I've read the K3 Programmer's Reference and the K3 Utility (V1.4.4.25) "Help". Perhaps a programmer can understand it, but it offers me no step-by-step guide as to how to construct a Macro. So I suppose I'll limit myself to Macros others have written - but I based on the following experience, I have no confidence that I can assign them to a M-Key.
I tried to implement a simple Audio Mixer Command, !bed3, that was listed in an October 2009 posting. I edited Macro 1, gave it a name, and wrote it to the K3. I entered the CONFIG Menu and selected Macro. I pressed "1", and the then the M3 key to assign it to the M3 Key. When I pressed the M3 Key, the name I'd assigned to the Macro was displayed, but the Macro did not execute. I could execute it from the K3 Utility, but not from the M3 Key. A subsequent READ MACROS FROM K3 showed that !bed3 was assigned to the Name I'd used for MACRO 1 I know the Audio Mixer functionality is now on the CONFIG Menu and this exercise was unnecessary, but I wanted to try something that was "simple". I'd sure like to know what I did wrong? I doubt my ability to assign ANY Macro to an M-Key. Further, I have no DVR and tapping any of the M1-4 buttons returns NO DVR. The K3 Utility "Help" says to restore standard memory recording functions to tap the REC Key followed by the M-Key to be restored. The only way I could restore my M3 Key to returning a NO DVR Message was to send Blank Macro named NO DVR and then assigning that to the M3 Key. I would expect the "restoration" procedure to have done this. I have little confidence that getting the message to coincide with the other M-Keys makes that Key behave as the others. Also, several times after I'd written the Macro to the K3, the K3 MAIN Audio was "muted". The S-Meter read full scale, and there was no audio. Cycling power restored operation but it was an unpleasant occurrence. 73 * Dave, W9ZRX ______________________________________________________________ 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
