[Elecraft] Macro generation

[Don Wilhelm]

  Bill,

The "key" to the macros is the K3 Programmer's Reference.  A macro can 
contain any of the commands found in the K3 Programmer's Reference, but 
it cannot "read" responses from the K3.

Do not assume that if you create a macro and assign it to a key that it 
will toggle on and off.  Sometimes it can do that, but in most cases, 
you will need 2 macros (and 2 keys) to accomplish the on/off states.

The macros that "toggle" a setting can cause unpredictable results 
because the macro (within itself) does not know the previous state of 
the K3 - it takes more intelligence than just the macro instructions to 
"do this" to determine the state of the K3 prior to issuing a macro.

In other words, the macros must be confined to commands that say "do 
this" without additional conditions.  If your need is to do conditional 
commands based on the prior state of things, then an application (such 
as a logger application) which reads responses from the K3 would serve 
your needs better.

73,
Don W3FPR

On 12/14/2010 8:37 PM, N6FB at aol.com wrote:
> I am totally confused on generating a macro, and the more I read on  the
> Utility Help page, the more confused I get.  Evidently, there is  somewhere a
> list of what are called "K3 Commands" which when strung together  form a
> custom macro.  But where is the list of such  commands?
>
> Can anyone who is more familiar with this than I am give me  a  step by
> step tutorial on how to create and implant in my K3 at location  PF1, a macro
> that will turn on the APF and the RIT??? ( I am assuming this macro  will
> turn off if the PF1 is pushed a second time---or is that a bad  assumption?)
>
> Gee it is tough to have spent your whole career in aerospace  electronics
> and find yourself completely out-of-date after being retired for 17  years.
>
>   Bill  N6FB
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