Bill, The "key" to the macros is the K3 Programmer's Reference. A macro can contain any of the commands found in the K3 Programmer's Reference, but it cannot "read" responses from the K3.
Do not assume that if you create a macro and assign it to a key that it will toggle on and off. Sometimes it can do that, but in most cases, you will need 2 macros (and 2 keys) to accomplish the on/off states. The macros that "toggle" a setting can cause unpredictable results because the macro (within itself) does not know the previous state of the K3 - it takes more intelligence than just the macro instructions to "do this" to determine the state of the K3 prior to issuing a macro. In other words, the macros must be confined to commands that say "do this" without additional conditions. If your need is to do conditional commands based on the prior state of things, then an application (such as a logger application) which reads responses from the K3 would serve your needs better. 73, Don W3FPR On 12/14/2010 8:37 PM, [email protected] wrote: > I am totally confused on generating a macro, and the more I read on the > Utility Help page, the more confused I get. Evidently, there is somewhere a > list of what are called "K3 Commands" which when strung together form a > custom macro. But where is the list of such commands? > > Can anyone who is more familiar with this than I am give me a step by > step tutorial on how to create and implant in my K3 at location PF1, a macro > that will turn on the APF and the RIT??? ( I am assuming this macro will > turn off if the PF1 is pushed a second time---or is that a bad assumption?) > > Gee it is tough to have spent your whole career in aerospace electronics > and find yourself completely out-of-date after being retired for 17 years. > > Bill N6FB > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[email protected] > > 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:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
