Hi Carl,
I like your idea of a reset-to-known-state command usable with macros.
I'll add this to my list.
tnx
Wayne
N6KR
On Jul 28, 2011, at 10:19 PM, Carl Clawson wrote:
> I set out to make four macros so that I could select either of two
> mics
> (CM500 & HC4) in either of two modes (contest/DX & net/ragchew). This
> involves setting mic HI/LO and bias ON/OFF that toggle by a
> keypress, so you
> can't be sure whether you need to do a keypress unless you know the
> initial
> state. In other words, you can't write a macro that's guaranteed to
> work. In
> practice, you'll have about a 50% failure rate.
>
> Am I missing something?
>
> If not, I have a suggestion: In addition to the UP and DN commands,
> have a
> command to reset the menu entry to a known ground state. This could
> possible
> be a press of the CLR button, or maybe a new command. One could then
> proceed
> with confidence to set up the desired parameters. Adding commands to
> cover
> specific menu items would be another approach.
>
> This would also cover the case of not knowing how many DN commands
> to send
> if in the future more knob-selectable menu entries were added.
> Elecraft
> could add more selections and your macros wouldn't break.
>
> 73 and thanks for listening
> Carl WS7L
> K3 #486
>
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