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

[Dave Cole]

Thank you Alan!  As always Elecraft is there with the right stuff at
the right time!  THANKS AGAIN GENTS!!!
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73's, and thanks,
Dave

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On Fri, 2016-02-26 at 11:41 -0800, Alan wrote:
> Yes, the issue is that after the P3 sends the UP7, DN7 command, etc.
> to 
> the K3 it doesn't receive the new frequency back from the K3 right
> away. 
>   So when the #FXT1 command (go to fixed-tune mode) is executed it
> is 
> based on the old K3 frequency, not the new one.
> 
> Adding a delay in the Genovation keypad solves the problem because
> it 
> gives the K3 time to update the P3 with the new frequency before 
> executing the #FXT command.
> 
> Paul and I have been talking about it and may have come up with a
> better 
> way to do this.  Stay tuned.
> 
> Alan N1AL
> 
> 
> On 02/26/2016 09:05 AM, Paul Saffren N6HZ wrote:
> > Hi Dave,
> > 
> > The P3 does execute the commands one after another.   The problem
> > is likely
> > that the K3 commands take a little longer to execute and there is
> > no waiting
> > in the P3 for the K3 to change frequency.  In other words, the P3
> > executes
> > the serial commands in sequence.  It gets to a K3 command (DN7, UP7
> > etc) and
> > simply sends that over to the K3.  It then continues to execute the
> > commands
> > in the macro.   Using the P3 and/or K3 utility delivers the same
> > results as
> > would any program (Python, etc) that does not query the K3 for a
> > reply.
> > 
> > While adding a delay after the K3 commands may help, there is
> > probably a
> > better way to do this.  Let me think about it for a while.
> > 
> > Kind regards,
> > 
> > Paul
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
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