On Nov 8, 2007 5:32 AM, Joe Subich, W4TV <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Wayne, > > It would make sense to return that data in a TT<string>; format > to allow programs that do both control and data modes to separate > the data. Assuming the semicolon is either treated as illegal by > the decoder (so it does not appear in the data stream) or is > escaped (/;), the TT<data string>; structure would be relatively > easy to handle. The other option is to return the string in > arbitrary (8, 10, 16) character blocks that were always null or > space filled. That would allow passing he semicolon without any > special handling. > > I know ... something else to add to the firmware <G>. >
Yes. I haven't looked at exactly how this implemented yet in the K3 Programmers Reference, but I was hoping there would either be something like the Auto Info (AI) command which would cause the K3 to spit out whatever characters had been received every second or so, inside a "packet" consistent with the output of other commands, or else there would be a command I could send to "poll" the K3 and get back whatever has been received since the last poll. The trouble with the current implementation as I understand it, is that it is fine for a simple terminal program but really cannot be integrated into a regular transceiver control program. Even my K2 program that I am adapting, which does not try to control the radio at all, uses the AI command and polls the S meter to get an updated on screen display of frequency, mode and signal strength. I don't see any way to use the TT1 output in software that is designed to process strings terminated with a semicolon that always begin with a valid K2/3 two character header. -- Julian, G4ILO K2 s/n: 392 K3 s/n: ??? G4ILO's Shack: www.g4ilo.com Zerobeat Ham Forums: www.zerobeat.net/smf _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: [email protected] You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
