[Elecraft] KPA1500 Remote - How to get it to work on a WAN ?

[Rick Tavan]

It works great for me, Burl. Please see my reply just moments ago to
another frustrated KPA1500 Remote user. The key might be port forwarding
which varies with router model and version and can be tricky. I connect the
radio site KPA1500 Remote instance using a USB-to-Serial adapter to the DB9
on the amp rather than the LAN interface. I don't need Wake on LAN in this
setup. When I launch the radio site instance of KPA1500 Remote and do Start
Hosting Remote, it always turns the amp on. If I'm just setting up the
server computer and don't want the amp right away, I just click the POWER
button to turn it off. When I start the control site instance and do
Connect, it connects to the radio site instance and does *not* power on the
amp until I click POWER. I live happily with this little inconsistency.

Yes, one can use a remote desktop facility like Teamviewer to control the
radio site instance of KPA1500 Remote. I did this using Chrome Remote
Desktop with KPA1500 Utility before KPA1500 Remote became available. But
it's not optimal because you have to size and position your remote desktop
window with the KPA1500 Remote window properly positioned and sized inside
that. It's awkward. Keep working on KPA1500 Remote and get it working in
its intended client/server configuration. It's "easy once you have it
working" and well worth the effort.

GL & 73,

/Rick N6XI
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Rick Tavan
Truckee, CA


On Tue, Feb 12, 2019 at 6:53 AM Burl Borcherding <bborch at gmail.com> wrote:

> I have been trying for several months to get WAN to work properly on my
> KPA1500.  Numerous contacts with Elecraft support have not yielded any
> solutions.
> Even with the Amplifier left ON, the remote software will not connect
> properly on WAN.
>
> There is some discussion that WOL (wake up lan) is the problem.  I know
> routers were never designed to pass WOL.  Again, even if I leave my amp ON,
> it still doesn’t connect.
>
> My solution, thus far is to use Team Viewer with on a dedicated computer
> and connect via USB.  Team Viewer is much more stable and easier the Remote
> Desktop.
>
> I am very disappointed this expensive amplifier doesn’t work as
> advertised…..   Burl ,  AJ9Q
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