[Elecraft] Big weakness in Macro's

[N5GE]

I don't know what your application development background is, so if I
seem to be talking down to you, or anyone else, for that matter,
please don't take it personal.

You can have a good amount of control over the K3 with MACRO's, but
you can only have fine grained control by developing applications
that use logic to send the right command at the appropriate time.
Many times this requires knowing the exact state of the K3 or any
hardware device, which cannot be done with efficiency using MACRO's.
If you are good at describing steps for doing things, then you can
probably do software development.

If you can learn to program with C, C++, C#, VB, or Delphi you can
write some pretty nifty stuff for you Elecraft hardware.  Microsoft
has many "Express" versions of their application development software
for free.

I don't work for MS, but do think their development software is
tip-top.

Amateur Radio Operator N5GE
ARRL Lifetime Member
QCWA Lifetime Member
Retired Software Development Contractor

On Fri, 07 Dec 2012 13:07:25 -0600, W0SD Ed Gray <w0sd at triotel.net>
wrote:

>IMHO there is a big need for a command that can be use to define things 
>back to the same state. One big rule in programming is you always set 
>the state of things so you are always dealing with a known starting 
>point. The command structure in the K3 does not permit this.
>
>A number of things in the K3 are toggle, for example in MIC SEL 1 
>toggles the mic back and forth from high to low and 2 toggles for bias 
>on or no bias.  There are a number of other instances of this in the K3.
>
>Not having a command to define things back to the same state, lets call 
>it a default or reset state makes the programming commands in the K3 
>pretty weak IMHO.
>
>Ed W0SD
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