[Elecraft] Tech passing us by - was Re: Mouse-n-Click QSY

[Wes Stewart]

I have two re-programming macros, Split + 1 and No Split in Macro 1 and Macro 2 
respectively. in my K3S. In the radio these are assigned to PF1.  Hold PF1, go 
to Split; hold it again, cancel split.   Now, to avoid disasters, using the 
K-Pod, I must program both tap and hold of PF1 and PF2 respectively to split and 
cancel split.  So there are four functions tied up to do what I can do with one 
button push on the K3S.  To get back to one button, I've put radio PF1 on K-Pod 
PF3. Confusing, no?

IMHO, to fulfill its promise, the K-Pod should hold the macros and send them to 
the radio.  They should be programmable in the K-Pod via USB.

Wes  N7WS


  On 2/16/2017 12:12 PM, Harry Yingst via Elecraft wrote:
> Easier said than done; Hold the tap too long and it messes up the reprogramming macro.
>
> It should not be a problem for Elecraft to expand the macro area to hold more macros,providing they had the foresight to use a chip with a larger programming space.
>
> Point is there is room for improvement and either they keep up or they will be passed by.
>
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>        From: Don Wilhelm<donwilh at embarqmail.com>
>   To:elecraft at mailman.qth.net  
>   Sent: Thursday, February 16, 2017 1:43 PM
>   Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Tech passing us by - was Re: Mouse-n-Click QSY
>     
> Harry,
>
> So use only 8 of them on your K-Pod - the other 8 can be used as
> self-programming (just don't use the buttons relating to
> self-programming buttons on the K-Pod unless you want to confuse
> yourself by not knowing which state they are in).
>
> The point is that 8 was sufficient in the past, I am just curious why
> expanding the number to 16 would be a problem.
>
> 73,
> Don W3FPR
>
> On 2/16/2017 1:28 PM, Harry Yingst via Elecraft wrote:
>> I am well aware that there are 16.
>>
>> But since they are all assigned to the K-Pod they are no longer useful for self reprogramming Macros.
>>
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>>
>>        From: Don Wilhelm<donwilh at embarqmail.com>
>>    To: Harry Yingst<hlyingst at yahoo.com>;"elecraft at mailman.qth.net"  <elecraft at mailman.qth.net>
>>    Sent: Thursday, February 16, 2017 1:23 PM
>>    Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Tech passing us by - was Re: Mouse-n-Click QSY
>>
>> Limited Macros ???
>>
>> Just a bit of information:  The number of macros was 8.  It was
>> increased to 16 to support the number of buttons on the K-Pod.
>>
>> Just because the K-Pod buttons can access the macros does not mean that
>> those macros are dedicated to the K-Pod.  The fact that they are stored
>> in the K3 allows them to be assigned to buttons as well or called up by
>> an external source other than the K-Pod.
>>
>> 73,
>> Don W3FPR
>>
>> On 2/16/2017 11:50 AM, Harry Yingst via Elecraft wrote:
>>> On the K3 the limited number of macros and how the K-Pod uses all 16 of them leaving none left over for other purposes.  As I understand it a bit of that is due to the microcontroller having limited programming space but if that's the case then the K3s should have used a more modern chip that had a larger space and possibly a new replacement board available to the older K3 to update them (something I thought that the K3 was supposed to be 100% future-proofed but with apparently not).
>>>