[Ham-Mac] flrig PTT using the space bar

[Dick Kriss]

On Dec 3, 2013, at 4:17 PM, w1hkj <w1hkj at bellsouth.net> wrote:

> Skip, KH6TY, asked me to add a feature to flrig that would allow him to use the space bar to toggle the PTT button on flrig.  He asked for the right feature as it is already built in to the fltk toolkit used for the flrig user interface.  Any button that has the keyboard focus can be toggled, advanced, etc (includes buttons, check boxes, and any control derived from the button).  Simply insure that the target control has keyboard focus.  Keyboard focus can be recognized for a button by the control having a dotted line just inside its outside border.
> 
> You can test this by pressing the PTT button and then toggling with the space bar.  This might be useful when flrig is used with voice on SSB or FM.
> 
> 73, Dave, W1HKJ
> 

Per your request, I tried the test with flrig-1.3.1.4AU (without fldigi) and the flrig PTT button keys the rig as long as the TS-590S is in FM.  When I toggle the space bar it sends a string of ON/OFF’s (key/unkeys).  I ran the same test in USB DATA mode and the TS-590’s transmit LED  turns RED (and flashed when the space bar is depressed); however, the rig does not transmit.  No RF going out on an external power meter.

With both fldigi-3.21.77.OCM flrig-1.4.14AU active, the fldigi TUNE button keys the rig; however, it does not key the rig if the space bar is depressed in USB and USB-DATA mode. 

I tired to repeat the tests and flrig crashed (several times) when I clicked on PTT and depressed the space bar on the iMac keyboard.

Dick AA5VU

Process:         flrig [17766]
Path:            /Applications/flrig-1.3.14AU.app/Contents/MacOS/flrig
Identifier:      com.w1hkj.flrig
Version:         1.3 (1.3)
Code Type:       X86 (Native)
Parent Process:  launchd [150]
Responsible:     flrig [17766]
User ID:         501

Date/Time:       2013-12-03 19:09:21.673 -0600
OS Version:      Mac OS X 10.9.1 (13B35)
Report Version:  11
Anonymous UUID:  E9F91EDC-40DE-58C6-61F3-701644706D55

Sleep/Wake UUID: 858FD82F-ED91-44B4-B1BF-3578B9CD1304

Crashed Thread:  4

Exception Type:  EXC_BAD_ACCESS (SIGBUS)
Exception Codes: KERN_PROTECTION_FAILURE at 0x0000000000000030