[Elecraft] P3 question
Dick Dievendorff
dieven at comcast.net
Sun Dec 27 08:12:08 EST 2009
You are asking for an incredible amount of integration between a
Windows OS and the P3...
Dick, K6KR
Sent from my iPhone
On Dec 26, 2009, at 4:35 PM, "Bob Tellefsen" <n6wg at comcast.net> wrote:
> 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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