Jim, It appears that you are trying to imbed the PF key numbers in the macro, which is not the way to load it into those keys. Here is how I get my macros to work, a kind of mini macro tutorial: After typing the commands into the "Macro Label" and "Macro Command" boxes in the K3 Utility click on the "Write Macros 1-8 to K3" button. All 8 macros in the K3 Utility are sent to the eight K3 macro memories (1-8). To assign a macro that you have written, a macro that now resides in one of eight K3 memories, you must next assign them to one of the memory KEYS (1-8 TAP, 1-8 Hold, PF1 Tap or PF1 Hold). To do this, hold the MENU button then use the VFO-B dial until you see MACRO on the LCD screen. Next tap the keypad number (1-8) which holds the macro commands that you want to assign. Next on the K3, TAP or HOLD the key (M1-8 or PF1/2) that you want the macro to reside in. If done correctly, you will see a brief message on the screen confirming that the command has been set in the key that you pressed.
Here are a few macros that I've written which can be assigned to any of the Memory (Tap or Hold) or the PF1/PF2 (Hold) keys. You can modify them to suit your operating needs. The first line contains the Macro Label followed by the macro commands. The lines following contain a brief description of what is being accomplished. USB - MD2;LK0;MN053;DN;DN;MG026;BW0250;CP020;PC100;MN255; Set mode to USB;Unlock VFO;Select the Front Panel mic jack(MN053;DN;DN);Set bandwidth to 2.5 KHz;Set Compression to 20;Set power to 100 Watts; Menu exit DATA-A - MD6;DT0;MN053;UP;UP;BW0250;LK0;PC050;MN255; Set mode to DATA Mode;Set to DATA-A mode;Select 'Line In' jack on rear of K3 (MN053;UP;UP);Set Bandwidth to 2.5 KHz;Lock VFO;Set power to 50 Watts; Menu exit (Note, first tune the K3 to the frequency to be used because this command will lock the VFO to the frequency that the VFO-A is tuned to when the macro is used. This DATA-A macro can also be used for PSK31,WSPR and WSJT). CW - MD3;LK0;SWH17;BW0040;PC100;KS020;MN255; Set mode to CW;Unlocks VFO;Set CW mode to REV (I like to tune up into CW signals);Set bandwidth to 400 Hz;Set power to 100 Watts;Menu exit RTTY - MD6;DT2;BW0050;LK0;PC090;MN255; Set mode to DATA;Set to FSK-D;Set bandwidth to 50 Hz;Unlock VFO;Set power to 80 Watts;Menu exit Hope that you find this info useful so you can get your K3 macros running properly. 73, Rich - K1HTV = = = -----Original Message----- From: Jim Leder [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, July 11, 2012 14:02 To: [email protected] Subject: [Elecraft] K3 macro help I am trying to write 2 simple macros and assign them to PF1 and PF2. The macros are for changing mode to DATA A and toggeling MIC+LIN on for PF1, and then returning to CW on PF2 and toggeling MIC+LIN off. They look like this: MD6;DT0;MN015;UP;SWH45;MN255 /* assigned to pf1 hold */ MN015;UP;SWH47;MN255;MD3 /* assigned to pf2 hold */ Any old PL/1 programmers may recognized the /* and */ as comment fields. Anyway, these two macros work perfect from the K3 utility. They also work OK direct in the radio, BUT ONLY THE FIRST TIME. After that, unless I reassign them after a reload, they give me a MIC+LIN N/A in CW mode. It's like MD6 isn't being done, after the first execution (and, it's not). What I don't get, is it works the FIRST time, but subsequent PF1H and PF2H give me the error. I got to believe I am missing something, but not sure what it is. Any ideas? Thanks ... Jim K8CXM ______________________________________________________________ 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
