[Elecraft] KX3 firmware rev 1.38: Programmable switch macros

[Wayne Burdick]

The "SB" in the macro should be "SB1" to turn dual watch on, and "SB0"  
to turn it off. Did you try that?

I'll try it, too.

Wayne
N6KR


On Mar 3, 2013, at 4:48 AM, Jim Sheldon wrote:

>
> If you come up with a working macro for this one, please make sure  
> it gets posted to the reflector.  I haven't been successful with it  
> either.  The split, up 2 on and off works just fine, but trying to  
> get dual watch going under the same conditions here has met with the  
> same failure you're reporting.  Got tired of banging my head on it  
> last night and ran off to work TX5K on 160.
>
> Jim Sheldon - W0EB
>
>> Lee Hiers wrote:
> OK, so I want to set the VFOs equal, go split, turn on Dual Watch,
>> and make VFO-B 1 kHz higher than VFO-A.  I would also like this to
>> toggle split and Dual Watch back off when invoked a second time
>> (the resulting VFO-B frequency at that point doesn't really matter).
>>
>> This is what I tried initially:
>>
>>
>> SWT25;SWT25;SWH25;SB;UPB4;
>>
>>
>> and it works fine, except when activating the macro a second time,
>> it toggles off the split (good), but not the dual watch (bad).
>>
>>
>> So, I tried:
>>
>>
>> SWT25;SWT25;SWH25;MN140;UPB4;
>>
>>
>> and when I invoke this macro, instead of toggling the dual watch,
>> it brings up the FM deviation menu choice
>>
>>
>> So, I tried:
>>
>>
>> MN140;
>>
>>
>> by itself, and this brings up the Dual RX menu entry, but it
>> doesn't toggle - the VFO-A display says "OFF" and the radio stays
>> in the menu mode.
>>
>>
>> When I select the Dual RX in the menu and assign it to PF1 or PF2,
>> it toggles Dual Watch on and off, but it seems to be acting strange
>> when placed in a macro.
>>
>>
>> Am I missing something?
>>
>>
>
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