[Elecraft] [K3] UTILITY Improvements

[Dick Dievendorff]

We can't introduce a dependency on a fee product like Microsoft Excel.
However there are a number of free XML editors.   And comma-separated
variable files can be manipulated with other tools.


Dick, K6KR


-----Original Message-----
From: elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net
[mailto:elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Tom Childers, N5GE
Sent: Tuesday, July 01, 2008 5:46 PM
To: Thomas Norff
Cc: Elecraft at mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] [K3] UTILITY Improvements

On Wed, 2 Jul 2008 01:06:21 +0200, "Thomas Norff" <thomas.norff at t-online.de>
wrote:

>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net
>[mailto:elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Dick Dievendorff
>Sent: Monday, June 30, 2008 2:12 AM
>...
>Maybe memory save/restore belongs in that category of program.  
>Dick, K6KR
>...
>-----Original Message-----
>Sent: Sunday, June 29, 2008 5:41 PM
>
>With all that operating behind us, I found that it would be nice to have an
>easier way to change the data in the 00-99 Memory locations.  I was
>wondering if the Utility Program can expanded so we can READ, EDIT, ERASE,
>SAVE  and REPLACE key DATA elements such as the text that is entered by
hand
>into each of the 00-99 memories in a similar manner that the Filter
>Configuration can be managed.  I know it can save Configuation Files but
>they cant be edited. It is a great tool now and 
>it is just begging (?) to be expanded.   What do you think?
>
>73's   Tony    K2ZLS
>
>######################################
>
>Lets do it....
>
>As a possible starting point:
>
>	1 - use excel to manage the memory tables
>             - edit, insert, delete, sort, ...
>      2 - define an interchange format, which would be usable by any tool
in
>any environment ...
>             - such as 
>                   <config>
>                   </config>
>                   <memory>
>                     <mem00>
>                       <frequency>
>                         <value>
>                       </frequency>
>                       ...
>                     </mem00>
>                     ...
>                   </memory>
>      3 - write an import/export function for the excel tool
>      4 - test for possible methods to get this information into the K3
>             - via frontend commands, like a user would do it
>             - direct modification in the K3-Utility config file
>             - direct modification in the K3 itself
>
>Maybe Simon can inform us if he is already working on that... ;o)
>
>Any comments are welcome !  => PLEASE USE "[K3]UTILITY" in your Subject
>
>73 de Thomas, DM7TN
>
>
[snip]

I'd use that if it were available, but not if it were in an Excel based
solution.  Excel is too bloated with unused functionality... and not
everyone
has access to it. 

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