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W1UE:
I spent about an hour working on this today and couldn't find settings that worked, so I thought I'd ask to see if someone had already invented this wheel.

I have the Remote Rig setup using Program Mode 14, K3 Twin.  I have Two K3s linked together; they change frequency, key, basically do everything that I want to do.  Now, I want to tie the Remote Rig setup into the N1MM Logger Program to retrieve frequency/mode/send CW/send RTTY.  I have the following ports available in the Control RRC:
Com1 (real serial port)
Com2 (real serial port)
RRC1258 Com0 (com3)
RRC1258 Com1 (com4)
RRC1258 Com2 (com5)
RRC1258 Comfsk (com6)
In N1MM, I can reference and connect to any of those ports.  I also have the USB cable that could provide another path into
the Control RRC.

I have gone over the documentation several times, but apparently don't understand the connections between the virtual ports and the real ports.  My understanding is that the Com0, Com1, and Com2 are the Control RRC ports, and the Com1,2,3,4,5,6 are computer ports separate and distinct from the Control RRC ports, and are the port numbers that I would reference in N1MM.  I am using MMTTY, but haven't gotten as far as configuring it yet, so I don't know if I can find the info I need in the setups that are already in the documentation,  but if someone has a setup that works for all 3 areas I would appreciate a copy of it.

BTW, the basic Remote Rig setup works great.  So far, I only have it on my home network; I think the part in the documentation about getting it all working before you install the remote setup was great advice.  Once I have this all working, I know I have a working setup and only have to add in the Internet path between the rigs.

Thanks in advance.

Dennis W1UE

dj0qn:
Dennis,

It is actually very easy to get this working, it just looks more complicated than it is. I have a
short CAT checklist that I send to people who need help, but in the case of the K3 Twin, it
is slightly different. Here is all you need to do:

- Make sure that you have the Microbit Setup Manager installed (for the drivers)
Under Serial settings:
- Change COM1 to "Mode 6 - CAT to COM2 (local)" (note the baud rate you use here)
- Change "Use USB Com port as COM1" to YES
- Submit and restart the RRC
- Plug the USB cable in between the RRC and PC
- Go to the Windows Device Manager and drop down the ports list
- Look for the the four Microbit virtual serial ports (COM0, COM1, COM2 & COMFSK)
- Write down the COM port number under the Microbit COM2 port that is at the end of that line, e.g. (COM5)
- Go to your logging program and use that port number as your CAT port (remember to use the same baud rate you
   have under the serial settings for COM1). In your list below, that was COM5.

This should now work as you wish.

73,
Mitch DJ0QN / K7DX

SM0SHG:
Hi Mitch,

I have the K3 Twin set-up (K3/0 -> K3/100). Works great on Phone. I don't do CW but would like to try RTTY. I have (almost...) everything setup. RX works, but the TX wont. MMTTY keys the radio but there are no modulation going out.

Any suggestions?

73 de Adde, SM0SHG

dj0qn:
Hi Adde,

A couple of questions first:

1) Are you trying FS through the virtual FSK COM port, or AFSK through the microphone input?
2) If FSK, do you have the cable that has the FSK pins connected, either self-made or from RemoteRig?
3) What are your I/O settings?

73,
Mitch DJ0QN / K7DX

SM0SHG:
Hi,

1. I use the FSK COM port
2. I have the RemoteRig cables (icluded in the K3 Twin package). Are there different?
3. I/O settings in Control RRC = USB RTS as PTT is DISABLED (hmmm... Could this be something??)

Adde

Check the manual (again...). The I/O settings in the Contro RRC does not have any function in all this. The I/O settings in Radio RRC is as follows:

OUT0 Connect
OOU1 Baudot/45
OUT2 Keyer

Adde

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