Clay think about those of us who operate our stations remotely. My arm isn't long enough to reach the knobs on the K3 or the P3 or any of the other pieces of equipment in my station. I spend my winters in Florida. Station is in Indiana. We need total operation via mouse and keyboard. And the ability to size each window as needed. Think about Monitor Real Estate for the various programs running on the RadioComputer. John k9uwa
> I'm guessing there is more to it than a firmware upgrade to make this > type of functional add-on. > > But I 100% agree with the below spec'd mouse functionality.... Anything > more would be great.... anything less, and while I would still likely > acquire it, I would be less than fully satisfied. > > I am in the process of putting together an alternative Panadapter > solution to give me this functionality. > > I would PREFER to stay with just the P3 as augmented... > > I would happily pay a good deal more than $50.00 for this > functionality.... $200 +/- a c-note depending on overall functional > add-ons. I will be spending this much at least for a separate > panadapter box and audio interface anyway... > > IF it could be figured out how to route the P3 info back into the PC > somehow to grab this functionality while not sacrificing the P3's > excellent integration with the K3, that would be great..... The idea > being, I would really like to be able to use the monitor I currently > have dedicated to the P3 in multi-use.... some way to switch it between > a second PC display and the panadapter function. > > 73, > > ______________________ > Clay Autery, KY5G > (318) 518-1389 > > On 28-Jul-18 09:01, Bob Wilson, N6TV wrote: > > When Elecraft adds mouse support to the P3SVGA, please use the scroll wheel > > for fine tuning after the click, as one does on an SDR. You're can almost > > never tune in someone perfectly just by clicking, and you shouldn't need two > > hands to tune in a station, one on the VFO knob, and one on the mouse. > > > > A mouse driver for the P3SVGA could be very simplified. It does NOT have to > > work like a mouse on a PC. > > > > Like the P3 VFO "markers," all a mouse needs to support is *horizontal > > movement* of a single vertical line when you move the mouse, not a fancy > > mouse pointer that goes up and down. A vertical line is sufficient. We > > only need to click on signals on the waterfall, not "buttons" or "menus". > > > > This is what I'm expecting to see from the P3SVGA mouse support: > > > > Left click: Move VFO A to clicked freq. > > Right click: Move VFO B to clicked freq. (for DX split pileups) > > Scroll Wheel: Fine tune VFO A, B, or "last-clicked" (user option) > > > > Scroll Wheel Up = move VFO up in frequency > > > > Scroll Wheel Down = move VFO down in frequency > > > > > > I understand that modern Icom radios (IC-7610, IC-7851) already support > > click-to-tune on their waterfall displays using a USB mouse or touch-screen > > tap, but they ignore the scroll wheel completely, making them much less > > useful. Elecraft can and should do better. > > > > If Elecraft needs to "monetize" this to make it happen, *I would gladly pay > > $50 for a P3 firmware upgrade that provides P3SVGA mouse support.* > > > > Next best would be *P3SVGA K-POD support*, K-POD connected to P3SVGA via > > USB, used instead of the tiny P3 knob and awkward knob push, but maybe > > that's not feasible due to hardware limitations. > > > > 73, > > Bob, N6TV > > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 j...@johnjeanantiqueradio.com John Goller, K9UWA & Jean Goller, N9PXF Antique Radio Restorations k9...@arrl.net Visit our Web Site at: http://www.JohnJeanAntiqueRadio.com 4836 Ranch Road Leo, IN 46765 USA 1-260-637-6426 ______________________________________________________________ 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
