[Elecraft] P3 question

[Bob Tellefsen]

Hi Dick
Yes, I used to use a trackball with my Mac
at work for doing drawings.  Great tool
for the purpose.

Sure would be slick if someone could figure
out a way for the P3 to look like a second monitor
when using a logging program and let the
cursor run back and forth between the screens.
73, Bob N6WG

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dick Dievendorff" <dieven at comcast.net>
To: "Bob Tellefsen" <n6wg at comcast.net>
Cc: "Fred Atchley" <hamkt4fk at att.net>; <Elecraft at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Saturday, December 26, 2009 1:13 PM
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] P3 question


> Older mice (the ones with "mouse balls") used two rotary encoders to  
> sense and count movement in two directions.
> 
> The P3 uses a single rotary encoder and a knob to position a vertical  
> line on a horizontal scale.
> 
> The same encoder is used for P3 menu selections.
> 
> A mouse is but one kind of "pointing device". Currently the most  
> common of course.
> 
> 73 de Dick, K6KR
> 
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
> On Dec 26, 2009, at 11:28 AM, "Bob Tellefsen" <n6wg at comcast.net> wrote:
> 
>> Thanks Fred
>> Happy New Year
>> Bob N6WG
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Fred Atchley" <hamkt4fk at att.net>
>> To: <Elecraft at mailman.qth.net>
>> Sent: Saturday, December 26, 2009 11:13 AM
>> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] P3 question
>>
>>
>>> As I recall some of the discussions at the Santa Barbara Hamfest, a  
>>> mouse
>>> interface would greatly complicate the design of the P3. The standard
>>> computer-to-mouse interface requires a software driver which is not
>>> trivial
>>> to design and maintain (drivers are written in machine code for a  
>>> specific
>>> processor architecture.)
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> IMO though, It should be possible to design a mouse-like remote to  
>>> the P3
>>> that emulates the knob and buttons.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> 73, Fred, AE6IC
>>>
>>>
>>>
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