It turns out the Mac version of the Elecraft k3 utility has a defect. It does not write Macros 10-16 to the K3. The windows (eww!) k3 util writes the macros fine so K-Pod working now as documented.
Now if I could just get diversity receive to work as documented.. Thanks to Doug at Elecraft support for working through this with me through a power outage at their site! Thanks, Brian ve3bwp > On Mar 14, 2019, at 7:02 PM, <[email protected]> <[email protected]> wrote: > > Quite often folks forget a trailing semicolon after each command. It’s not > optional, even if there's only one command in a macro, that one command must > end in semicolon. > > GL! > > 73 de Dick, K6KR > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On > Behalf Of Brian Pietrzyk (ve3bwp) > Sent: Thursday, March 14, 2019 15:37 > To: [email protected] > Subject: [Elecraft] K-POD Function key #'s mapping/Macro Assignments not > matching K3 util assignments > > I read through the archive and found no mention of this issue: > > I just got a k-Pod and a K3s and am wanting to program Function keys but the > tap assignments don’t seem to work. The hold ones seem to. > > I am referring to table 11-3 / p 235 in the Fred Kady K3s pdf ebook. > > The table says tap F1-F8 should map to K3 Macros 9-16, Hold F1-F8 should map > to K3 Macros 1-8. > > I assigned F1 Tap to VFO FINE and Hold F1 to VFO Course. By putting SWT49; > and SWH49; commands in Macro 1 & 9 lines respectively and this works as > expected. > > For F2 TAP I just want to toggle NR on/off. So I put SWT34; into Macro 10. > When I tap F2 nothing happens and VFO B displays MACRO 1. So I put SWT34; > into MACRO 2 and Hold F2 works as expected. NR toggles on/off and VFO B > displays MACRO 2 as expected when I hold F2. Not sure why Tap F2 acting this > way? > > I have the same issue with F3 & F4. I assigned BAND ^ and BAND v to tap and > nothing happens and VFO B display MACRO 1. Hold F3&4 Works fine. > > So essentially I can only get Tap F1 to work. I have to Hold the get the rest > of the function keys to work. I tried reloading the firmware into the Kpod > and no change. Did I get a defective KPOD? > > Thanks, > > Brian ve3bwp ______________________________________________________________ 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
