[Elecraft] [K3] more function keys please

[David Ferrington, M0XDF]

that sounds like a good solution Wayne - thanks.
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On 3 Nov 2009, at 15:25, Wayne Burdick wrote:

> This is already on the list. The CONFIG:MACRO X menu entry will have  
> X values of 1-8 and '#'. If you assign MACRO X to a switch, it will  
> prompt for 1-8 when you use it, giving you access to up to eight  
> macros with one switch.
>
> 73,
> Wayne
> N6KR
>
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> On Nov 3, 2009, at 2:33 AM, "David Ferrington, M0XDF" <M0XDF at Alphadene.co.uk 
> > wrote:
>
>> All this discussion on macros is very good, but what I'd really like
>> is some more programable function keys.
>> I don't want to use Mx keys, because I want them for recorded
>> messages. That leaves just PFx keys.
>>
>> I did post over a year ago on the possibility of allowing us to have
>> to banks of function keys, using PFx + [0-9] as the way of accessing
>> them.
>>
>> That is, (via a CONFIG option of course) to be able to use PF1 as an
>> introducer, followed by one press of the 0 - 9 keys, therefore with
>> both PF1 & PF2, that gives us 20 function keys. And it works rather
>> like a quick memory (M->V + [0-9]) so I hope wouldn't be too onerous.
>> This however does mean you would have to HOLD PF1 or PF2, which might
>> be a little annoying.
>>
>> The alternative for people who want to keep PF1 & PF2 and would work
>> around the HOLD of PFx, is to allow us to specify that one of the Mx
>> buttons is the introducer to a function bank, thereby, we would loose
>> one Mx message and gain 10 function keys, still keeping the PFx keys
>> and getting a TAP introducer. It would also allow those that wish it,
>> to be able to have 40 function keys by designating all four Mx  
>> buttons
>> as function introducers. And I guess (if there is enough memory, both
>> machine and human) they could designate both TAP and HOLD Mx to give
>> them 80 function keys, but I'd have trouble remembering 10  
>> personally!
>>
>> Of course, I'm hoping the P3 will provide some more function keys.
>> And I saw a suggestion here that perhaps a row of keys could be
>> designed to fit under the K3, I guess using the RJ11 (or is it an
>> RJ12) service connector as the way into the firmware.
>>
>> 73 de M0XDF, K3 #174
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