.qth.net>
> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3 Utility vs. RemoteRig?
>
> Rick,
>
> This is a bug in the K3 Utility that you and I reported to Dick to fix in
> February 2018. I am not sure where he is in getting this taken care of.
>
> 73,
> Mitch K7DX / DJ0QN
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> On 17.12.2019 17:31, Rick Tavan wrote:
>> Can someone remind me why K3 Utility can't connect to a remote K3 via
>> a microBit RemoteRig Controller pair even though N1MM and Logger32
>> connect just fine?
>>
>> /Rick N6XI
>>
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>> Rick Tavan
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