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Hello All
Im playing around with the macros and trying to see if i could control the VFO with the keyboard
(left right arrows maybe)
Anyone successful with this using the PX3 Keyboard?

George NE2I

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Paul Saffren N6HZ

Re: feature request PX3 keyboard VFO control

Hi George,

You bet you can control the VFO with the PX3 keyboard. Here's what I have set up on my PX3:

I use the UP/Down, Ctrl-Up/Down, Left/Right and Ctrl-Left/Right. I have the up/down keys adjust the frequency by 1 Hz, Ctrl-up/down by 10 Hz, Right/Left arrow by 100 Hz and Ctrl-Right/Left arrow by 1 kHz:

Up Arrow: UP1;
Down Arrow: DN1;

Ctrl-Up Arrow: UP;
Ctrl-Down Arrow: DN;

Right Arrow: UP8;
Left Arrow: DN8;

Ctrl-Right Arrow: UP4;
Ctrl-Left Arrow: DN4;

If you have a numeric keypad on your keyboard, you can use those keypad keys as band buttons. For example, you can map KP0 (keypad 0) to BN0; KP1 to BN1; and so on. Those 10 keys get you from 160 to 10 meters. Some day when I have some extra time here at Elecraft I'll put together some tips on macros. :-)

Kind regards,

Paul

Paul Saffren N6HZ

Re: feature request PX3 keyboard VFO control

I made a mistake, to adjust by 1 Hz it's UP0; and DN0;

-Paul

Ken Alexander-2

Re: feature request PX3 keyboard VFO control

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Hi George,

They have a piece of sample code to do what I think you want to do at
the bottom of page 6 of the K2s & K3 & KX3 Programmers Reference
document. You can download the PDF file from the Elecraft website:
http://www.elecraft.com/K2_Manual_Download_Page.htm#KX3

73,

Ken Alexander
VE3HLS

On 2015-11-10 6:53 PM, George via Elecraft wrote:

> Hello All
> Im playing around with the macros and trying to see if i could control the VFO with the keyboard
> (left right arrows maybe)
> Anyone successful with this using the PX3 Keyboard?
>
> George NE2I
>
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And the BN commands must be 2 digits. (I just added those) So 160 meters is BN00; and so on.

Also, you can set up a macro to turn both the KX3 and PX3 off with one button push on the PX3 front panel. First program a macro using one of the first 8 memory locations with the following:
PS0;#PS0; Map it to a front panel FN key using the Text Menu sub-menu, (see manual).

Here's another trick a customer came up with. Let's say you're working a pileup with the PX3, you have it set up for split on CW and you want to inject your call sign very quickly. This can be done by setting up a keyboard macro to execute on a FN keypress:
1) Create a macro in one of the first 8 locations so it can be mapped to a FN key.
2) We'll use your call sign as an example. For the message body enter: KY NE1I;
3) Now using the Text Menu sub-menu, program that macro to a FN key.

Now it's just a matter of using the PX3 VFO Marker to choose a position in the pileup, push the encoder to QSY, followed by FN key to quickly send your call.

-Paul

Hajo Dezelski

Re: feature request PX3 keyboard VFO control

Hello Paul,

just let everything drop and write a "Px3 Macros for Dummies". I know that
you can do it and it would be a great help for the rest of the folks who
try but do not succeed.

73 de
Hajo (DL1SDZ)

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Am 11.11.2015 01:57 schrieb "Paul Saffren N6HZ" <[hidden email]>:

> And the BN commands must be 2 digits. (I just added those) So 160 meters
> is
> BN00; and so on.
>
> Also, you can set up a macro to turn both the KX3 and PX3 off with one
> button push on the PX3 front panel. First program a macro using one of the
> first 8 memory locations with the following:
> PS0;#PS0; Map it to a front panel FN key using the Text Menu sub-menu,
> (see manual).
>
> Here's another trick a customer came up with. Let's say you're working a
> pileup with the PX3, you have it set up for split on CW and you want to
> inject your call sign very quickly. This can be done by setting up a
> keyboard macro to execute on a FN keypress:
> 1) Create a macro in one of the first 8 locations so it can be mapped to a
> FN key.
> 2) We'll use your call sign as an example. For the message body enter: KY
> NE1I;
> 3) Now using the Text Menu sub-menu, program that macro to a FN key.
>
> Now it's just a matter of using the PX3 VFO Marker to choose a position in
> the pileup, push the encoder to QSY, followed by FN key to quickly send
> your
> call.
>
> -Paul
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
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Re: feature request PX3 keyboard VFO control

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Hello all
I thank you for all the help. I programmed it and it worked great. The only thing that didn’t seem
to work is the band switching. maybe its my keyboard. I don’t know.
The power button is most convenient. I love it!

Any other goodies?

George NE2I

On Nov 10, 2015, at 7:57 PM, Paul Saffren N6HZ <[hidden email]> wrote:

> And the BN commands must be 2 digits. (I just added those) So 160 meters is
> BN00; and so on.
>
> Also, you can set up a macro to turn both the KX3 and PX3 off with one
> button push on the PX3 front panel. First program a macro using one of the
> first 8 memory locations with the following:
> PS0;#PS0; Map it to a front panel FN key using the Text Menu sub-menu,
> (see manual).
>
> Here's another trick a customer came up with. Let's say you're working a
> pileup with the PX3, you have it set up for split on CW and you want to
> inject your call sign very quickly. This can be done by setting up a
> keyboard macro to execute on a FN keypress:
> 1) Create a macro in one of the first 8 locations so it can be mapped to a
> FN key.
> 2) We'll use your call sign as an example. For the message body enter: KY
> NE1I;
> 3) Now using the Text Menu sub-menu, program that macro to a FN key.
>
> Now it's just a matter of using the PX3 VFO Marker to choose a position in
> the pileup, push the encoder to QSY, followed by FN key to quickly send your
> call.
>
> -Paul
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
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n6hz

Re: feature request PX3 keyboard VFO control

HI George,

I made a mistake on the band switching. The "BN" command takes a 2
digit argument. For example to change to 160 meters, use BN00;
I have my keypad now set up for 160 through 10 meters and it works
really good. At this rate I may need to allocate more room for more
macros/text messages on the PX3. Glad you are taking advantage and
enjoying it.

Kind regards,

Paul

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