USB and serial port virtualization has the same issues (drivers, software incompatibility, etc.) as with USB to RS232 adapters.
Net gain = zip. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Jack Brabham Sent: Sunday, August 29, 2010 9:11 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Give us a network interface Not to mention that Ethernet has a nasty habit of creating RFI, at least in my experience. Now on the other hand native USB might be a simple and useful upgrade from serial, and with the appropriate driver could appear as a "virtual" serial port to existing software. 73 Jack KZ5A K3 #4165 On 8/29/2010 8:51 AM, Joe Subich, W4TV wrote: > > Sure, many of these software programs do not support network > > connections yet, but we need the hardware to support it first. > > Once the hardware supports it, the software designers will be > > quick to add it. > > I seriously doubt that. Most software writers tend to support a > common feature set for all transceivers. Unless they are writing > transceiver specific 'remote operation' or 'soft front panel' > applications, they will continue to write to a serial interface - > whether it is implemented as a standard serial port or a USB to serial > converter - and support set/get for frequency and mode because that's > what is available in the 10s of thousands of transceivers already in > user hands. > > The Omni VII has a true network interface ... do you see ANY of the > major software packages supporting the full feature set of the Omni > VII via Ethernet? No, the only software to take full advantage of the > Omni VII capability is TenTec's own package. > > > Once more I will make my plea for a network interface in the K3 > > and now the P3. > > In addition to the lack of usefulness with third party software, this > is a bad idea in general. It would generally require a separate > controller (or much larger controller) and would add significant > complexity and cost with no corresponding benefit for the overwhelming > majority of users. > > The K3 provides a rich (although sometimes cumbersome) interface for > external control. If you want a network level interface, the > Programmer's Guide provides enough information that you can build your > own. > > 73, > > ... Joe, W4TV > > On 8/29/2010 8:18 AM, Ken Nicely wrote: >> Once more I will make my plea for a network interface in the K3 and >> now the P3. >> >> I, like others, have had issues getting the serial communications working. >> I understand that setting up a network device is a little more >> complicated than a serial device, but it would eliminate all the >> issues introduced by having to run custom software (LP Bridge) to >> communicate between more than one software application and the K3 or >> P3. It would also eliminate the need to communicate through the P3 to talk to the K3. >> >> Please give us a network port on the K3 and P3. This would allow >> each program to independently communicate with both the K3 and P3, >> greatly simplifying the communication between the software and the >> rig. Sure, many of these software programs do not support network >> connections yet, but we need the hardware to support it first. Once >> the hardware supports it, the software designers will be quick to add it. >> >> Ken Nicely KE3C >> ______________________________________________________________ >> Elecraft mailing list >> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft >> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm >> Post: mailto:[email protected] >> >> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this >> email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html >> > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[email protected] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email > list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
