[Elecraft] USB mouse support for P3SVGA -- please don't neglect the scroll wheel

[Clay Autery]

I'm guessing there is more to it than a firmware upgrade to make this 
type of functional add-on.

But I 100% agree with the below spec'd mouse functionality.... Anything 
more would be great....  anything less, and while I would still likely 
acquire it, I would be less than fully satisfied.

I am in the process of putting together an alternative Panadapter 
solution to give me this functionality.

I would PREFER to stay with just the P3 as augmented...

I would happily pay a good deal more than $50.00 for this 
functionality....  $200 +/- a c-note depending on overall functional 
add-ons.  I will be spending this much at least for a separate 
panadapter box and audio interface anyway...

IF it could be figured out how to route the P3 info back into the PC 
somehow to grab this functionality while not sacrificing the P3's 
excellent integration with the K3, that would be great..... The idea 
being, I would really like to be able to use the monitor I currently 
have dedicated to the P3 in multi-use....  some way to switch it between 
a second PC display and the panadapter function.

73,

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Clay Autery, KY5G
(318) 518-1389

On 28-Jul-18 09:01, Bob Wilson, N6TV wrote:
> When Elecraft adds mouse support to the P3SVGA, please use the scroll wheel
> for fine tuning after the click, as one does on an SDR.  You're can almost
> never tune in someone perfectly just by clicking, and you shouldn't need
> two hands to tune in a station, one on the VFO knob, and one on the mouse.
>
> A mouse driver for the P3SVGA could be very simplified.  It does NOT have
> to work like a mouse on a PC.
>
> Like the P3 VFO "markers," all a mouse needs to support is *horizontal
> movement* of a single vertical line when you move the mouse, not a fancy
> mouse pointer that goes up and down.  A vertical line is sufficient.  We
> only need to click on signals on the waterfall, not "buttons" or "menus".
>
> This is what I'm expecting to see from the P3SVGA mouse support:
>
> Left click:    Move VFO A to clicked freq.
> Right click:   Move VFO B to clicked freq. (for DX split pileups)
> Scroll Wheel:  Fine tune VFO A, B, or "last-clicked" (user option)
>
> Scroll Wheel Up = move VFO up in frequency
>
> Scroll Wheel Down = move VFO down in frequency
>
>
> I understand that modern Icom radios (IC-7610, IC-7851) already support
> click-to-tune on their waterfall displays using a USB mouse or touch-screen
> tap, but they ignore the scroll wheel completely, making them much less
> useful.  Elecraft can and should do better.
>
> If Elecraft needs to "monetize" this to make it happen, *I would gladly pay
> $50 for a P3 firmware upgrade that provides P3SVGA mouse support.*
>
> Next best would be *P3SVGA K-POD support*, K-POD connected to P3SVGA via
> USB, used instead of the tiny P3 knob and awkward knob push, but maybe
> that's not feasible due to hardware limitations.
>
> 73,
> Bob, N6TV