Actually, Jack, on my KPA500 when I change the band by
tapping a band button on the KPA, the display shows the band
information, but does NOT return to what was being displayed
before tapping the band button. When I change bands from the
K3, what you describe below does happen; i.e., a momentary
display of the new band info and then the display goes back
to whatever was displayed before, e.g., PWR, SWR, CURRENT, etc.
To clarify, I don't have any problem with the way it works
now. I just didn't follow things as you were describing them
:-) .
Happy New Year...
73, Ken Wagner K3IU
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On 12/27/2012 1:53 PM, Jack Brindle wrote:
Taking a peek at the code I see you are right. The second
tap of each parameter actually does change back to the
band display. I remember it used to be the way I described
it, but I bet that was a long time ago before the initial
release. So I stand corrected.
So now I'll go back to the original post and add some
description. Whenever the band changes, it will be
momentarily displayed, then the LCD will return to the
original display. This is true even if the original
display was the band - you just don't see it since it
changes back to itself. Is the request then that tapping a
band button actually not change the display to show
frequency/band other than the momentary display? If so,
what would happen when the KPA is used with a transceiver
other than the K3 (i.e. any of the other three RADIO
choices)? Is there then ever a time when tapping a band
button would cause the LCD to change to showing the band
instead of some other parameter? One problem with such a
change is that it would not longer be intuitive as to how
to display the band - think of it, tap the button for the
current parameter to show the band?
Interesting...
Jack B, W6FB
On Dec 27, 2012, at 10:21 AM, Ken K3IU <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
Hello, Jack:
Mine doesn't work that way at all. On s/n 108 with
firmware 1.18, if I have PWR selected and tap HV, I see
the HV on the display. If I tap HV again, it then
displays the band that I am on, not the PWR. If I tap the
HV button, the HV is displayed. If I then tap the CURRENT
button, the current will be displayed. If I again tap the
CURRENT button, the display shows the band info, not the HV.
73,
Ken K3IU
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On 12/27/2012 1:00 PM, Jack Brindle wrote:
Tapping a button on the KPA500 causes the parameter associated with that button
to be displayed. Try tapping the HV button, you will see the voltage displayed
on the LCD. Tap HV again and you get the previous parameter displayed. Thus
tapping a band button causes the band to be displayed. To illustrate why this
is important, try the following: tap the HV button. The HV will be displayed.
Next tap the CURRENT button. The LCD will change to current. Now tap the
Current button again. The LCD will change to HV, not to the band. At this point
the only way to get to the band is to tap a band button.
Thus this is actually the correct behavior. How would you have it behave
differently? In other words, what would you change to get the behavior you
would like?
Note that when changing the band from the transceiver the LCD will momentarily
display the new band, then will go back to whatever parameter you have selected.
Jack Brindle, W6FB
On Dec 27, 2012, at 9:07 AM,[email protected] wrote:
I like to have the KPA500 display set to constantly show the PWR output.
I just noticed that when I swtich bands from my K3, the KPA500 display
stays set to display PWR output, but when I switch bands on the KPA500, the
display always goes back to display the band. Then I always have to press
PWR again to display the PWR output.
Is there any way to keep the KPA500 display "stuck" on PWR output when
changing bands directly from the KPA500 keypad?
Mike
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