[Elecraft] modification requested

[Mike]

  Jon -
Pull is different from polling. Polling is, in my opinion, a waste of resources. Pull 
is OK.
73, Mike NF4L

On 7/20/2010 9:40 AM, Jon K Hellan wrote:
> Mike wrote:
>> I sent this before, but it didn't seem to make it. Sorry if two show up.
>>
>>    Dave,
>> Why are you polling the K3? A limit of some software you're using? There is a CONFIG
>> setting, AUTOINF (p. 54 of my manual), that causes the K3 to broadcast it's info when
>> you change things (freq, mode) on the rig.
> If you want to let multiple programs access the same serial port, this can be done with software
> like LP-PAN. But there's no addressing in serial port comms, so PC pull works better than device
> push. When a client of LP-PAN polls, LP-PAN can forward the reply to this client. When the K3
> broadcasts, LP-PAN can either suppress the message or forward it to all clients and hope they
> don't get confused.
>
> 73
>
> Jon LA4RT
>
>> 73, Mike NF4L
>>
>> On 7/19/2010 11:16 PM, David F. Reed wrote:
>>> The K3 seems to ignore polls for 100mS or more when changing bands, and
>>> also seems to randomly drop polls; this is causing some problems
>>> interfacing with other equipment, and I cannot find a way to work around it.
>>>
>>> Is this something I can look forward to a fix for, or something I have
>>> to live with?
>>>
>>> Thanks and 73 de Dave, W5SV
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