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n6fb

Macro generation

I am totally confused on generating a macro, and the more I read on the
Utility Help page, the more confused I get. Evidently, there is somewhere a
list of what are called "K3 Commands" which when strung together form a
custom macro. But where is the list of such commands?

Can anyone who is more familiar with this than I am give me a step by
step tutorial on how to create and implant in my K3 at location PF1, a macro
that will turn on the APF and the RIT??? ( I am assuming this macro will
turn off if the PF1 is pushed a second time---or is that a bad assumption?)

Gee it is tough to have spent your whole career in aerospace electronics
and find yourself completely out-of-date after being retired for 17 years.

Bill N6FB
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Matt Zilmer

Re: Macro generation

Try The K3 Programmer's Reference. You'll find it near the bottom of
the K3 Manual page on Elecraft's web site.

73,
matt W6NIA

On Tue, 14 Dec 2010 20:37:04 -0500 (EST), you wrote:

>I am totally confused on generating a macro, and the more I read on the
>Utility Help page, the more confused I get. Evidently, there is somewhere a
>list of what are called "K3 Commands" which when strung together form a
>custom macro. But where is the list of such commands?
>
>Can anyone who is more familiar with this than I am give me a step by
>step tutorial on how to create and implant in my K3 at location PF1, a macro
>that will turn on the APF and the RIT??? ( I am assuming this macro will
>turn off if the PF1 is pushed a second time---or is that a bad assumption?)
>
>Gee it is tough to have spent your whole career in aerospace electronics
>and find yourself completely out-of-date after being retired for 17 years.
>
> Bill N6FB
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Tony Estep

Re: Macro generation

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Bill,

Get this doc:
http://www.elecraft.com/manual/K3_Pgmrs_Reference_Rev_C14.pdf

Skip pp 1-4 for the moment and go to pg 5. Follow the numbered cookbook
steps in "Creating and Using Macros" to make a sample macro or two. At that
point, you'll have an idea of what's going on, and soon you'll be rocking
and rolling.

Tony KT0NY
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Don Wilhelm-4

Re: Macro generation

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Bill,

The "key" to the macros is the K3 Programmer's Reference. A macro can
contain any of the commands found in the K3 Programmer's Reference, but
it cannot "read" responses from the K3.

Do not assume that if you create a macro and assign it to a key that it
will toggle on and off. Sometimes it can do that, but in most cases,
you will need 2 macros (and 2 keys) to accomplish the on/off states.

The macros that "toggle" a setting can cause unpredictable results
because the macro (within itself) does not know the previous state of
the K3 - it takes more intelligence than just the macro instructions to
"do this" to determine the state of the K3 prior to issuing a macro.

In other words, the macros must be confined to commands that say "do
this" without additional conditions. If your need is to do conditional
commands based on the prior state of things, then an application (such
as a logger application) which reads responses from the K3 would serve
your needs better.

73,
Don W3FPR

On 12/14/2010 8:37 PM, [hidden email] wrote:

> I am totally confused on generating a macro, and the more I read on the
> Utility Help page, the more confused I get. Evidently, there is somewhere a
> list of what are called "K3 Commands" which when strung together form a
> custom macro. But where is the list of such commands?
>
> Can anyone who is more familiar with this than I am give me a step by
> step tutorial on how to create and implant in my K3 at location PF1, a macro
> that will turn on the APF and the RIT??? ( I am assuming this macro will
> turn off if the PF1 is pushed a second time---or is that a bad assumption?)
>
> Gee it is tough to have spent your whole career in aerospace electronics
> and find yourself completely out-of-date after being retired for 17 years.
>
> Bill N6FB
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Dick Dievendorff

Re: Macro generation

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Bill: I attempted in the K3 Utility Help to describe how to use the K3
Utility Help to enter macros, but the commands are documented in the K3
Programmer's Reference. There are a couple of places where the K3
Programmer's Reference is mentioned I would have hyperlinked it from the
Help Text, but the name of the file changes with each revision. The current
version is located at
http://www.elecraft.com/manual/K3_Pgmrs_Reference_Rev_C14.pdf

The K3 Programmer's Reference commands you need to turn APF on and off are a
switch emulation command, in this case SWH29; listed as "Dual PB" on page 17
of the current K3 Programmer's Reference. This is a toggle, if you Hold the
Dual PB button once, APF will be turned on (at least in CW mode it will). If
you hold it again, it'll be turned off.

Turning RIT on and off can be accomplished as a toggle by tapping the RIT
button (SWT45;), which would change RIT on and off with each successive
button press, or by a command specifically designed to turn the RIT on and
off (RT0; and RT1;).

The K3 Utility Help does have step by step instructions on how to use the K3
Utility to get macros into the radio, but it doesn't duplicate the entire K3
Programmer's Reference, which is frequently enhanced as new commands are
introduced.

73 de Dick, K6KR

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I am totally confused on generating a macro, and the more I read on the
Utility Help page, the more confused I get. Evidently, there is somewhere
a
list of what are called "K3 Commands" which when strung together form a
custom macro. But where is the list of such commands?

Can anyone who is more familiar with this than I am give me a step by
step tutorial on how to create and implant in my K3 at location PF1, a
macro
that will turn on the APF and the RIT??? ( I am assuming this macro will
turn off if the PF1 is pushed a second time---or is that a bad assumption?)

Gee it is tough to have spent your whole career in aerospace electronics
and find yourself completely out-of-date after being retired for 17 years.

Bill N6FB
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