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1921

General discussion / Re: Com1 & Com2 sometime

« on: 2011-12-10, 16:00:21 »

Hi Nicola,

The settings in your RRC and PC Client should be identical for COM1. It should work just fine.
I assume that you are using the correct COM port in Windows, since COM1 will likely not be
COM1 in Windows.

I suggest that you provide your RRC COM1 settings and PC Client settings, so that either
the guys in Sweden can look at it, or maybe I can see what the problem is.

73,
Mitch DJ0QN / K7DX

1922

Hardware, Cabling, Installations / Re: Controlling K3

« on: 2011-12-09, 13:37:00 »

Hi Ed,

Thanks for letting us know about your experiences with the Elecraft Twin firmware.

As you know, I have been testing this for a couple of months now and have been very impressed. There are a couple of bugs on the K3 firmware side that I am sure will be resolved soon, but this is not top priority.....we are all waiting for the KX3 firmware to be completed!

The details about the cables is actually well documented in the RemoteRig manual; there are schematics for all the cables in that section. Of course, someone may of course choose to buy a cable set, but you can make your own if you wish. The most important custom cable is the one that allows powering-on the remote K3 when you power-on locally, since the K3 does not allow one to turn it on by using a CAT command.

Where I disagree with you is your comment about having to set COM1 to USB. I have never experienced a  need to do so, and indeed have none of my serial ports set to USB mode (although of course I could switch COM1 to USB for CAT if I wanted to).

I run COM2 as "logical parallel with COM0" as per the manual, as well as COM1 in mode-6 (CAT to COM2). This allows one to use CAT both on the remote PC without any wiring change when operating locally, as well as CAT over the remote RRC. Of course, then you can't use COM1 for rotor or other control, but there are other solutions for that.

The K3/0 will be a killer for high-performance remote stations......the current most popular rig with a separate control head used by RemoteRig installations is the TS-480. The Elecraft solution will allow the same type of flexible (hardware based) experience for multiple remote users, by sharing one fully equipped K3 at relatively low cost per user, but providing significantly better performance than the TS-480 provides.

Anyone that is interested in remote operation using a hardware radio panel interface should be very excited about this new offering from Elecraft and Microbit.

73,
Mitch DJ0QN / K7DX

1923

General discussion forum / Re: What about this?

« on: 2011-12-09, 09:17:27 »

That looks great, Jan! My Webswitch demos will really be impressive then   

73,
Mitch DJ0QN / K7DX

1924

General discussion / Re: Com1 & Com2 sometime

« on: 2011-12-06, 18:41:40 »

Hi Nicola,

There is no reason why this should not work. I suspect that you may have the
wrong baud rate set-up: it must be set to 9600-8-N-1.

Otherwise, an example of someone using COM1 to control a rotor is at:
http://www.remoterig.com/forum/index.php?topic=1073.0

I hope this helps a bit.

73,
Mitch DJ0QN / K7DX

1925

General discussion forum / Re: Iphone4 hotspot & RRC

« on: 2011-12-05, 19:55:25 »

I don't know about the iPhone specifically, but assuming it works as a standard wireless router,
there is no logical reason why it shouldn't work. Of course, computer technology often does not
work for no logical reason, but that is a different story. 

The WNC2001 is booked into the network using a PC/browser once, then  maintains these settings
until changed again. Basically, it is "permanent" until told otherwise.

73,
Mitch DJ0QN / K7DX

1926

General discussion forum / Re: Iphone4 hotspot & RRC

« on: 2011-12-05, 14:30:59 »

You will need a wireless (WiFi) adapter for the RRC, since it only has an ethernet port. The one I use
is the Netgear WNCE2001:
http://www.netgear.com/home/products/wireless-adapters/high-performance/WNCE2001.aspx

73,
Mitch DJ0QN / K7DX

1927

General discussion / Re: Exactly what is wrong!

« on: 2011-11-30, 17:49:26 »

Ok, Russ, let me know if I can help. We can use Skype and Teamspeak if you
want me to help you out directly. I am GMT +1 (end of next week GMT +7 for
three weeks).

73,
Mitch DJ0QN / K7DX

1928

General discussion / Re: Exactly what is wrong!

« on: 2011-11-29, 22:56:59 »

Russ,

I have tested this thoroughly, and it works just fine now. I was reporting this problem for several
months as well. Please explain more how you are making the connection through HRD; you are
not supposed to click on DTR or CTS. Make sure you use COM2 for CAT, either of the ports that
the PC Client installs can be used. You said that you changed the new "Yaesu Power Off" to yes.

73,
Mitch DJ0QN / K7DX

1929

General discussion forum / Re: RC-2000

« on: 2011-11-28, 13:04:07 »

What exactly did you buy, Steve?

73,
Mitch DJ0QN / K7DX

1930

General discussion forum / Re: RC-2000

« on: 2011-11-27, 12:37:49 »

That is good information, Trond. I wonder what serial number series the G2.0 has?

Since the two I found are both 110 and Nils' 509 does not work, this doesn't correlate
with the information from KP4TR that 212 works. This is of course assuming that 509 is
newer than 212.

73,
Mitch DJ0QN / K7DX

1931

General discussion forum / Re: RC-2000

« on: 2011-11-26, 21:11:35 »

Thanks for the information, Nils.

Unfortunately, this doesn't correlate well with the information about S/N 212-XXXXX and above
being compatible, now I am even more curious what works and what doesn't. What is also
strange is your S/N is much higher than two used ones that I have found, both in the 110XXXX
range. I wonder what the difference is?

Maybe I should ask on another forum for the TS-2000 instead.

73,
Mitch DJ0QN / K7DX

1932

General discussion / Re: Exactly what is wrong!

« on: 2011-11-25, 16:15:53 »

Thanks, Mike,

I tested the update and now can turn the FT-2000 on using the PC Client and use HRD.

I know this was a work around caused by HRD and not a bug in your firmware, so I really
appreciate that you and your team took the time to resolve this problem.

73,
Mitch DJ0QN / K7DX

1933

Hardware, Cabling, Installations / Re: Controlling K3

« on: 2011-11-23, 22:36:15 »

Ed,

I have a check list for setting-up CAT on the RRC, if that is what you are looking for.
Just drop me a mail at dj0qn (at) darc.de and I will send it to you. You mail address
is unlisted on the membership page.

73,
Mitch DJ0QN / K7DX

1934

General discussion forum / Re: Dyndns no longer free?

« on: 2011-11-23, 15:08:01 »

Hi Simon,

Unfortunately, the RRC onyl accepts dyndns.org addresses and does not support alternatives,
such as no-ip.com.

Since dyndns.org has apparently recently changed their policy on their free accounts, it would
make a lot of sense for Mike and his team to support alternatives that are still free. See:
http://dyn.com/dns/free-vs-vip/ for the new dyndns.org policy.

73,
Mitch DJ0QN / K7DX

1935

General discussion forum / Re: RC-2000

« on: 2011-11-23, 14:53:32 »

Did you mean the serial number of the TS-2000 needs to be above 212-XXXXX, or the serial number of the TM-D700?

I have so far not found a used TM-D700 with a serial number nearly that high, they have been in the 110 range.

I saw another thread asking if the TM-D710 was compatible to the TS-2000, but didn't see a reply. Anyone know?

73,
Mitch DJ0QN / K7DX