have you tried with the AL1 or AL2 box checked on the virtual port you are using for the PowerMate knob?
I don't have one, but I thought the AL1 and AL2 had something about feed through of commands.....? can't rem for sure, might try it just for grins, might have to restart and re connect LP-Bridge and the affiliated pgms hope it works, wish I had one of them high dollar gnobs <g> GB & 73 K5OAI Sam Morgan On 3/27/2011 3:06 PM, jpk5...@cox.net wrote: > I've noticed one inconsistency with my P3 so I guess this is a > request for addition to the P3 wishlist. It's a small thing and if it > were never changed I'd still be as "happy as a clam at high tide" > with my K3/P3 setup. I realize that even mentioning it is like > complaining about the shape of the door handle on your Rolls > Royce Silver Cloud. > > I have a Griffin PowerMate knob > <http://www.griffintechnology.com/products/powermate> hooked > to my K3 using the LP-Bridge interface program. The knob takes > up one virtual serial port. The program that allows this to work so > well is G4ILO's "K-Tune"<http://www.g4ilo.com/ktune.html> and it > works perfectly to allow me to tune the dial of the K3 with the > knob flat on the desk or while sitting in my big comfy chair with > the knob in my hand. I like to operate in contests using the S& P > technique and I'm watch the P3 while listening on my CM-500 > headset. > > The PowerKnob can be set to select assorted fast or slow tuning > rates and I watch the P3 to see where to pounce. I noticed that > as the knob is turned, the K3 smoothly tracks the frequency, the > Logger32 smoothly tracks the frequency, and even the signals > move by, left or right, to show what signals are available. The > frequency display at the top or the P3, however, does not change. > Even when I stop turning the PowerMate, it does not update to > the new frequency. I can move the K3's knob slightly and the P3 > will update the frequency display. It would be nice if the > frequency display on the P3 would track the transceiver's actual > frequency during the tuning process or at least to update the > value when tuning stops. > > I wondered if all the provisions are there to accomplish this but it > just had not been turned on or perhaps the hook was not set in > the firmware. If that cannot be done, I'll still be happy but if it > could be implemented, I'd be even a slight bit happier. > > Thanks for any consideration. > > 73 -- > Jim - K5LAD > > PS - I highly recommend the PowerMate and G4ILO's "K-Tune" > program if you'd like to provide some local/remote tuning to your > K3. > > > > > =============================== > Life is like a football --- > It ain't round ... It'll bounce funny on ya. > > http://www.hayseed.net/~jpk5lad/ > > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
