[Elecraft] [PX3] Keyboard, Mouse, Thumb Drive and Knob Support

[Kevin Stover]

I Already have all of that.

It's called a LAPTOP.

What's amazing to me is that people want to turn their latest new gadget 
into some cobbled together replacement for something that does it ten 
times better and much cheaper, and then pat themselves on the back for 
their "ingenuity".
So...the PX3 should have logging support? It's supposed to store "many" 
macro sets/text messages as well?

Boy, we're using up firmware space right and left or do you want to 
store that on the Thumb drive as well and have the PX3 "boot" the radio 
and pan adapter while it's at it?

I would simply suggest using the radio rather than sitting around 
thinking of ways to turn a pan adapter into a laptop.

On 6/4/2016 12:01 PM, wickedbeernut wrote:
> The PX3 keyboard support is excellent.
>
> In August, I demonstrated mouse support with the PX3.  I've been encouraging
> Elecraft to add mouse support to the PX3 ever since.
>
> Elecraft plans to port the thumb drive support from the P3SVGA to the PX3.
> This includes the ability to:
>
> 	• capture a bitmap image of the PX3 display on a thumb drive
> 	• save and restore text messages and macros to and from a thumb drive
>
> The P3SVGA may be connected to a keyboard or a thumb drive but not both at
> the same time.
>
> I'd like Elecraft to add USB hub support to the PX3,
>
> 	http://wickedstone.com/KF5WBO/PX3%20USB%20Hub.jpg
>
> 	http://www.sabrent.com/category/usb-hubs/HB-UMN4/
>
> Hub support will allow a keyboard, mouse, thumb drive and/or remote knob to
> be connected to the PX3 at the same time,
>
> 	http://wickedstone.com/KF5WBO/PX3%20USB%20Knob.jpg
>
> I've demonstrated this using an Arduino microcontroller.  Please take two
> minutes to watch this video,
>
> 	http://youtu.be/2rpO4LDZYf0
>
> Of course, you could also use a 2- or 3-port hub ... whatever suits your
> specific needs.
>
> Imagine,
>
> 	• pressing a keyboard PrtSc (Print Screen) key to capture a bitmap image of
> the PX3 display on a thumb drive
> 	• using a keyboard to save / restore one of possibly many text message /
> macro "sets" to / from a thumb drive
> 		- where a "set" is a collection of 50 text messages and 50 macros
> targeting a specific operating scenario
> 	• logging QSO's on a thumb drive
> 		- importing the QSO's into your favorite logging software by simply
> plugging the thumb drive into a PC or Mac
> 	• connecting a keyboard, thumb drive and the Elecraft K•Pod (with new
> firmware) via the PX3 KEYBD connector
> 	• ...
>
> Ooh, aah.  This all starts with USB hub support.
>
> If you're interested in one or more of these capabilities, please share your
> interest with Elecraft.
>
> Joe Stone
> KF5WBO
>
>
>
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