I'm not an expert on this but I think much of it is a timing issue. I've been working with Howard Nurse (CommCat) for a K3 interface and its working pretty well. It even turns on the Sub RX (if installed) when clicking a split spot. When we were first starting the changes to freq/band were pretty slow...now they are much quicker. So I would say any problem like this would be on the 3rd-party software design.
A good test would be to use the K3 Utility and create some macros that do a variety of things (using the K3 prgrammers reference) and see how quickly the K3 responds. 3rd party software should be able to make it respond just as quickly. ------------------------- 73, Greg - AB7R Whidbey Island WA NA-065 On Tue Oct 28 14:52 , "Terry Schieler" sent: > > >Fellow Elecraftonians, > > > >For years I have used N3FJPâs ACLog logging software >in conjunction with my FT1000MP and TS-850SAT. Like most others, the >program has a DX Tel-net spot âpoint-&-clickâ feature that >changes the frequency, band and mode on my rigs with lightning quickness. >This weekend in the contest I used ACLog with my K3 for the first time. > > > >K3/100 #474 > >Firmware: v2.46 > >DSP: v1.92 > > > >I found that the K3 was very slow to respond to clicking on >the DX spots in the logging software. Both the logging program and the K3 >were set to 38,400 baud, 8 data bits, NO parity and 1 stop bit. When I would >click on a spot that was in the same band that the K3 was currently set to, the >frequency change was made fairly quickly. But when I clicked on a spot >that called for a band change, I noticed that the mode would often change first >(on the K3âs existing frequency) then a 1-2 second delay before the rig >changed to the newly spotted band. To top it off, the resulting mode was >often incorrect on the K3 after making the change to the new spot. I >could find no specific pattern to the mode changes. > > > >I checked and rechecked the logging software settings to no >avail. It was obvious to me from the get go that the K3 doesnât >change bands all that quickly when pressing the BAND button on the front panel, >so I suspect that the logging software is âpressing the buttonâ but >the K3 just takes longer to respond to a band change than my old âMP or >TS-850. > > > >Has anyone else experienced this? If so, is there a >known fix? I have also sent this info to the logging softwareâs >developer as well as it may be an issue on that end. > > > >73, > > > >Terry, W0FM > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ 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
