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General discussion forum / Starlink and the 1258...

« on: 2023-11-15, 19:09:55 »

For those of you far away from terrestrial-based internet, or are plagued by poor Wireless Internet,
Starlink now supports publicly ipv4 addresses on their network, with the $140/month Plan.     
The IP4 is not static however (easily solved with DDNS).

I've been using it at KL7RA and it is flawless.

73,

Gerry W1VE

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Configuration, RRC 1258 / Yaesu Twin -- DF3CB software as the control point.

« on: 2020-08-11, 16:17:59 »

Hi,

I am very experienced with RRC and Elecraft twin.
I am trying to help friends remote FT5000.

DF3CB. Has excellent software to emulate FT5K on screen.

CAT I understand.  Issue is how do I force the connection to Start?  How does connection start with a real FT5K ?

Any hints/kinks appreciated.

73,

Gerry W1VE, VY1AAA etc...

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General discussion forum / Elecraft K3 Twins: Any way to get CW Keying (DTR/RTS or Winkey) from station RRC

« on: 2020-05-29, 06:53:25 »

Hety folks,

I'm a very active RRC user on many stations.  So I've done just about every scenario.  Now I'm stumped on this one.

The station-side RRC has the K3 Serial port connected to COM2 of course, and remote works perfectly.  However, we are trying to have local
contest control with N1MM, using COM1 to feed the local computer, as Mode 7 echos CAT on COM1.  This works perfectly.  However, no CW keying!
COM1 in this mode does not act on DTR or RTS keying as far as I can see.  There are the three Virtual serial ports when you plug in the
station side mini USB, but as far as I can see, they do nothing.   Is this how it functions?  It should be possible, as the hardware seems to
be there... so local and remote control, with a single RRC-1258, at the station, should be possible.  I can't find a way to make it happen,
without adding another WinKeyer to the mix.

Maybe someone else has found a way and can share?

73,

Gerry W1VE
Very avid RRC user!

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General discussion forum / K3 Remote using KX3?

« on: 2018-07-04, 16:26:09 »

I have reviewed the previous posts and do not see a clear answer; not sure there is one.

Has anyone successfully controlled a K3 using a KX3 over RemoteRig?  I’m particularly concerned about powering on the K3.

Thanks and73,

Gerry W1VE/VE1RM
Happily Remoting to VY1AAA and K2LE/1 for years

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Hardware, Cabling, Installations / K3 Twins, No Mic Audio...

« on: 2015-11-11, 03:19:30 »

Hey Follks,

Gerry, W1VE here... Working with J, VY1JA, trying to get everything ready for Phone SS... CW has been working fine on the station.   I use my K3/0 on SSB with the K2LE remote all the time.
Both stations have exact same RRC config.  We have it set up for continuous RTP, full-duplex so VOX will work.

Whitehorse is a K3s to RRC.  I'm a K3/0 to RRC.

J has two sets of AUX/RJ45-to-1/8" mic + RCA PTT cables.  We have tried both.  Local Heil headset plugged into radio works fine. 
We double-checked jumpers... all the 2-pin ones are shorted and the IC-socket jumpers are set correct for K3.
Stumped.  Worried we have a bad RRC.  Transporting stuff to the Yukon is a nightmare.

Any ideas?

73, Gerry W1VE

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Configuration, RRC 1258 / 1258, Winkey, N1MM+ and K3 ... Need clarification

« on: 2015-07-10, 19:15:25 »

I'm running latest firmware
Info

Name   Value
Company   Microbit
Product   1258
PID   4
Version   7
HW   8
Software   2.86
Bootloader   1.10
Compiler   4.6.2
Build   May 28 2015 11:12:06
ROM/RAM   476084/42016
ETH-RAM   2944 (max 3kB)
USB-RAM   15348 (max 16kB)
Battery-RAM   4
ResetSrc   0 [3]
Last WD Reset   10
Uptime   0 Days, 0 Hours, 1 Mins, 41 Secs
    
Serial number   8174
MAC address   00:1e:fd:01:96:8e
IP address   192.168.100.169
Netmask   255.255.255.0
Gateway   192.168.100.254
DNS   192.168.100.254

I'm trying to make Winkey work using the control RRC.

I understand that I'm supposed to set the COM3/COMextra port to Winkey, point N1MM+ at that, and we are good.

Here's the problem:  The manual does not reflect what we see on screen.  I totally understand technically what to do, but can't figure the UI out.

My serial settings has:
Serial settings

COM1 mode   
COM1 baudrate   
COM1 data bits   
COM1 stop bits   
COM1 parity   
COM1 rts/cts   
COM1 terminator (hex)   
    
COM2 mode   
COM2 baudrate   
COM2 data bits   
COM2 stop bits   
COM2 parity   
COM2 terminator (hex)   

That's it.  And the mode has no WINKEY setting or COMextra.

ON I/O settings,
I have Out0 mode, Out1 mode and Out2 mode -- none of which have a Winkey setting in the drop down (Thought it does have some RTTY options).  (Is Out2 COMExtra???)

Trying to set this up for IARU, so quick help is needed.

73, Gerry W1VE

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Hardware, Cabling, Installations / CW Keying and the I/O connector -- strange!

« on: 2015-03-21, 18:18:01 »

Lots of documentation on using Pings 4 and 8 of the IO connector for CW.

I've tried two old RJ45 cables...  Pin 8, Ground, is brown, and Pin 4, the key line, is Blue.

Anyway, when I connect the two, nothing happens.

I am running a standard RRC box set for a K3, and the Remote is a K3.  I have set my own jumpers.  Everything works wonderfully, other than this.

Could a jumper be set wrong?  THe CW Paddle input, as well as the dot/dash pins on the I/O port, work fine.

Frustrated!

73, Gerry W1VE.

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General discussion forum / Looking for some Beta Testers soon...

« on: 2015-03-16, 16:55:51 »

Hello RemoteRig fans....

I'm a software engineer, and an avid user of RemoteRig.  I've been working on a ham project, and it should be ready for beta testing in 1-2 weeks.

As a Remote user, you are aware that their are various front panels that are detachable, and can be made remote using RemoteRig and RS-232.

However, what if I want to control a TS-480 from a K3/0 Mini?   Or a TenTec Omni 7 from a TS480?
Impossible, right?  Not so. 

These radios interoperate using the standard CAT protocols provided by their manufacturers.

What I'm building is a real-time CAT translator.   In it's initial release, it will support full VFO/RIT/XIT and some subset of other controls.   Later on, I'll support a macro language, which will allow you to convert certain commands proprietary to one manufacturer into a command for another.
Out of the box, this will support over 60 radios, including Icom, Kenwood, Yaesu, Elecraft, Ten Tec and many others.

Of course, it will be free.

At the remote end, you would need two physical serial ports on your PC.   One goes to RemoteRig, the other Goes to the front panel (or PC software) of choice.  Connecting these two ports will be my software in the middle.  Translation will be real-time in both directions.

What I'd like from you guys is to gauge interest.   Would any of you be interested in this capability?
In the next few weeks, I'll be looking for some beta testers.  If you are interested in being part of that, please send me a private email at gerry AT w1ve.com.

73, Gerry W1VE

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Configuration, RRC 1258 / K3 Data Using CW over RemoteRig?

« on: 2014-05-06, 16:34:11 »

Is this possible?  Tried setting this up on my K3/0 Mini and RRC-1258MkIIs, but no FSK-D of AFSK would work.  When I send the CW, no transmit.

Is anybody doing this?

73, Gerry W1VE

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General discussion / General Comments and HELP!

« on: 2013-10-29, 16:05:37 »

I am trying to get two K3s running with RemoteRig; we bought the boxes from Elecraft.

A couple of general observations:
 - The documentation does not mention ANYTHING about the requirement to put the remote K3 into TERM mode.  Not even a pointer to some other doc.
   I realize this is a general purpose solution, but unless I asked someone else, I would have has no idea about this.

 - Why is there no theory of operation section?  It would be much easier to diagnose issues if everything was not a black box.
   there is no rocket science technology here -- just a well designed solution -- so why not document how it all works so it will
   help with troubleshooting?


Where we are stuck:

We did not initially connect the K3s locally due to geography.  However, we did bring them together and test this past weekend.
we get the same results locally as we did remotely.  I followed all instructions.
My issue is that the remote K3 frequency display is frozen.   When you push and hold the menu button to go to TERM, the display freezes at the menu item that was selected while you were holding the button down.   The remote controls all aspects of the local K3 -- but the frequency display does not update.

The only post on this forum that relates to this problem says that it is a communications issue.  Yet, I'm running exactly what is specified, with the correct cables supplied by Elecraft.  These are two K3s with the latest 4.67 firmware.  The same problem occurs when the boxes are directly connected via a local switch or over the internet.

I'm not sure what to try next.  Can anyone enlighten me?

Frustrated but excited to get this going,

73, Gerry W1VE

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Hardware, Cabling, Installations / New install, K3-twin, Not connecting, Confused...

« on: 2013-10-21, 15:41:08 »

Hello,

I'm helping to remote a friends station.   Yesterday, he was at the remote end, I was at the shack with the controlled radio.

He purchased the K3-twin kit via Elecraft.  They are full K3s on both ends.

We have everything connected according to the documentation, but no go.  I have the router correctly forwarding ports.

Here's where I'm confused:  I used a port scanner to scan the remote rig box using the local IP.  It only shows port 80 open for HTTP and port 22 open for Telnet.

Ports 11000, 12000 and 5060 are not open.  That would make sense since we cannot connect.

Of course, I can get to the unit's web page, and I can connect to the telnet port -- so it's alive. 

Why would these ports not be open??

Here's what the Microbit status page says:

nfo

Name   Value
Company   Microbit
Product   1258
PID   4
Version   7
HW   8
Software   2.72
Bootloader   1.10
Compiler   4.6.2
Build   May 13 2013 15:02:08
ROM/RAM   449196/41872
ETH-RAM   2944 (max 3kB)
USB-RAM   15312 (max 16kB)
ResetSrc   0 [3]
Uptime   53579
    
Serial number   6250
MAC address   00:1e:fd:01:8f:0a
IP address   192.168.1.170
Netmask   255.255.255.0
Gateway   192.168.1.1
DNS   192.168.1.1
Wi-Fi network   module not present
Settings

Unit ID (Banner)   ******* (redacted_
DHCP   0
IP   192.168.1.170
Netmask   255.255.255.0
Gateway   192.168.1.1
Dns server   192.168.1.1
Extern IP/Host   ***** (redacted)
Eth-type   4
IP-interface   1
Web page user   
Web page pwd   
Program mode   14
Control panel   0
Sip password   
Sip contact   
Auto connect   0
Audio quality   3
Audio dual-rx   1
Codec out gain   250
Codec inp gain   32
Codec inp HPF Hz   3
Codec inp preamp   1
Codec inp attenuation   1
COM0 baudrate   9600
COM0 data bits   8
COM0 stop bits   1
COM0 parity   0
COM0 Program mode 3 char timeout   2
Use USB Com Port as COM0   0
COM1 mode   7
COM1 baudrate   38400
COM1 data bits   8
COM1 stop bits   1
COM1 parity   0
COM1 rts/cts   0
COM1 terminator (hex)   00
Use USB Com Port as COM1   0
COM2 mode   9
COM2 baudrate   9600
COM2 data bits   8
COM2 stop bits   1
COM2 parity   0
COM2 terminator (hex)   00
Use USB Com Port as COM2   0
COM3 mode (USB-COMFSK)   10
UDP cmd port   12000
UDP audio port   11000
SIP port   5060
Web server port   80
Telnet server port   23
Rx jitter buffer size   8
Rx jitter delay   4
Audio packet size (ms)   20
RTP tx mode   0
Debug level   0
Disable audio tones   0
Audio tones -db [70-0]   30
IP identification (morse)   0
Full duplex   0
PTT-off mute delay   0
IP Type-of-Service (dec)   0
Yaesu power-on/off   0
Elecraft advanced   0
UDP antenna-switch port   13010
UDP cmd min-data-size   0
Check interval   10
DDNS Host name   0
Own host name   ****** (redacted)
Username   
Password   
Enable   0
Speed wpm [0/10-40]   0
Iambic   1
Paddle reverse   0
Weight [25-40]   30
Side tone hz [0,300-1500]   800
Side tone -db [50-0]   20
Lf delay ms [0-500]   0
Key delay ms [0-250]   0
PTT activated by Keyer   0
PTT tail delay ms [0-999]   0
Speed pot min wpm [5-99]   10
Speed pot max wpm [5-99]   40
IN0 mode   0
OUT0 mode   3
OUT0 mode   3
OUT1 mode   7
OUT1 mode   7
OUT2 mode   1
OUT2 mode   1
USB RTS as PTT   0
USB DTR as CW   0
Enable ping watchdog   0
IP address to ping   
Ping interval (seconds)   300
Startup delay (seconds)   300
Failure count to reboot   3
1: Name (SSID)   
1: Password (PSK)   
2: Name (SSID)   
2: Password (PSK)   
3: Name (SSID)   
3: Password (PSK)   
4: Name (SSID)   
4: Password (PSK)   
5: Name (SSID)   
5: Password (PSK)   
6: Name (SSID)   
6: Password (PSK)   
7: Name (SSID)   
7: Password (PSK)   
8: Name (SSID)   
8: Password (PSK)   
Status

Name   Value
Radio   OFF
Connection status   Disconnected
SIP status   Idle
Last SIP error   None
RTP/UDP audio status   Disconnected
UDP cmd status   Disconnected
SIP command timeout   0
Rx Jitter buffer size   8
Rx Jitter delay   4
Dual Rx   1
External IP   **** (redacted)
SIP Out port   1024
SIP In port   5060
Audio Out port   0
Audio In port   0
Command Out port   0
Command In port   12000
External SIP In port   5060
External Audio In port   11000
External Cmd In port   12000
Other party   0.0.0.0
Input 1   High
Input 2   High
Output 0   Low
Output 1   Low
Output 2   Low

Ping status (watchdog)   Off
DNS status   OK, remoterig.com = 193.202.110.185
Active profile:   Default
PTT status:   OFF
Antenna-Switch (IP)   not connected



I presume we do not have to set any special menu settings on the K3?

Any help appreciated.

73, Gerry W1VE