You are asking for an incredible amount of integration between a Windows OS and the P3...
Dick, K6KR Sent from my iPhone On Dec 26, 2009, at 4:35 PM, "Bob Tellefsen" <n...@comcast.net> wrote: > Hi Dick > Yes, I used to use a trackball with my Mac > at work for doing drawings. Great tool > for the purpose. > > Sure would be slick if someone could figure > out a way for the P3 to look like a second monitor > when using a logging program and let the > cursor run back and forth between the screens. > 73, Bob N6WG > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dick Dievendorff" <die...@comcast.net > > > To: "Bob Tellefsen" <n...@comcast.net> > Cc: "Fred Atchley" <hamkt...@att.net>; <Elecraft@mailman.qth.net> > Sent: Saturday, December 26, 2009 1:13 PM > Subject: Re: [Elecraft] P3 question > > >> Older mice (the ones with "mouse balls") used two rotary encoders >> to sense and count movement in two directions. >> The P3 uses a single rotary encoder and a knob to position a >> vertical line on a horizontal scale. >> The same encoder is used for P3 menu selections. >> A mouse is but one kind of "pointing device". Currently the most >> common of course. >> 73 de Dick, K6KR >> Sent from my iPhone >> On Dec 26, 2009, at 11:28 AM, "Bob Tellefsen" <n...@comcast.net> >> wrote: >>> Thanks Fred >>> Happy New Year >>> Bob N6WG >>> >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: "Fred Atchley" <hamkt...@att.net> >>> To: <Elecraft@mailman.qth.net> >>> Sent: Saturday, December 26, 2009 11:13 AM >>> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] P3 question >>> >>> >>>> As I recall some of the discussions at the Santa Barbara Hamfest, >>>> a mouse >>>> interface would greatly complicate the design of the P3. The >>>> standard >>>> computer-to-mouse interface requires a software driver which is not >>>> trivial >>>> to design and maintain (drivers are written in machine code for >>>> a specific >>>> processor architecture.) >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> IMO though, It should be possible to design a mouse-like remote >>>> to the P3 >>>> that emulates the knob and buttons. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> 73, Fred, AE6IC >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> ______________________________________________________________ >>>> 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 ______________________________________________________________ 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
