[Elecraft] Re: K3 text-to-terminal details

[Joe Subich, W4TV]

Wayne, 

It would make sense to return that data in a TT<string>; format 
to allow programs that do both control and data modes to separate 
the data.  Assuming the semicolon is either treated as illegal by 
the decoder (so it does not appear in the data stream) or is 
escaped (/;), the TT<data string>; structure would be relatively 
easy to handle.  The other option is to return the string in  
arbitrary (8, 10, 16) character blocks that were always null or 
space filled.  That would allow passing he semicolon without any 
special handling. 

I know ... something else to add to the firmware <G>. 

73, 

   ... Joe, W4TV 
 


> -----Original Message-----
> From: elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net 
> [mailto:elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of wayne burdick
> Sent: Wednesday, November 07, 2007 11:57 AM
> To: Joe Subich, W4TV
> Cc: elecraft at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: [Elecraft] Re: K3 text-to-terminal details
> 
> 
> Hi Joe,
> 
> After sending "TT1;", any decoded text (TX or RX, at the K3) is 
> streamed to the terminal without request commands. The user (or 
> software application) can continue to send commands to the radio 
> completely transparent to the text stream as long as the command 
> doesn't return anything (e.g., an "UP;" command to move the VFO one 
> unit, etc.). If the application needs to send command that returns a 
> string, it can optionally send "TT0;" to suspend the stream 
> temporarily, or it can attempt to parse the returned string from the 
> stream.
> 
> We may tweak this behavior in the future. If so, it'll be 
> documented in 
> the K3 Programmer's Reference.
> 
> 73,
> Wayne
> N6KR
> 
> On Nov 7, 2007, at 8:06 AM, Joe Subich, W4TV wrote:
> 
> >
> > Wayne,
> >
> > How is the data returned if TT1: is enabled?  Is the CAT
> > function disabled and the port turned into a pure terminal
> > output or is the received/decoded data returned in
> > "chunks" within a "TT" report (e.g. TT[a string of N characters];)?
> >
> > 73,
> >
> >    ... Joe, W4TV
> >
> >
> >
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net
> >> [mailto:elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of 
> wayne burdick
> >> Sent: Tuesday, November 06, 2007 9:13 PM
> >> To: Doug Person
> >> Cc: elecraft at mailman.qth.net
> >> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3: An Observation for Struggling
> >> Brass-Pounders
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> On Nov 6, 2007, at 6:02 PM, Doug Person wrote:
> >>
> >>> I'm curious - does the K3 send the decoded text through the serial
> >>> port where it might be displayed in a terminal program?
> >>>
> >>> Doug -- K0DXV
> >>>
> >>
> >> Yes. There's no third-party software support to do this 
> yet, but all
> >> you have to do is run a terminal emulator program on the PC,
> >> then send
> >> "TT1;" to the K3 (this turns on text-to-terminal). You can
> >> receive CW,
> >> FSK, and PSK31 this way. To transmit, you can send small
> >> packets using
> >> the Key command, e.g. "KY CQ DE N6KR K;".
> >>
> >> The K3 Utility program, which includes our download, will 
> include an
> >> ASCII terminal that does all this for you at some point.
> >>
> >> For further details see the K3 Programmer's Reference,
> >> available on our
> >> K3 page.
> >>
> >> 73,
> >> Wayne
> >> N6KR
> >>
> >>
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