[Elecraft] P3 and Centering the Display

[Nr4c]

So set a PF Key to toggle modes. How hard is it to tap a button?   How you gonna execute the Macro anyway?

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...nr4c. bill


> On Dec 7, 2016, at 8:57 PM, Alan Bloom <n1al at sonic.net> wrote:
> 
>> On 12/07/2016 05:11 PM, Alan Bloom wrote:
>> I think all you have to do is QSY, switch to tracking mode to center the
>> display and then switch back to fixed mode.
> 
> I should have actually tried it before I opened my big mouth. :=) That works when sending commands manually but not in a macro.
> 
> The problem seems to be that the K3 is not done processing the QSY command before the P3 fixed-tune commands occur.  It is as though the fixed-tune commands happened before the QSY rather than after.
> 
> I confirmed that by putting a loooooooooooooooooong string of semicolons after the FA command to add a delay.  About 225 semicolons seems to work reliably on my unit.  With these two macros:
> 
> FA00007000000;;;;;;;; <225 total semicolons> ;;;#FXT0;#FXT1;
> FA00007290000;;;;;;;; <225 total semicolons> ;;;#FXT0;#FXT1;
> 
> I can switch back and forth between the two frequencies in fixed-tune mode and the display remains centered about the VFO A frequency.
> 
> Admittedly that is not a very elegant solution and is not necessarily guaranteed to always work.  Another work-around is to leave out the extra semicolons and just manually send the macro twice.  The fraction of a second pause between button presses is enough to allow the K3 time to respond.
> 
> Alan N1AL
> 
> 
> 
>> Alan N1AL
>> 
>> 
>>> On 12/07/2016 04:34 PM, Fred Jensen wrote:
>>> I think [but don't fully understand the original question either] that
>>> he is in Fixed Tune mode and wants to stay there, but when he executes
>>> the as-yet-undetermined macro, he wants the desired frequency in the
>>> center of the screen, presumably with the edges at CF+/-[SPAN/2].
>>> 
>>> Eric, Wayne, and the E-crowd could solve all of this if they just
>>> devised a procedural programming language for the K3/P3, wrote a
>>> compiler and linker, and provided a set of thoroughly debugged DLL's. It
>>> can't involve more than a few lines of code.  Since Elecraft software
>>> utilities are free, this would be a good deal, no?  Christmas is coming
>>> ... [:-))
>>> 
>>> 73,
>>> 
>>> Fred K6DGW
>>> - Sparks NV DM09dn
>>> 
>>> - Northern California Contest Club
>>> - CU in the Cal QSO Party 7-8 Oct 2017
>>> - www.cqp.org
>>> 
>>>> On 12/7/2016 4:17 PM, Don Wilhelm wrote:
>>>> I guess I don't understand what you want to accomplish.
>>>> If you want the VFO A to be in the center of the display, simply change
>>>> the mode from FIXED to TRACKING.  That will keep the VFO frequency
>>>> centered - no macros required.
>>>> 
>>>> 73,
>>>> Don W3FPR
>>> 
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