Troublesome Macro #1 (First in a series)

[Byron Peebles-3]

I am having trouble with the following Macro on a K3S and P3/SVGA.

BN10;DE500;MD6;DE100;FA00050313000;DE100;#CTF+00050315000;DE100;#SPN000043;DE100;

The delays are just there to slow things down, right?  No impact otherwise.

What happens is the Macro executes, but when it completes, the P3/SVGA
switches the Center Frequency back to the previous band and the band the
radio is on is correct but the SVGA display differs from the P3 itself
by quite a bit.  For specifics, I test the Macro by switching to 28MHz
band.  After execution, the P3 shows the 28MHz center frequency but the
SVGA shows 74Mhz, or thereabouts.  - If I change the SPN, the center
frequency varies. Suspicious.

What I am trying to accomplish is this:

Change bands(6m), Set Mode(Data), Set VFO-A Frequency (50313), Set P3
Center (50315) and P3 Span (4.3)

The idea is to have the audio bandwidth of FT-8 on the SVGA display (in
this example).

What obvious mistake am I missing and forgetting?  Thank you.

73, Byron

Note the results are the same whether in a Macro button or some the test
command line. The results are fine when the command is broken up.  I do
know about delays in command execution, especially band changes, and it
does work better when you are already on the band.

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[Nr4c]

Did you try without the “delays”?

Is it so hard to start wsjt-x and select the 6M frequency in the drop- down box, and then adjust the P3?

And with the full spectrogram from wsjt-x , I don’t pay much attention to the O3.

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> On Jul 2, 2018, at 8:41 PM, Byron Peebles <[hidden email]> wrote:
>
> I am having trouble with the following Macro on a K3S and P3/SVGA.
>
> BN10;DE500;MD6;DE100;FA00050313000;DE100;#CTF+00050315000;DE100;#SPN000043;DE100;
>
> The delays are just there to slow things down, right?  No impact otherwise.
>
> What happens is the Macro executes, but when it completes, the P3/SVGA switches the Center Frequency back to the previous band and the band the radio is on is correct but the SVGA display differs from the P3 itself by quite a bit.  For specifics, I test the Macro by switching to 28MHz band.  After execution, the P3 shows the 28MHz center frequency but the SVGA shows 74Mhz, or thereabouts.  - If I change the SPN, the center frequency varies. Suspicious.
>
> What I am trying to accomplish is this:
>
> Change bands(6m), Set Mode(Data), Set VFO-A Frequency (50313), Set P3 Center (50315) and P3 Span (4.3)
>
> The idea is to have the audio bandwidth of FT-8 on the SVGA display (in this example).
>
> What obvious mistake am I missing and forgetting?  Thank you.
>
> 73, Byron
>
> Note the results are the same whether in a Macro button or some the test command line. The results are fine when the command is broken up.  I do know about delays in command execution, especially band changes, and it does work better when you are already on the band.
>
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> Message delivered to [hidden email] am having trouble with the following Macro on a K3S and P3/SVGA.
>
> BN10;DE500;MD6;DE100;FA00050313000;DE100;#CTF+00050315000;DE100;#SPN000043;DE100;
>
> The delays are just there to slow things down, right?  No impact otherwise.
>
> What happens is the Macro executes, but when it completes, the P3/SVGA switches the Center Frequency back to the previous band and the band the radio is on is correct but the SVGA display differs from the P3 itself by quite a bit.  For specifics, I test the Macro by switching to 28MHz band.  After execution, the P3 shows the 28MHz center frequency but the SVGA shows 74Mhz, or thereabouts.  - If I change the SPN, the center frequency varies. Suspicious.
>
> What I am trying to accomplish is this:
>
> Change bands(6m), Set Mode(Data), Set VFO-A Frequency (50313), Set P3 Center (50315) and P3 Span (4.3)
>
> The idea is to have the audio bandwidth of FT-8 on the SVGA display (in this example).
>
> What obvious mistake am I missing and forgetting?  Thank you.
>
> 73, Byron
>
> Note the results are the same whether in a Macro button or some the test command line. The results are fine when the command is broken up.  I do know about delays in command execution, especially band changes, and it does work better when you are already on the band.
>
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[David Box-2]

The delay DE command only effects K3 so you can remove several. Check syntax of #CTF
Dave K5MWR


On July 2, 2018 6:41:05 PM MDT, Byron Peebles <[hidden email]> wrote:

>I am having trouble with the following Macro on a K3S and P3/SVGA.
>
>BN10;DE500;MD6;DE100;FA00050313000;DE100;#CTF+00050315000;DE100;#SPN000043;DE100;
>
>The delays are just there to slow things down, right?  No impact
>otherwise.
>
>What happens is the Macro executes, but when it completes, the P3/SVGA
>switches the Center Frequency back to the previous band and the band
>the
>radio is on is correct but the SVGA display differs from the P3 itself
>by quite a bit.  For specifics, I test the Macro by switching to 28MHz
>band.  After execution, the P3 shows the 28MHz center frequency but the
>
>SVGA shows 74Mhz, or thereabouts.  - If I change the SPN, the center
>frequency varies. Suspicious.
>
>What I am trying to accomplish is this:
>
>Change bands(6m), Set Mode(Data), Set VFO-A Frequency (50313), Set P3
>Center (50315) and P3 Span (4.3)
>
>The idea is to have the audio bandwidth of FT-8 on the SVGA display (in
>
>this example).
>
>What obvious mistake am I missing and forgetting?  Thank you.
>
>73, Byron
>
>Note the results are the same whether in a Macro button or some the
>test
>command line. The results are fine when the command is broken up.  I do
>
>know about delays in command execution, especially band changes, and it
>
>does work better when you are already on the band.
>
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[Byron Peebles-3]

I inserted the DElays as an example.  It feels like the Band change
isn't registered with the P3 properly, but I'm perplexed at how the P3
internal display and the SVGA external display would show different
center frequencies, and why the P3 is correct for a moment and switches
back.

Thanks for your suggestion.  I've checked the syntax and it works if you
are on the band.


On 07/03/2018 12:05 AM, David Box wrote:
> The delay DE command only effects K3 so you can remove several. Check
> syntax of #CTF
> Dave K5MWR

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[Byron Peebles-3]

I did start without delays and I extend them and remove them in various
tests.

With this style of Macro, it is possible to monitor for activity without
running WSJT, and the approach works for other modes, too.  At this
point I think I might move to dedicated band buttons and then set the
P3/SVGA.  I have 64 keys on the keypad.

Thanks for your comments.  73, Byron


On 07/02/2018 11:13 PM, Nr4c wrote:
> Did you try without the “delays”?
>
> Is it so hard to start wsjt-x and select the 6M frequency in the drop- down box, and then adjust the P3?
>
> And with the full spectrogram from wsjt-x , I don’t pay much attention to the O3.

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