A little confusing...maybe just me... But, the K3 and P3 are on the same port and you can only have one of the utilities open at a time. K3 or P3 but not both at the same time.
Chuck, KE9UW AARL, CCA Lionel Trains TCA, LCCA, LRRC aka Jack, BMW Motorcycles BMWRA, BMWMOA #224 ________________________________________ From: [email protected] [[email protected]] on behalf of Tom H Childers [[email protected]] Sent: Friday, March 15, 2013 11:30 PM To: eric manning Cc: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Elecraft] computer - P3 - K3 communications blues Eric, You should be able to run one and only one additional application to the P3. Once you have one application connected to the P3 serial port, that application blocks any other applications from using the serial port the K3 the P3 are using. So if you are trying to use the same serial port for more than one software application it will not use the P3 port. It will give you a port in use error message. 73, Tom Amateur Radio Operator N5GE ARRL Lifetime Member QCWA Lifetime Member On Fri, 15 Mar 2013 17:58:27 -0700, eric manning <[email protected]> wrote: >I have a Windows XP box connected to my K3 using a USB port on the box >and a Prolific >USB-to-Serial adapter. It all works FB, N1MM Logger and SKimmer talk to >the K3 >via LP Bridge and the USB/serial link perfectly, including N1MM keying >the rig. > >THEN I hooked up my nice new P3 today. >It talks to the K3 FB - it gets freq data from the K3 and sends VFO >changes to the K3. >Everything else I've tested on the P3 also seems to work FB. > >HOWEVER, the PC cannot talk to the K3 THROUGH the P3 - via either the >Prolific USB/serial link - or via a purely RS-232 link using the serial >port on the windows box, which I also tried. >[Just in case it was a USB incompatibility issue] > >K3 Utility running in the Windows box polls the K3 via the link and the >P3 and gets no response. >Everything is set to 38,400 baud, 8 data bits, 1 stop bit, no parity. >The P3 is running the firmware which was installed at Elecraft, it was >shipped to me a week ago. > >Any suggestions - please? > >Eric VA7DZ > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________ 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
