hello justin, that is correct.  all you would do is plug in the rs232 
cable and the power adapter turn on the box and radio and you are 
ready to go.  take care, c u 73 mike



At 07:29 PM 12/13/2011, you wrote:
>Hi there,
>Does this k3 hardware reader work with the k3 radio 
>specifically?  So if I bought a k3, I could use this device, and 
>have access to the various menus etc?
>Thanks,
>
>On Dec 13, 2011, at 6:26 PM, Mike Cozzolino wrote:
>
> > hello to all the k3 owners or the ones that want to be.  yesterday i
> > got my k3 hardware reader hooked up and its the cats meow.  i can
> > read all the menu choices and its automatically spoken.  i just turn
> > the knobs like a sighted user and the k3 hardware reader reads the
> > display in speech to me.  anything a sighted user can do now i can
> > do.  i retired my original unit that i used while this was being
> > developed.  anyway just wanted to let everybody on the list to be
> > aware of this development.  that makes the steppir control and now
> > the k3 reader and next is the steppir new controller and then the
> > talking wattmeter.  73 to all mike w6quv