Thanks to all who offered suggestions on the P3/SVGA-to-Mac question; I have replied off-list to each and will follow up their leads. This note is just to say how great I think this Reflector is . . . and how Eric and Wayne's following it (per discussion in the same e-mailing in which the P3 SVGA issue appeared) reflects so well on the company that is Elecraft. Thanks, all.
Ted, KN1CBR > > >------------------------------ > >Message: 11 >Date: Thu, 10 Jul 2014 16:37:11 -0700 >From: Phil Hystad <phys...@mac.com> >To: tom armour <wa...@hotmail.com> >Cc: "elecraft@mailman.qth.net" <elecraft@mailman.qth.net> >Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Update on a Question About the P3 SVGA and Mac > Computers >Message-ID: <99e485fb-2bc0-4ef3-a8f3-e5d8a10e2...@mac.com> >Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > >I thought about this problem for a few minutes a few months ago. Decided >it was not worth the >hassle. Therefore, if I want a larger screen for the P3 then I would use >an SVGA monitor that >could be bought for $50 to $150 depending on lots of variables. > >But, if you want full rig control (logging at least) on a Mac then the >there are a handful of products >that do that but they do not include panadapter features (as far as I >know). > >As someone has suggested, you could possible use a frame grabber which >would take the SVGA >output of the P3/SVGA and then display the results with a suitable app on >your mac but that seems >to be going way overboard and I am betting with less than excellent >results. Fast real-time response >on the P3 screen may be difficult with a frame grabber approach. > >I think there could be a great "market" (although likely free software) >for a good Mac interface to >a K3 or KX3 that is akin to something like the Flex Radio PC software. >This would require something >different then a P3, the LP-Pan type solution instead of a P3, but the >KX3 could interface directly with >its I/Q output. > >73, phil, K7PEH > > >On Jul 10, 2014, at 4:14 PM, tom armour <wa...@hotmail.com> wrote: > >> Why not just look at the P3 display? Don't you need that to have the >>P3 SVGA? I don't have a P3. >> What about using a Softrock Lite IF to a USB sound card on the Macbook >>Air? The Softrock Lite is about $22 but you have to build it. You >>could also get a LP-Pan2, but you already have the P3 so you may not >>want to do that. >> A quick google search turned up >>this:http://www.epiphan.com/products/frame-grabbers/vga2usb/ >> It is $299 list price, but there should be other less expensive >>vga-to-usb devices that can be used on a Mac. >> Hope that gives you a place to start. Although I may not be >>understanding what you are asking al. I do have a Softrock light IF to >>a sound card on my Windows PC. I have not tried it to my Macbook Pro, >>but that is a company machine. >> Tom - wa4ta >> >>> From: eda...@law.du.edu >>> To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net >>> Date: Thu, 10 Jul 2014 20:15:43 +0000 >>> Subject: [Elecraft] Update on a Question About the P3 SVGA and Mac >>>Computers >>> >>> A week or two ago I posted this question: Would it be possible to have >>> the P3's SVGA output displayed on the screen of a MacAir computer, and >>> have a logging program resident on the same computer, and be able to >>> toggle between the two with a simple computer keyboard stroke? Neat >>>trick >>> for contesting if there's no room for dual monitors, eh? >>> >>> The simple answer (but see below) turns out to be no - with some >>>dongling >>> older Macs could operate as "dumb" monitors but newer ones (like my >>> MacAir) cannot, a fact I had confirmed by a tech at the local Apple >>>store. >>> I was told that only the 27" monitor (too big for my space) might be >>>able >>> to do that, and maybe it couldn't either. >>> >>> I was referred by a member of this reflector (thank you) to a >>> computer-consultant friend of his, from whom I learned that there was >>>no >>> direct way to do it but that it could be done if the P3's SVGA output >>> could be made into the electronic equivalent of an Internet web site. >>> Moreover, he said, that should be possible using something called >>> "Raspberry Pi." >>> >>> Right. For an EE or computer expert, maybe; but not for a Liberal Arts >>> sort of guy. Even my Internet research about "Raspberry Pi" was >>> entertaining but incomprehensible. But that aside, does anyone know >>>of a >>> way to feed the P3 output into a server sort of thing and have it come >>>out >>> as something that will fool the MacAir into thinking it's a web site, >>> hence toggleable vis-a-vis the resident logging program? >>> >>> If it turns out to be patentable I'm willing to share the royalties . >>>. . >>> >>> Ted, KN1CBR >>> >>> ______________________________________________________________ >>> 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 >>> Message delivered to wa...@hotmail.com >> >> ______________________________________________________________ >> 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 >> Message delivered to phys...@mac.com > > ______________________________________________________________ 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 Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
