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General discussion forum / Re: Remoting the K3
« on: 2010-05-13, 05:54:46 »
Greetings to all K3 owners.
Just a short message to inform you all that my K3 works now remote with the remoterig MKII modems.
Here is the process I went trough in short:
Firstly I checked the comms settings in my K3: RS232 = 38K4
Than I tried connecting my K3 with a serial cable to Ham radio de luxe.
I noticed that Ham radio de Luxe wanted to connect with 8 data bits and 2 stop bits.
As such I setup up the Remoterig modem with the same settings.
I must admit I haven't tested the 8 data bits and 1 stop bit @ 9600 baud suggested in the remote rig documentation.
Serial:
The straight serial cables worked also on the radio side and on the PC side.
I use a USB to serial converter with my PC to run Ham radio de luxe.
I have used COM 2 on both modems.
Connecting PTT and Mic Audio:
I found the documentation a little confusing it would be better to show which side is the modem and the outside world.
I used standard Cat5 cable and soldered a connector for the speaker and the PTT which matches the radio.
I used 2 pair and took just random pairs. Than used to multi meter to beep out what is what.
Than jumpered red wires in the "IC Socket". That worked first time.
Speaker connection between modem and K3:
A stereo lead was used for to the speaker output of the K3 and that worked fine.
Speaker connection between modem and "Real Speakers" :
I could not find the information on how to connect the speaker on the NON radio end.
This may have been my mistake so I just assumed to connect a speaker.
When I tried plugging in a 8 Ohm speaker I heard nothing. So I tried a little audio amplifier
and this time it worked fine.
No Signalink interface was needed because the K3 has got internal Isolation transformers.
What went wrong:
I forgot to setup the right com port in the software. COMM2 Elecraft/Yeasu etc.
I did not see the option to connect with the radio in the software.
Later I changed this to Auto connect and it works fine now.
I did not hear much sound, but using a small amplifier works fine now.
I suppose I could have used the PC but instead I used this http://www.sureelectronics.net/goods.php?id=1075
What went right:
Pretty much everything else
Suggestions for mike on the modem end:
Instead of converting the mike you could also purchase a mike for the TS850 with the computer style connection.
In this way you could have a mike in both locations.
I am still looking where I can buy this mike but for the moment the adapter lead will work.
Time needed for all this:
2 hours to make the cables.
2 hours to read the documentation
0.5 hour experimenting and making some changes to my local network.
1 hour to get it all going after that.
I am impressed ....I knew nothing about remote rigs.
Now it is time for the most difficult part of this project:
A hill top location with big antenna tower and a fast internet connection.
I have no connection with Elecraft or with Remote rig.
I am very happy with this remote rig modem and it was much easier than I expected.
Ham radio de luxe is connected as if it is just a normal serial port. It does not realize it is connected via the internet :-)
Well done my compliments for developing such a handy product
Just a short message to inform you all that my K3 works now remote with the remoterig MKII modems.
Here is the process I went trough in short:
Firstly I checked the comms settings in my K3: RS232 = 38K4
Than I tried connecting my K3 with a serial cable to Ham radio de luxe.
I noticed that Ham radio de Luxe wanted to connect with 8 data bits and 2 stop bits.
As such I setup up the Remoterig modem with the same settings.
I must admit I haven't tested the 8 data bits and 1 stop bit @ 9600 baud suggested in the remote rig documentation.
Serial:
The straight serial cables worked also on the radio side and on the PC side.
I use a USB to serial converter with my PC to run Ham radio de luxe.
I have used COM 2 on both modems.
Connecting PTT and Mic Audio:
I found the documentation a little confusing it would be better to show which side is the modem and the outside world.
I used standard Cat5 cable and soldered a connector for the speaker and the PTT which matches the radio.
I used 2 pair and took just random pairs. Than used to multi meter to beep out what is what.
Than jumpered red wires in the "IC Socket". That worked first time.
Speaker connection between modem and K3:
A stereo lead was used for to the speaker output of the K3 and that worked fine.
Speaker connection between modem and "Real Speakers" :
I could not find the information on how to connect the speaker on the NON radio end.
This may have been my mistake so I just assumed to connect a speaker.
When I tried plugging in a 8 Ohm speaker I heard nothing. So I tried a little audio amplifier
and this time it worked fine.
No Signalink interface was needed because the K3 has got internal Isolation transformers.
What went wrong:
I forgot to setup the right com port in the software. COMM2 Elecraft/Yeasu etc.
I did not see the option to connect with the radio in the software.
Later I changed this to Auto connect and it works fine now.
I did not hear much sound, but using a small amplifier works fine now.
I suppose I could have used the PC but instead I used this http://www.sureelectronics.net/goods.php?id=1075
What went right:
Pretty much everything else
Suggestions for mike on the modem end:
Instead of converting the mike you could also purchase a mike for the TS850 with the computer style connection.
In this way you could have a mike in both locations.
I am still looking where I can buy this mike but for the moment the adapter lead will work.
Time needed for all this:
2 hours to make the cables.
2 hours to read the documentation
0.5 hour experimenting and making some changes to my local network.
1 hour to get it all going after that.
I am impressed ....I knew nothing about remote rigs.
Now it is time for the most difficult part of this project:
A hill top location with big antenna tower and a fast internet connection.
I have no connection with Elecraft or with Remote rig.
I am very happy with this remote rig modem and it was much easier than I expected.
Ham radio de luxe is connected as if it is just a normal serial port. It does not realize it is connected via the internet :-)
Well done my compliments for developing such a handy product