[Elecraft] P3 for Windows anyone?

[Adrian]

Thanks Tom,  I'm Impressed !!!. Looking forward to the final product.

 

Adrian .v k4tux

 

From: tomb18 at videotron.ca [mailto:tomb18 at videotron.ca] 
Sent: Friday, 20 April 2012 12:22 PM
To: Adrian
Subject: Re: RE: [Elecraft] P3 for Windows anyone? [END of Thread]

 


Heres a teaser...recorded with camtasia which slows it down by a factor of
10.  It actually runs as fast as the p3 natively.
 <http://va2fsq.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/p3.mp4>
http://va2fsq.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/p3.mp4 
And it works remotely!




 <http://va2fsq.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/p3.mp4>
http://va2fsq.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/p3.mp4 
----- Original Message -----
From: Adrian <vk4tux at bigpond.com>
Date: Sunday, April 15, 2012 4:02 am
Subject: RE: [Elecraft] P3 for Windows anyone? [END of Thread]
To: 'tomb18' <tomb18 at videotron.ca>

> Tom , Ok and well done on an alternative windows controller. 32 
> bit would
> run fine in either 64bit Win 7 or native 32 bit yes?
> Should also run on XP, so I hope you will set top priority to 
> the 32 bit
> ver. Hopefully you can do a Linux version too later.
> Please put me on your tester list and feel free to email 
> whatever you
> develop. 
> If you could set a settings macro per band/mode, that would be 
> great, such
> that a click of that macro would setup what you need.
> 
> Thankyou
> 
> vk4tux at bigpond.com
> 
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> 
> Ok, I have run into a few logistics issues that I hope someone 
> can assist
> with.
> In order for the P3 to control the K3 it must maintain 
> communications via a
> serial link.  Thus one needs to use a com port sharing 
> program such as
> LP-Bridge or LP-Bridge 2.  This works fine within the 
> design parameters of
> the program.  As I have not used these programs before, are 
> there any issues
> with them that I should be aware of?  Everything is working 
> fine and far
> better than I thought.
> 
> I have found a bug in the P3 firmware: Issuing the #REF command 
> only allows
> setting over -140 to -90 not to +10 as stated in the 
> manual.  This is not
> big issue since if you need your reference level at -90 you have other
> problems!
> 
> These will be the features in the first version:  Please 
> let me know if I
> have missed anything:
> Setting of reference level
> Setting of Span
> Setting of scale
> Setting of center frequency
> Turning on and off of waterfall
> Turning Peak Hold on and off
> Turning and setting averaging (waterfall also) Using Markers A 
> and B by
> mouse
> 10 customizable function keys: Can set span, or almost anything 
> that the P3
> can do. Each key can contain many commands at the same time.
> Screen capture
> Spectrum recording (there may or may not be compression in the first
> release..)
> Fully scalable spectrum display from 640x400 to 1920x1080
> 
> I will also have a "remote" mode.  Now I would appreciate 
> peoples feedback
> on this.  You will need to do a remote login such as using 
> mstsc or Logmein
> etc.  Of course, if you did this at full resolution you 
> will need huge
> bandwidth.  Most upload speeds for the Internet are around 
> 1mb/s.  Therefore
> I will offer a reduced resolution and video update mode.  
> Perhaps something
> like 640x400 and 10 fps.Can anyone suggest another way to do this?
> 
> Well that's it for now.  I expect I will have something for 
> release in a
> couple of weeks.  The first release will be for Windows 7 
> x64.  I will try
> for the x32 as well.
> 
> I would appreciate any feedback.
> Thanks, Tom VA2FSQ
> 
> 
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