Brian
right now, while I'm still learning to manipulate the SN.
I have Tilt, Spin, and Roll all set to 4th speed notch
the others movements are disabled.
(my hand/eye coordination is not the best, you wouldn't want me doing that
remote modern surgery on you)
I frequently use the PWSDR Pan Slider to move the Passband as far left as
possible when operating split mode.
To me using the "Pan right/left" motion would be a natural for this purpose.
Presently I've disabled "Pan up/down" but perhaps that should be 'Band
up/down'???
I find that using my thumb on the "Tilt" is an easy and precise way of
moving frequency in step with the 'TuneStep' setting.
If "Zoom" selected 'Tune Steps' than a small/large frequency adjustment
could be easily accomplished during a contest or DX situation.
I'm slowly learning how to adapt the SN and presently have two 'Application
settings', DXing & Digital Contesting.
I do wish the SpaceNav had a couple more programmable buttons. 3Dconnection
has newer models but rather pricey.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Brian Lloyd" <brian-wb6...@lloyd.com>
To: "Edward Russell" <e...@qrv.com>
Cc: <flexradio@flex-radio.biz>
Sent: Sunday, April 19, 2009 10:24 AM
Subject: Re: [Flexradio] Space Navigator support added to Test branch
On Apr 19, 2009, at 3:40 AM, Edward Russell wrote:
The Griffin is a simple knob. The Space Navigator is a 3D controller. So
it
is really difficult to compare the two. I have both and never use the
Griffin.
One of the main differences is that the Griffin only works when PowerSDR
has
the focus. The Space Nav retains control regardless of where the focus
is.
Ah, that is a big plus! Being able to tie the device to PowerSDR (or to
your digital mode program) seems right.
What are you controlling with the 6 degrees of freedom? I know that my
immediate expectation would be to have the pan function move the
panadaptor/waterfall display center and the rotation move the frequency.
Maybe the tilt moves the crosshairs for click-tune thus clearly
delimiting click-tune from drag-tune. (Making tuning-mode selection
stateless would be a HUGE win for PSDR.) OTOH, we know that there is no
way to lock the pan/WF display ... now.
Also, it would be interesting to understand how one might treat RX1 and
RX2 separately. Two Space Navigators? Makes a lot of sense to me if you
could anchor them to the table-top so that you couldn't confuse them.
Still, this seems to be a well-thought-out UI device with some
significant possibilities for future UI functions in SDR.
Please share more of your ideas for how this device can be used now and
may be used in the future.
--
73 de Brian, WB6RQN/J79BPL
Brian Lloyd - brian HYPHEN wb6rqn AT lloyd DOT com
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