[Elecraft] P3 v1.57 / SVGA v1.31 BETA firmware available

[Dave Cole]

It would of course be best if the P3 software actually would execute
macros one after th other with no issues...  I tried inserting 100ms of
";" in and that seemed to fail...  Nice use of the tools at hand!
-- 
73's, and thanks,
Dave

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On Fri, 2016-02-26 at 08:58 -0500, Warren Merkel wrote:
> Jim,
> 
> Now that the # commands for the P3 are being executed from within a
> P3
> macro, this *should* be possible.  That is the first thing I was
> attempting to do after updating to P3 v1.57 -- Although have yet to
> get
> it to work completely.   It appears that some of the individual
> commands
> in the sequence are not being executed due to the speed at which they
> are executed from the macro.    The P3 is single threaded so inputted
> commands could be missed while it is handling other things.
> 
> Using Tim's (A45WG) idea for a CW pileup macro, I recently extended
> it
> for an SSB view in a python script run from a serial port connected
> host.  The meat of that script boils down to this macro form:
> 
> #FXT0;#FXA0;#SPN000300;UP7;UP7;#FXT1;#FXA1;DN7;DN7;
> 
> There may be other ways to accomplish this feature however.   When
> this
> string is assigned to a P3 macro position and executed, only a few of
> the pieces get executed properly.
> 
> I have been advised that inserting other commands that do "inquiries"
> may be useful to add pacing to the sequence.  These queries are
> commands
> that ASK for a result, like FA to get current frequency from the K3. 
> The response is discarded of course, but the delay might be useful in
> wasting time while the P3 is "busy."   I'm still tinkering with
> getting
> this concept to work.  Feel free to help me tinker with it.
> 
> I have however, gotten it to work perfectly using a Genovation
> keypad.  
> I have split the above string into seven distinct macros in the P3,
> then
> I trigger each one in sequence from a single key on the Genovation
> keypad.   The software for the Genovation keypad allows you to put in
> a
> selectable delay between "keystrokes" so I have got it working well
> with
> 100ms of delay after each # command.  The K3 UP and DN  commands seem
> to
> operate well without any pacing between/or after them.   I only tried
> this a few times, first starting with about 30 ms of delay, and that
> wasn't enough.  It started to work at 100ms.  Your mileage may vary.
> 
> In the P3, create these macros with listed trigger key:
> (I chose the shifted F1 through shifted F7, feel free to use any
> other
> keys you want)
> 
> Shift F1    #FXT0;
> Shift F2    #FXA0;
> Shift F3    #SPN000300;
> Shift F4    UP7
> Shift F5    #FXT1;
> Shift F6    #FXA1;
> Shift F7    DN7
> 
> In the Genovation keypad software, define one of the keys to fire
> this
> sequence and download it to the keypad.
> 
> It looks like this: (L Shift Down) F1 (delay 100) F2 (delay 100) F3
> (delay 100) F4  F4  F5 (delay 100) F6 (delay 100) F7 F7 (L Shift Up)
> 
> (A snapshot of this setup in the Genovation software is here:
> https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/24789865/Genovation_Pileup_ssb_ke
> y.jpg
> 
> Connect the Genovation keypad to the P3 and press the single key you
> used for the above macro, and poof!
> 
> Warren, KD4Z
> 
> 
> On 2/26/2016 12:48 AM, Jim Miller <jim at jtmiller.com> wrote:
> > Date: Thu, 25 Feb 2016 22:43:18 -0500
> > From: Jim Miller <jim at jtmiller.com>
> > Cc: Elecraft Reflector <elecraft at mailman.qth.net>
> > Subject: Re: [Elecraft] P3 v1.57 / SVGA v1.31 BETA firmware
> > available
> > 
> > So with this firmware will it be possible to do the DX on the LHS
> > of the P3
> > screen and the pileup to the right and assign it to a P3 Fn key?
> > 
> > jim ab3cv
> > 
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