[Elecraft] Auto Information mode

[Wayne Burdick]

You'll also get fast dB/bin data for external spectrum presentation, and streaming I/Q samples for external demodulation, etc.

Wayne


> On May 26, 2020, at 8:36 AM, Tom <elecraft.list at videotron.ca> wrote:
> 
> That's great. 
> Makes quite a difference.
> 73 Tom
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Wayne Burdick <n6kr at elecraft.com> 
> Sent: May 26, 2020 11:32 AM
> To: Tom <elecraft.list at videotron.ca>
> Cc: Andy Durbin <a.durbin at msn.com>; Elecraft Reflector
> <elecraft at mailman.qth.net>
> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Auto Information mode
> 
> I should have clarified: the K4 will exhibit 100% AI ("auto-info") control
> and far faster update speeds.
> 
> Wayne
> 
> 
>> On May 26, 2020, at 8:30 AM, Wayne Burdick <n6kr at elecraft.com> wrote:
>> 
>> Tom,
>> 
>> This will also be true of the K4.
>> 
>> 73,
>> Wayne
>> N6KR
>> 
>> 
>>> On May 26, 2020, at 8:27 AM, Tom <elecraft.list at videotron.ca> wrote:
>>> 
>>> 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
> 
> 
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