[Elecraft] K3 macros questions

[Iain MacDonnell - N6ML]

On Fri, Nov 27, 2009 at 6:40 PM, David Gilbert <xdavid at cis-broadband.com> wrote:
>
>
> Send the description of the {END} command in the N1MM help file.  I can't
> make it work for more than two sequential commands, though.

Doesn't help when the voice message is being played by the KDVR3
anyway - N1MM Logger really has no idea that that's infact what's
happening - it's just sending the commands that you specify to the
radio.

    ~Iain / N6ML


> Iain MacDonnell - N6ML wrote:
>
> Hi John,
>
> I suspect what's happening here is that the three commands are
> executed instantly, one after the other, so the monitor is turned on,
> the DVR message is kicked off, and the monitor is turned off again -
> *immediately*, while the DVR message is just starting. I don't know if
> there's any way to delay execution of the last command until the DVR
> message has finished.
>
> BTW, I have notes on KDVR3 + N1MM Logger at:
>
> http://www.dseven.org/ar/n1mm-kdvr3
>
> I don't attempt any tricks with the monitor level, though.
>
>     ~Iain / N6ML
>
>
>
> On Fri, Nov 27, 2009 at 9:09 AM, John Scott <scotts at sandycove-ns.ca> wrote:
>
>
> To begin with, I'm not sure if this should be here or on the N1MM
> reflector (or both).
>
> I would like to have a macro that will, in effect, allow F1 ... F4 on
> the computer keyboard in N1MM to press the DVR keys for me so I don't
> have to reach for them,and to turn the monitor function so I can tell if
> I sent the right thing and when it ends and then turn the monitor
> function off so I don't have to listen to it all the time.
>
> So what I need are the following commands:
>
> 1. Turn on the monitor function so I can hear the output of the DVR in
> my headphones:  ML010; should do it.
>
> 2. Emulate the tapping of M1 ... M4 as required:  SWTnn; is the command
> where nn is one of 21, 31, 35 or 39.
>
> 3. Turn the monitor off:   ML000;
>
> This macro would save reaching from the keyboard to the radio during a
> contest.  I hit the wrong button a few times during the SS-SSB this past
> week-end!  In effect, it would be just like CW where we do exactly what
> I am describing.  I know the middle part of this works, because I can do it.
>
> Using the K3 utility the commands:   ML010; SWT21;ML00; entered
> individually each into one of Macro 9,Macro 10 and Macro 11 work just
> fine.  However, if I put these three commands into one Macro, the first
> and the last are ignored and only the DVR message is played.  Nothing in
> the headphones.  (It's the same for Macros 1 to 8 as for the others.)
>
> Now, in N1MM there is the macro command {CATA1ASC  radio_commands}.
> According to the N1MM manual, there can be only one CATA1ASC command per
> macro, but that command may contain more than one radio command.
>
> In N1MM the command  {CATA1ASC SWT21;} works perfectly when placed into
> the F1 key for SSB.  (You must, however, put a space in the first
> character in the table when typing it.  This is N1MM's cue NOT to look
> for  *.wav file).  Reference an earlier post from N6ML.
>
> Other other hand in N1MM the command (in F1)    {CATA1ASC
> ML010;SWT21;ML000;} does not work at all.  Nothing happens.
>
> Is this a bug in the K3, N1MM or is it intended to be that way in the
> first place and I am wasting my time?
>
> Any comments and help would be appreciated.
>
> John, VE1JS
> K3 # 3486
> BTW Using FW Ver. 3.63
>
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