[Elecraft] Macros

Sat Feb 16 22:00:33 EST 2013

I spent a few hours trying to understand what I am seeing, and it is a case 
where the assigned macros are not being remembered to their assigned PF 
keys. They work the first time, but after the second PF key gets depressed 
(FSK) only the SECOND one is retained in BOTH PF1 and PF. The first macro is 
not assigned to PF1 hold anymore, the SECOND macro is assigned to BOTH PF1 
and PF2 hold. In this case, since I have FSK as second, it's the one that is 
in play on BOTH PF keys. I reversed them and got CW to be dominant. The 
macros work perfect from the utility program, just as I want them to.
 I did do a read to the utility program, and the macros are in the EPROM as 
they were written. Only thing left is the macro assign function is being 
somehow corrupted/changed.

 Recently I had my K3 back to Elecraft for an FPF board replacement. I sure 
hope it's not that again. I sure hope you guys have an idea. I am out of 
them.

BTW, without the MN255, the display stays in menu mode. MN255 brings is back 
to a normal operating display.

Thanks ...
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From: "Tom H Childers" <n5ge at n5ge.com>
Sent: Saturday, February 16, 2013 3:51 PM
To: "Jim Leder (Hotmail)" <k8cxm at hotmail.com>
Cc: "Elecraft" <Elecraft at mailman.qth.net>
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Macros

>
> I agree with Joe.
>
> I don't use MACRO's, but I do write software that uses the K3 Command
> set.
>
> The first thing I see is that you are calling the "MN255" command in
> each of the MACROs.  The MN command is only needed if you are
> accessing the menu to change a setting, and you are not doing any
> changes to the menu, so you can remove "MN255 from your MACRO's.
>
> The rest of the commands look OK, but I suggest you create your
> MACRO's using the K3 Utility.  If you do that you can test MACRO's
> until they work as you want them to.
>
> Good luck.
>
> 73,
> Tom
> Amateur Radio Operator N5GE
> ARRL Lifetime Member
> QCWA Lifetime Member
>
> On Sat, 16 Feb 2013 14:12:15 -0500, "Jim Leder \(Hotmail\)"
> <k8cxm at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>>The 2 macros I use work OK since I reloaded the firmware. I tried so many
>>different, fancy things prior to getting messed up, I'm not sure what they
>>were now, but it was a lot. That's when I attempted to go back to what I
>>knew was OK, but they didn't work either. That's when I got desperate and 
>>as
>>a last resort, reloaded the 4.60 firmware.
>>
>>Here are the two ORIGINAL macros that now work once again:
>>
>>CW MD3;BW0040;SWH45;MN255;   /* PF1 hold */
>>FSK MD6;DT2;BW0050;SWH47;MN255;  /* PF2  hold */
>>
>>Seems something in the firmware got out of sorts by my screwing around 
>>with
>>those two macros, but I don't know how.
>>
>>Thanks ... 73
>>
>>Jim
>>
>>--------------------------------------------------
>>From: "Tom H Childers" <n5ge at n5ge.com>
>>Sent: Saturday, February 16, 2013 1:59 PM
>>To: "Jim Leder (Hotmail)" <k8cxm at hotmail.com>
>>Cc: <Elecraft at mailman.qth.net>
>>Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Macros
>>
>>>
>>> Jim,
>>>
>>> Can you send us the macro's you are having trouble with?
>>> Maybe we can help you with them.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>> 73,
>>> Tom
>>> Amateur Radio Operator N5GE
>>> ARRL Lifetime Member
>>> QCWA Lifetime Member
>>>
>>> On Sat, 16 Feb 2013 13:41:00 -0500, "Jim Leder \(Hotmail\)"
>>> <k8cxm at hotmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>>Had a situation this morning where my two macros started giving me goofy
>>>>responses, and eventually would lock up my K3. The K3 still worked OK, 
>>>>and
>>>>all was cleared up with a power off/on. I couldn't get the macros to 
>>>>work
>>>>consistently, no matter what I tried, including the 'soft' reset'. So, I
>>>>reloaded my firmware (4.60) and this apparently corrected the failure. I
>>>>had been toying with several different macros and wonder if my playing
>>>>around somehow fouled things up. I only have 2 macros: PF1 HOLD to put 
>>>>the
>>>>rig into CW and PF2 HOLD to put the rig into FSK. These are simple 
>>>>macros
>>>>(thanks K1HTV) and have been working without a hitch, until I attempted 
>>>>to
>>>>get fancy.
>>>>
>>>> My questions are:
>>>> Is it possible to fill up the macro memory slots, even when they appear
>>>> empty?
>>>> Is there a way to clear/reset ALL the macros without reloading the
>>>> firmware? (this seemed to fix my problem)
>>>>
>>>>Additional curiosity: I was getting an FT0 on the terminal screen over 
>>>>and
>>>>over of the utility program when things were fouled/locked up. Radio was
>>>>NOT in split. I do not have the SR.
>>>>
>>>>The radio and macros are now working as they should, but somehow I am 
>>>>sure
>>>>I messed it up somehow. Any ideas?
>>>>
>>>>Thanks...
>>>>
>>>>     Jim Bob Buckeye
>>>>            AKA
>>>>  **** Jim Leder****
>>>>    K8CXM since 1961
>>>> IBM retiree since 1999
>>>>
>>>>There are 10 types of people in this world -- those who understand 
>>>>binary
>>>>and those who don't.
>>>>
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