Bob, I know this isn't exactly what you describe, but it's a hack I thought I'd mention.
I like the P3 for Search & Pounce in RTTY contests, but it's very tiresome to use the QSY knob on the P3. Rather than using the P3 marker/QSY function, I found I could get similar results by using VFO B, A/B, and A>B on the K3, but that's tiring as well. So, I gutted out an old optical mouse except for the switches and scroll wheel/encoder, and stuffed an Arduino Nano inside. The Nano's USB port is plugged into the computer and assigned to one of the virtual ports of Win4K3, so it looks like a serial CAT device to the P3/K3. The Arduino's code has two states: Hunt and Devour. The Right button puts it in Hunt mode, where the scroll wheel adjusts VFO B. I scroll VFO B to the next RTTY signal on the band while working one on VFOA. When my QSO is done, a click of the wheel puts it in Devour mode. This executes A/B, then A>B, so both VFO are now on the new frequency. In this mode, the scroll wheel controls VFO A for fine tuning to zero in and devour the prey. Once I start that QSO, I click the right button to enter Hunt mode, and the cycle repeats. I call this gadget the RTTY Kitty, or the CAT-n-Mouse. Of course, general purpose mouse support on the P3 would be much more versatile, but this works pretty well for the specific purpose I had in mind, and it was fun to do. I suspect something similar could be done with a KPod, but I don't have one, and dead optical mice are plentiful. 73 de W0ZF On Sat, Jul 28, 2018 at 9:01 AM, Bob Wilson, N6TV <n...@arrl.net> wrote: > When Elecraft adds mouse support to the P3SVGA, please use the scroll wheel > for fine tuning after the click, as one does on an SDR. You're can almost > never tune in someone perfectly just by clicking, and you shouldn't need > two hands to tune in a station, one on the VFO knob, and one on the mouse. > > A mouse driver for the P3SVGA could be very simplified. It does NOT have > to work like a mouse on a PC. > > Like the P3 VFO "markers," all a mouse needs to support is *horizontal > movement* of a single vertical line when you move the mouse, not a fancy > mouse pointer that goes up and down. A vertical line is sufficient. We > only need to click on signals on the waterfall, not "buttons" or "menus". > > This is what I'm expecting to see from the P3SVGA mouse support: > > Left click: Move VFO A to clicked freq. > Right click: Move VFO B to clicked freq. (for DX split pileups) > Scroll Wheel: Fine tune VFO A, B, or "last-clicked" (user option) > > Scroll Wheel Up = move VFO up in frequency > > Scroll Wheel Down = move VFO down in frequency > > > I understand that modern Icom radios (IC-7610, IC-7851) already support > click-to-tune on their waterfall displays using a USB mouse or touch-screen > tap, but they ignore the scroll wheel completely, making them much less > useful. Elecraft can and should do better. > > If Elecraft needs to "monetize" this to make it happen, *I would gladly pay > $50 for a P3 firmware upgrade that provides P3SVGA mouse support.* > > Next best would be *P3SVGA K-POD support*, K-POD connected to P3SVGA via > USB, used instead of the tiny P3 knob and awkward knob push, but maybe > that's not feasible due to hardware limitations. > > 73, > Bob, N6TV > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 > Message delivered to dave.w...@gmail.com > ______________________________________________________________ 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 Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
