On Wed, Dec 30, 2009 at 2:53 PM, Gary Hinson <[email protected]> wrote:
>> > A while back, I made a suggestion to Wayne that perhaps the
>> > "TX inhibit" pin on the ACC port could be given another purpose
>> > - to invoke "TUNE". I envisaged a new config setting like
>> > "CONFIG:TX INH" = "HI=Tun" or "LO=Tun". Wayne seemed to think
>> > it wasn't a bad idea, but would be very low priority, based on
>> > demand. It seems like this model may work for the Quadra
>> > application too, without having researched it at all.
>>
>> While repurposing the "TX Inh" pin has appear for non-Quadra users,
>> it is a step backward
>
> Sounds to me like an inadvisable combination of controls sharing the one
> line: TX inhibit and key TX
> clearly are opposites. If someone accidentally misconfigures their K3 (not
> altogether unlikely),
> this could get messy if a TX inhibit command actually keys the rig.
Fair point.. whilst I'm not a fan of wrapping everything in
cotton-wool, I can see how that could lead to an expensive "oops!".
> I'm not arguing against the facility to tune the rig if that's what you
> really need, just not on the
> TX inhibit line.
There doesn't appear to be any other input line that could be used for
this purpose, though :/
~Iain / N6ML
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