100% manual completion is not a prerequisite to shipping. We're temporarily using the early versions, and working hard to get the finished versions ready.
73, Wayne N6KR > On Sep 10, 2020, at 7:56 PM, David Box <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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]
