New Firmware Release!

[capobs]

Good afternoon, All.
 
The new PC "utility" and beta firmware are really out of this world.  [A bit melodramatic, I know!  But what the hey, I'm an old man and I've earned the privilege of talking like this.  ;-) ] 
 
Oh, how much easier can calibrations be than now?
 
I do have a question though.  [Naturally!]
 
All of "my" parameter numbers provided on my TCXO data sheet went in without a hitch.  But when I tried to save them to memory, I could not.  I'd close this feature and then reopen it.  The numbers had returned to what I'd guess were the parameters used as "baseline" by the factory. 
 
Not really complaining as my K3 is absolutely SUPER!
 
Now for my question: Is this a feature [saving the TCXO parameters] something coming in the future or am I'm doing something wrong?  The "link" to save these numbers "disappears" by the time I've inserted the numbers.
 
Thanks & Best 73.
 
Jim...............
WA4NTM
 
 
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[Julian, G4ILO]

capobs wrote

All of "my" parameter numbers provided on my TCXO data sheet went in without a hitch.  But when I tried to save them to memory, I could not.  I'd close this feature and then reopen it.  The numbers had returned to what I'd guess were the parameters used as "baseline" by the factory. 
 
Not really complaining as my K3 is absolutely SUPER!
 
Now for my question: Is this a feature [saving the TCXO parameters] something coming in the future or am I'm doing something wrong?  The "link" to save these numbers "disappears" by the time I've inserted the numbers.

I can't see what is on your screen, but if I'd written the program then I'd make the link to save the numbers disappear if one or more of the numbers was invalid. I have certainly had no trouble saving them, and they are all there the next time I open that part of the utility.

[Dick Dievendorff]

Hi, Jim!

The TCXO screen has a number of "edit controls" which are text boxes that
you type numbers into.  

The "Apply" button is enabled (not dimmed out) whenever any of the edit
controls have a value that is different from the value read from the radio,
and all the "edit controls" contain "valid" data.  

The K3 Utility accepts only certain characters to be entered into the edit
controls, and there are range checks on each of the controls, to avoid
wildly incorrect values (off by a factor of 10, for example).

If you change an edit control and move to another control (by tabbing to
another control or clicking some other button), the K3 Utility "validates"
the text you've entered. If any edit control contains "invalid" data, the
Apply button is disabled (dimmed).  If you leave an edit control that
contains "invalid" data, the utility beeps a bit to alert you, and the Apply
button at the bottom of the page will be disabled.  If you go back and
correct the "invalid" edit control, the apply button should become enabled
again.

I'd recommend you change a few items at a time, and save (press the Apply
button) after entering one or two just to see how that works.

The ten Frequency Delta (ppm) edit controls expect a number between +9.99
and -9.99.  You don't have to enter a + sign, it's assumed.  The controls
expect no more than two decimal places.  0.25 is fine, 0.250 is not
accepted.

I've only seen a couple of TCXO data sheets, but when I wrote the code I
assumed that the "PPM" value would be specified to two decimal places.  Is
your TCXO data sheet different?


Thanks,
Dick, K6KR

Jim wrote:

>All of "my" parameter numbers provided on my TCXO data sheet went in
without a hitch.  But when I tried to save them to memory, I could not.  I'd
close this feature and then reopen it.  The numbers had returned to what I'd
guess were the parameters used as "baseline" by the factory.  

> Now for my question: Is this a feature [saving the TCXO parameters]
something coming in the future or am I'm doing something wrong?  The "link"
to save these numbers "disappears" by the time I've inserted the numbers.








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