Wayne et al, Any testing on-going with Remoterig and the K2 ?
Thanks, Gene K1NR On Wed, 21 Sep 2011 07:48:14 -0700 Wayne Burdick <[email protected]> wrote: > David Windisch wrote: > > > Can you say in advance whether the Remoterig "twinning" > (no computer > > required at client or host site) concept will be > supported by the K3? > > Yes. > > The next release of K3 firmware will allow you to connect > two K3s > together, with one acting as a "terminal" only, the other > as the > "remote" radio. You can do this either with the RemoteRig > control > boxes, which do not use a computer, or just with a "null > modem" cable > going from one K3's RS232 jack to the other's. (A "null > modem" cable > can be made with as few as three wires.) > > The "terminal" K3 does not put out RF or audio -- that is > handled > cleanly over the network by the RemoteRig hardware. The > terminal K3 > just sends switch/knob/potentiometer events to the remote > K3. This > means it can be a completely stripped-down K3, like a > K3/10 with no > options. If remoting K3s turns out to be very popular, we > may in the > future offer a K3 that's front-panel-only to be used just > as a > controller. The KX3 could also, in theory, be used to > control most K3 > functions, although it has far fewer controls, so it > wouldn't be a > complete emulation. > > Virtually the entire K3 user interface is supported by > the new remote- > control protocol. It really feels like you're using the > remote K3 > itself, including a 100% accurate emulation of the remote > K3's LCD > (flashing icons, etc.). Over a long-distance network > there might be > noticeable latency in the use of some controls. But with > a direct > connection or a LAN, there's barely any lag. > > You can manually go in/out of terminal mode, or let the > RemoteRig box > do it for you. > > Additional details will be provided when the RemoteRig > boxes become > available. They're doing extensive testing. > > 73, > Wayne > N6KR > > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Web mail provided by NuNet, Inc. The Premier National provider. http://www.nni.com/ ______________________________________________________________ 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
