[Elecraft] So, anyone going to get more CW filtering?

[Joe Subich, W4TV]

> This could probably work (tuning while the app is in the 
> background) if the app could register two or three 
> system-wide hot keys which the tuning device could then 
> emulate. 

Or it requires the application to take exclusive control of 
the tuning input device and hold it while in the background.  
I'm not a Windows programmer so I don't know how feasible 
it is to do that.  

Of course a hardware builder could use a scroll wheel/encoder, 
three pushbuttons, a toggle switch and a PIC to build an 
external encoder.  The PIC would have serial (RS-232) in/out 
to pass through normal logging software ... it would read the 
pushbuttons, toggle switch and encoder to generate UP#; and 
DN#; commands as the encoder was turned ... UP;/DN for 10 Hz 
steps, UP3;/DN3; for 50 Hz steps and UP4;/DN4; for 1 KHz 
steps.  The toggle switch (or a latching pushbutton) would 
select either VFO A or VFO B.  

The same can probably be done in software.  If a Windows 
programmer was interested ... it might be interesting to do 
a "host application" (one that would accept commands from 
the Contour Shuttle Pro/ShuttleXpress and generate the 
correct serial output).  

73, 

   ... Joe, W4TV 
  





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> [mailto:elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Julian, G4ILO
> Sent: Monday, February 23, 2009 1:26 PM
> To: elecraft at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] So, anyone going to get more CW filtering?
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Joe Subich, W4TV-4 wrote:
> > 
> > 
> > The problem with any of the shuttle knobs or keyboards with
> > integral shuttle control is the need for software support.  
> > Most of these devices operate by emulating a mouse wheel (the 
> > scroll wheel) and it is not easy to use the external "knob" 
> > to tune while reading e-mail or surfing the web.  
> > 
> > It would be handy if logging/control programs (e.g., CI-V
> > Commander from DXLab Suite) could "capture" a specific device 
> > like the Griffin Power Mate or Contour Shuttle Express/Shuttle 
> > Pro for exclusive use and operate in the background.  The 
> > shuttle knobs are not so much a problem with contest software 
> > like N1MM Logger since that's not likely to be used in the 
> > background ... but the same considerations would apply if 
> > they were.  
> > 
> > 
> > 
> 
> This could probably work (tuning while the app is in the 
> background) if the app could register two or three 
> system-wide hot keys which the tuning device could then 
> emulate. But as you say, it requires the logging/control 
> program developer to implement this. Keystroke or mouse wheel 
> emulation only works if the app is in the foreground.
> 
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