[Elecraft] K3/0 and CW

[Fred Jensen]

OK John, congrats on getting it to work.  Most of those settings do not 
apply to keying, but some will apply to getting N1MM+ working.

Without N1MM+, unplug the USB cable from the front panel of the 1258.
Get into Control Panel-->Device Mangler-->Ports and plug in the USB 
connector to the computer.
You should see 4 virtual COM ports appear, named:

RRC1258 COM0(XX)
RRC1258 COM1(YY)
RRC1258 COM2(ZZ)
RRC1258 COM Extra(UU)

The number in parens is the number assigned by Windows.  The RRC1258 
COM1 port is the CAT port to the remote radio.  Start N1MM+ and go to 
Configure-->Ports.  If you get a "Radio not responding" message, cancel 
it.  In the first configuration line, select "YY" [windows assigned port 
for RRC1258 COM1], K3, uncheck, uncheck, and click on Set.

In the window that comes up, 38400, N, 8, 1, Always Off, Always Off, 
Radio 1.  Uncheck Allow ext interrupts, uncheck the next 4 boxes, 
Footswitch=None, Polling rate=50% slower, OK.  The next row should be 
for your Winkey if you're using one.  Find the COM port # by unplugging 
and see which one goes away in Device Mangler and select it.  None, 
check CW, Set.  In set window, Always off, Always off, VFO 1, PTT 
Delay=20, uncheck ext interrupts, and check Winkey if that's what you're 
using, and None, None, OK

Close N1MM+ and restart.  That should do it for you.  Remote operation 
involves a lot of "moving parts." The odds of getting it to work on the 
first try are slim, if you do, go buy a lottery ticket.  The CAT on the 
remote K3 must be 38400, N, 8, 1.  Nearly all of the buttons and 
controls on the K3/0 should work as if you were at the real radio site 
including the MIC and PHONES connectors.  I'm not sure you can record CW 
or Phone messages in the memories from the control site, I've never 
tried because W7RN is a shared multi-user site.  Typing a frequency into 
the N1MM+ CALL field in the Entry window will [or should] send you to 
that band/frequency.

Let us know your progress.

73,
Fred ["Skip"] K6DGW
Sparks NV DM09dn
Washoe County

On 7/25/2019 1:39 PM, John Huffman wrote:
> SUCCESS! I now have the external keyer working with the K3/0-Mini and 
> RemoteRig boxes.  Many thanks to Chuck N8CL for sending me his settings.
>
> Here's what he sent.
>
> I/O:
> INO mode=keyer
> out 0=keyer
> out1=keyer
> out2=keyer
> USB RTS as PTT=com 0
> USB DTR as PTT=com 0
>
> Keyer:
> enable=yes
> iambic=b
> all those number entries in order: 30/600/40/100/50/10/40
>
> Serial:
> com 1 mode = mode 7, cat to com 2 (remote)
> com 1 baud 38,400
> data=8
> stop=1
> parity=0
> com 1 RTS/cts=no
> hex=00
> USB com port as com 1 = yes
>  com 2 mode=logical parallel with com 0
> baud=38400
> 8-1-0
> hex=00
> USB com port as com 2=no
> com 3(extra) mode (USB-com fsk)=mode-10 baudot rtty
>
> I have no idea which ones worked, but the end result is that if I plug 
> the output of the external keyer into the KEY jack on the back of the 
> K3/0-Mini it works.
>
> The next challenge is to get the RemoteRig client box to send 
> frequency data to N1MM+ on my computer.  Help always appreciated.
>
> 73 de K1ESE
> John