P3 external knob for QSY and tap

[ik1bxn]

Hi ! In consequence of my shack layout my k3 and p3 are located above the LCD monitor in a good position for me to look at them but not so confortable to press button or rotate knobs. It's not a big problem because I always keep Ham Radio Deluxe opened for log and CAT so quite never I need to touch k3 panel.
It's not the same for p3 and here is my (funny probably) question : should it be thinkable to provide connection to an external serial or usb knob (something like Tmate http://www.woodboxradio.com/uk/tmate.html for example) to replicate p3 knob functionality ? For me it would mean having it on the desk close to computer keyboard and it will make qsy and tapping easier ? Thanks you all for reading ! 73 de Giorgio

[Alan Bloom]

Another way to do this is to send CAT commands to the P3.  Most P3
functions are supported.  The P3 Programmer's Reference is on the web
site http://www.elecraft.com/manual/P3_Pgmrs_Ref_Rev_A2.pdf

You can define custom macros in HRD.  I found that for some reason I
have to prefix P3 commands with a semicolon to get them to work.
(Apparently HRD doesn't like commands that begin with a pound sign.)

Alan N1AL


On Sat, 2011-05-28 at 01:08 -0700, ik1bxn wrote:

> Hi ! In consequence of my shack layout my k3 and p3 are located above the LCD
> monitor in a good position for me to look at them but not so confortable to
> press button or rotate knobs. It's not a big problem because I always keep
> Ham Radio Deluxe opened for log and CAT so quite never I need to touch k3
> panel.
> It's not the same for p3 and here is my (funny probably) question : it
> should be thinkable to provide connection to an external serial or usb knob
> (something like Tmate http://www.woodboxradio.com/uk/tmate.html for example)
> to replicate p3 knob functionality ? For me it would mean having it on the
> desk close to computer keyboard and it will make qsy and tapping easier ?
> Thanks you all for reading ! 73 de Giorgio
>
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