[Elecraft] genovation keypad

[Dave Cole]

On Thu, 2016-09-29 at 13:06 -0700, Wes Stewart wrote:
>  From a thread on _your_ blog N7PXY wrote:
> 
>     "I use a K3 but do not use a P3. Is there a way to have the keypad
> send the     macros to the K3 directly?"
> 
> You replied in part:
> 
>     "Probably by using the serial port on the K3, but you would have
> to save the     Macros themselves in the Genovation..."
> 
> I commented to this thus:
> 
>     "Any progress on this?"
> 
> You replied:
> 
>     "Hi Wes,
> 
>     I am now actively looking into this..."
> 
> So six months ago I was expressing to you an interest in having macros
> live in the keypad and play into a K3 sans P3.

That's great...  Changes nothing here, in this discussion, but glad you
asked...  The Genovation is still a solution for me, even though it uses
the P3...  

I looked at your QRZ page, and I see you are using an different
Panadaptor, which is why you dislike the Genovation solution, which I
now understand.

Related-- I would bet money there is no way to make the Genovation
actually feed a macro into the K3 directly, save a total rewrite of the
code for the Genovation, which I am not going to do...  

I am however now working on a using a Raspberry Pi to more directly
control the K3.  I suspect a more direct method of controlling the K3,
allowing macros to be shot into it, without the P3 will be forthcoming
as a result of this.  

That is however a winter project.  I will probably use the Genovation as
the input device for the Raspberry Pi, then just fire commands directly
to the K3 from the Pi.  I need to get my head wrapped around the
protocol for talking directly to the K3 first...  That is my delay in
this...

-- 
73's, and thanks,
Dave (NK7Z)
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