[Elecraft] Auto Information mode

[Tom]

Hi
A little trivia:  The AI mode in the Elecraft radios is far from complete.
Only a small subset of commands are available.
On Yaesu radios, everything done on the radios is supported with AI and you
see orders of magnitude faster performance.  In fact it is so fast that you
need to implement handshaking on the serial ports to prevent slower
computers from buffering the incoming commands. On a Hexa Core I7-9800 CPU
usage can hit 30% as it keeps up with all of the commands coming in when you
turn the VFO dial rapidly. The resting CPU usage is 1% since no polling is
occurring. The AI command is great especially since most of the traffic is
usually just the s meter.  So very good meter performance.
73 Tom va2fsq.com


-----Original Message-----
From: elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net <elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net> On
Behalf Of Andy Durbin
Sent: May 26, 2020 11:16 AM
To: elecraft at mailman.qth.net
Subject: [Elecraft] Auto Information mode

Many Kenwood and Elecraft transceivers support Auto Information mode.  When
enabled, AI mode causes the transceiver to output state changes as soon as
they happen rather than waiting to respond to the next periodic poll.   AI
mode has the potential to allow an application or external controller to
react much faster to state changes than periodic polling.

Has Elecraft ever considered implementing AI mode in the KAT500, KPA500, or
KPA1500?   It could allow external applications or controllers to "close the
loop" almost as fast as Aux bus which is only available if an Elecraft
transceiver is being used.

73,
Andy, k3wyc
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