[Elecraft] KPod self modifying macros?

[Don Wilhelm]

Jim,

I don't think the MN110 function will work with the K-Pod (at least not 
right now).
My reasoning -- the macros you have written assign the function to a K3 
button, then you reassign that *button* to another macro - so the macro 
assignment will toggle with subsequent presses of *that* button.  The 
macro is not altered, just the K3 button it is assigned to.

With the K-Pod - the buttons are assigned to the *macros* and not to the 
K3 buttons.  Macro1 will always be assigned to K-Pod F1 hold, and Macro2 
will always be assigned to K-Pod F2 hold.

When you use the macro to re-assign the K3 button to another macro, it 
will change the function of the K3 button.  However, the K-Pod buttons 
are not mapped to the K3 buttons, but rather to the Macros directly.

Unless you can work out a way to modify the macro itself, what you want 
to achieve cannot happen.

73,
Don W3FPR


On 8/25/2016 2:44 PM, Jim Miller wrote:
> I've been using the MN110 function to assign a new macro to the currently
> pressed button to switch to a different macro. That macro then uses the
> MN110 function to restore the previous macro to that switch after
> performing its functions.  In other words, the macro is not "self modifying", it simply reassigns a different macro to the button.
>
> Is there a way to make the macros on the KPOD self modifying in this way?
> It is not obvious since the K-Pod buttons always perform the same macros.
>
> In my case a PF1 on the K3 performs macro1 which is split, sub on, up one
> and switches to Macro2. A subsequent PF1 on the K3 clears all out and
> switches back to Macro1.
>
> On the KPOD a F1-Hold executes Macro1 but the switch to Macro2 never
> occurs. A subsequent hold of F1 merely repeats the Macro1. It requires
> F2-HOLD to execute the MACRO2.
>
>