What manuals must be completed before hardware ships. My interpretation is hardware will not ship this month.
de Dave K5MWR On September 10, 2020 7:28:21 PM MDT, Wayne Burdick <[email protected]> wrote: >I thought I'd post an update given the many questions on this topic. >I'm the bottleneck on documentation, something that wasn't supposed to >happen, but...stuff happened. No need to rehash that. > >There are three major documents in the works: > >1. K4 Built-In Operating Manual > >This is an .html document normally viewed on the K4's LCD or external >monitor. You get to it by tapping the button labeled "?" in the >lower-left-hand corner of the LCD. > >For review purposes the doc can be viewed in any browser. And in fact, >late next week we'll be looking for a few hardy volunteers who don't >mind going through 60 pages of text, trying every link. > >In the radio context, the operating manual is supplemented by direct >hyperlinks attached to every control and menu entry. There's a "LAST >CONTROL" button that takes you directly to text most closely associated >with the last operation performed. > >2. K4 Owner's Manual > >Because of its multitude of full-color illustrations, the owner's >manual will be 150-200 pages when finished. It'll be a fully searchable >and indexed .pdf file, and two steps up from our earlier manuals. Early >K4 users have been using a much smaller document that has many of the >same illustrations. > >The built-in operating manual provides the framework for the owner's >manual, so I expect rapid progress on the latter as soon as the former >is blessed. > >3. K4 Programmer's Reference > >An early draft of this doc has been in use by a our team and by a few >developers who have been vetting it for us. Many of the apps available >for the K3/K3S are already working with the K4 in emulation mode. But >we're trying to expedite the public version of the reference so >developers can take advantage of all of the new features. > >* * * > >If you have specific questions about the K4 documentation that I didn't >answer above, feel free to post them to the list, or to email me >directly (though I have a feeling my inbox is about to become more >popular than usual, so I can't guarantee I'll get back to you >instantly). > >As usual, thanks for your patience. > >73, >Wayne >N6KR > >______________________________________________________________ >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 >Message delivered to [email protected] -- Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. ______________________________________________________________ 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 Message delivered to [email protected]
