'Re: [Elecraft] KPA500/KAT500 Remote Software'

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Subject:    Re: [Elecraft] KPA500/KAT500 Remote Software
From:       Chris Hallinan <challinan () gmail ! com>
Date:       2018-02-26 13:27:35
Message-ID: CAME0jBRja5h5hG_ZJUtDLnogNZ1A=s4r-YH6CU_Aa1vrBLGQHA () mail ! gmail ! com
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Heh, I thought this post died a silent death ;)

Thanks for the reply, Rick.  But each of your answers has that "Windows"
word in it.
I don't currently own a Windows machine, and I don't want to.  Yes, I have
had to run a Windows VM for certain tasks because that's the only option
(K3 Utility, etc.) And I will say that VMWare for MAC has come a long way,
and you can get almost hardware speeds running Windows VMs on a MAC.  But I
don't have any desire to run the Windows OS.  And worse, there are known
issues running hardware devices like multiple USB serial ports using a
Virtual Machine.  I want to use my MACs natively.

MacLoggerDX is excellent for anyone who hasn't looked lately.  And the
support is awesome.

Heck, I'd port the utilities to OS X myself if I could get access to the
source code.  I'd put it up on github for all to contribute.  I'm a big fan
of open source.

73 de K1AY
Chris

On Sun, Feb 25, 2018 at 11:42 PM, Rick Tavan <rick@tavan.com> wrote:

> KAT500 Remote and KPA500 Remote are excellent control programs. There are
> three ways to access them remotely:
>
>    1. Run them on a Windows machine at the radio site and access them via
>    a remote desktop app such as Chrome Remote Desktop which runs natively on
>    either Windows or Mac. The Windows machine at the radio site can be very
>    inexpensive and, since it isn't used for general computing, can be very
>    reliable. I do this sometimes and it works fine. My Windows server is an
>    Intel NUC that's sized about 4"x4"x2". You can find cheaper, though.
>    2. Run them as server apps on a Windows machine at the radio site and
>    access them from a Windows machine running the same apps as clients. I do
>    this most of the time and it works great. I do it from both a "real"
>    Windows machine and from a virtual Windows machine running under VMware
>    Fusion on a MacBook Pro. But beware that, although Fusion on the Mac can be
>    made to work, it's a complex environment. I needed three professionals to
>    help me get it working, including two on the Fusion team at VMware! (It was
>    my son, who doesn't work at VMware, who finally figured out a fatal
>    trackpad driver problem.)
>    3. Run them on a local Windows machine or virtual Windows OS at the
>    control site with remote serial ports at the radio site. This is the
>    minimal hardware solution but it does require Fusion with the same caveat
>    as above.
>
> Remote control is a lot of fun if you can enjoy or at least tolerate the
> system integration!
>
> 73,
>
> /Rick N6XI
>
>
> Rick Tavan
> Truckee, CA
>
> On Fri, Feb 23, 2018 at 9:58 AM, Chris Hallinan <challinan@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Any solutions for MAC out there?
>>
>> http://www.elecraft.com/k2_remote.htm#k3remote
>>
>> I use MacLoggerDX for logging and basic rig parameter feedback for the log
>> and I love it.  But I need a good remote solution on the KAT500, KPA500
>> and
>> yeah, my K3.
>>
>> 73 de K1AY
>> Chris
>>
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