> This could probably work (tuning while the app is in the > background) if the app could register two or three > system-wide hot keys which the tuning device could then > emulate.
Or it requires the application to take exclusive control of the tuning input device and hold it while in the background. I'm not a Windows programmer so I don't know how feasible it is to do that. Of course a hardware builder could use a scroll wheel/encoder, three pushbuttons, a toggle switch and a PIC to build an external encoder. The PIC would have serial (RS-232) in/out to pass through normal logging software ... it would read the pushbuttons, toggle switch and encoder to generate UP#; and DN#; commands as the encoder was turned ... UP;/DN for 10 Hz steps, UP3;/DN3; for 50 Hz steps and UP4;/DN4; for 1 KHz steps. The toggle switch (or a latching pushbutton) would select either VFO A or VFO B. The same can probably be done in software. If a Windows programmer was interested ... it might be interesting to do a "host application" (one that would accept commands from the Contour Shuttle Pro/ShuttleXpress and generate the correct serial output). 73, ... Joe, W4TV > -----Original Message----- > From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net > [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Julian, G4ILO > Sent: Monday, February 23, 2009 1:26 PM > To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net > Subject: Re: [Elecraft] So, anyone going to get more CW filtering? > > > > > Joe Subich, W4TV-4 wrote: > > > > > > The problem with any of the shuttle knobs or keyboards with > > integral shuttle control is the need for software support. > > Most of these devices operate by emulating a mouse wheel (the > > scroll wheel) and it is not easy to use the external "knob" > > to tune while reading e-mail or surfing the web. > > > > It would be handy if logging/control programs (e.g., CI-V > > Commander from DXLab Suite) could "capture" a specific device > > like the Griffin Power Mate or Contour Shuttle Express/Shuttle > > Pro for exclusive use and operate in the background. The > > shuttle knobs are not so much a problem with contest software > > like N1MM Logger since that's not likely to be used in the > > background ... but the same considerations would apply if > > they were. > > > > > > > > This could probably work (tuning while the app is in the > background) if the app could register two or three > system-wide hot keys which the tuning device could then > emulate. But as you say, it requires the logging/control > program developer to implement this. Keystroke or mouse wheel > emulation only works if the app is in the foreground. > > ----- > Julian, G4ILO. K2 #392 K3 #222. > http://www.g4ilo.com/ G4ILO's Shack > http://www.g4ilo.com/blog.html G4ILO's > Blog http://www.g4ilo.com/kcomm.html KComm for Elecraft K2 and K3 > -- > View this message in context: > http://n2.nabble.com/So%2C-anyone-going-to-get-more-CW-filteri ng--tp2371938p2373547.html Sent from the Elecraft mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
