[Elecraft] will utility programs run on Apple Ipad os ?

[Barry Baines]

Howard:

I’m not aware of a iOS program that manages Elecraft equipment directly.  If you do a search on the App Store app found on the iPad, you can look at a program developed by KS7D that apparently interfaces with a PC that in turn accesses the Elecraft gear.  However, it hasn’t been updated in over a year and it isn’t clear to me how compatible it is with iOS13.x.

In the case of the KPA500, an alternative might be to use the Remote Rig RR-1216H to attach to the serial port of the KPA500 and then access the RR-1216H through a web interface.  I use the RR-1216H to manage the KPA500 and a second one to manage my Green Heron controller while operating remotely.  The RR-1216H has a configuration specifically for the KPA500; as far as I know there isn’t a configuration for the KPA-1500. The RR-1216H can be accessed with any web browser platform such as the iPhone, iPad, Android, etc.

At this point the only ’true’ iPad app for controlling a transceiver and amplifier remotely is SmartSDR for IOS for the Flex-6000 series and their PGXL amplifier.  I would expect that after the K4 is released, ’someone’ may develop a similar capability for the new Elecraft transceiver and associated equipment.


Hope this helps,

Barry Baines, WD4ASW
Keller, TX

> On Nov 7, 2019, at 2:34 PM, Howard Sherer <hms4 at lehigh.edu> wrote:
> 
> Will any of the K3, KPA and KAT utility programs and remote programs run on
> the new Apple Ipad os ?
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