[Elecraft] K3 Macros for mic switching ?

[Dick Dievendorff]

Hi, Hoop!

Generally you will want to use MN255; to close the menu, or your K3 will end
up with a CONFIG menu on the VFO A display after you've pressed your macro
button. (try it!)

MIC select doesn't work when in Mode CW, but that's pretty clear from the
VFO B marquee display.

Some menu items are supported by MP (menu parameter) with distinct values.
MIC SEL (MN053) isn't one of them, so you may use a sequence of DN and UP,
but it's simple enough.

Since you don't always know what the current selection was before you push
the macro button, you can use a sequence of DN; commands to get to the first
menu choice and then a specific number of UP commands to choose an item:

MN053;DN;DN;DN;MN255; will select the front panel.
Add one UP; after the three DNs to select the rear panel microphone.

The three DN commands move from whatever selection you had before to the
first choice, FP.  If you had input FP, RP, or LINE IN, three DNs are enough
to move you to the first choice: FP, and extra DN commands don't do anything
after the selection is already at the "bottom".  This technique works on
several multi-choice items where there are more than two choices.

Sometimes, for simple Boolean (on/off) functions, DN and UP just alternate
between the choices. Fortunately that's not the case here.

So your macro might say MN053;DN;DN;DN;MN255;CP016;MG010; for your front
panel mic and MN053;DN;DN;DN;UP;MN255;CP016;MG010; for rear panel mic.

Test these with a "local" K3 Utility macro button and then transfer them to
the K3 after you have them set to your liking.

73 de Dick, K6KR


-----Original Message-----
From: elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net
[mailto:elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of J.K. Hooper
Sent: Sunday, November 18, 2012 9:15 AM
To: Elecraft Reflector
Subject: [Elecraft] K3 Macros for mic switching ?

I want to write two K3 macros, one for selecting the front panel Mic (MH2)
and setting Mic gain and speech compression, and one for selecting the back
panel mic (Yamaha CM500) and setting mic gain and speech compression. 

>From my reading of the K3 programmer's reference, I know the following: 

- Mic gain command is    		MG010    (000 to 060)   
- Speech compression is 		CP016     (000 to  040)
- Mic select is				MN053
- changing VFO A			UP or DN 

. but I am not sure how to more discretely select front panel mic or back
panel mic, and not sure about whether I need to use the MN255 to exit the MN
command series.  

A potential command sequence is MN053;UP;MN255;MG010;CP016    .    if
currently set on the front panel mic to change to the back panel mic, I
think.   Though avoiding use of UP and DN would be preferable.      

I have entered two macros that I got from the Programmer's Reference, the
SPLIT+2 and the CLEANUP, and they work just fine. 

Advice is appreciated.

73, 
Hoop
K9QJS 



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