[Elecraft] K3 needs survey -- firmware and application software

[Barry N1EU]

My list of displayed parameters was just a first proposal.  If AGC params
can't be displayed because of the command set implementation, then we can
shorten the list I suppose.

As far as why I'd want to display AGC hold, DCY, SLP and THR - these are
dynamic settings that I want to change depending on my operation (S&P vs
running, etc) and on condx.  I'm sure many operators would want the ability
to display these without digging into the menu.  It seems like programming
could easily accomplish this with a nifty onscreen display taking up perhaps
5-10% of the monitor's screen.  And it could be configurable so you'd
display just the set of parameters YOU want to see; i.e., leave off AGC if
you don't want to see it.

73,
Barry N1EU

proposed:
shift (numeric) 
width (numeric) 
power 
compression 
mic gain 
sub preamp 
sub antenna selection 
sub shift 
sub width 
AF Limit 
AGC hold 
AGC DCY 
AGC SLP 
AGC THR



Dick Dievendorff wrote:
> 
> Barry asked for the ability to display AGC parameters.  These values are
> currently read by accessing menus and reading them from the VFO A display
> area.  During that menu access, another application might send an UP or DN
> command, which could change one of the AGC parameters.  That's my only
> point.  New single-command queries could solve that particular issue.
> 
> I don't know the list of K3 commands that LP-Bridge blocks. I don't know
> how
> LP-Bridge uses its knowledge of what one application is doing to influence
> the commands permitted by another.  I'm using the TelepostInc.com LPB html
> help page as my source of info on what LP-Bridge does.
> 
> LP-Bridge offers a useful subset of the K3 Command set to many
> applications.
> But it's the LP-Bridge virtualization that these applications see, and
> that's different from the K3 programmer's reference command set.  This is
> a
> very useful subset, but arguably insufficient for the requested
> application.
> 
> Dick, K6KR
> 
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Julian Moss [mailto:julian.g4ilo at gmail.com] 
> Sent: Wednesday, December 23, 2009 3:40 PM
> To: Dick Dievendorff
> Cc: Wayne Burdick; wc1m73 at gmail.com; elecraft at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3 needs survey -- firmware and application
> software
> 
> Perhaps the solution is to make it possible to obtain information
> about the state of things that an operator might want to change
> without having to open a menu?
> 
> Barry asked for some specific information to be displayed on-screen.
> He was not even requesting the ability to change those items from the
> computer. Perhaps there could be an "extra information" command that
> reported the current state of various settings that are not displayed
> on the K3 screen but which an operator can readily change and would
> want to check on? I'm not sure why he wanted to see AGC configuration
> settings as I would not consider those to be something that is
> normally changed during operation. Many operators probably never
> change those settings.
> 
> On 23/12/2009, Dick Dievendorff <dieven at comcast.net> wrote:
>> I agree.  Several subset cases can be shared within the scope of
> LP-Bridge's
>> virtualization of the K3.  I just don't know where the edge is... 
>> Opening
> a
>> menu is perhaps not something you'd want to do with multiple applications
>> running.
>>
> -- 
> Julian, G4ILO
> G4ILO's Shack: www.g4ilo.com
> 
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