Re: [Elecraft] PX3: Apparent "bug" fw 1.42
That was quick :) And yes, I AM enjoying the PX3. Many thanks, Paul! Grant NQ5T > On May 5, 2016, at 9:24 AM, Paul Saffren N6HZ wrote: > > Hi Grant, > > Glad you are enjoying your PX3. The PX3's display driver hardware limits > the maximum size of the waterfall window. The text display window, when > active, uses part of the waterfall window. In the next revision of PX3 > firmware you'll see that I added support to keep track of the waterfall > heights with regards to the different modes. This feature and others > including alternate keys for scratchpad, will be available in the next beta > release. > > Very 73, > > Paul > > > > > > -- > __ 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 Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Elecraft] PX3: Apparent "bug" fw 1.42
Hi Grant, Glad you are enjoying your PX3. The PX3's display driver hardware limits the maximum size of the waterfall window. The text display window, when active, uses part of the waterfall window. In the next revision of PX3 firmware you'll see that I added support to keep track of the waterfall heights with regards to the different modes. This feature and others including alternate keys for scratchpad, will be available in the next beta release. Very 73, Paul -- View this message in context: http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/PX3-Apparent-bug-fw-1-42-tp7617139p7617188.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 Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Elecraft] PX3: Apparent "bug" fw 1.42
Hi Grant, Yes, that's what I meant by "... maintaining / deriving the capped Waterfall local variable separately / independently." I'm sure Paul will acknowledge it as a bug and fix it. JoeKF5WBO From: GRANT YOUNGMAN To: wickedbeernut Cc: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Sent: Tuesday, May 3, 2016 9:48 PM Subject: Re: [Elecraft] PX3: Apparent "bug" fw 1.42 Sounds rational. It does seem to me that the most logical approach, presuming all of this is the case, would be to always pull the Waterfall height from EEPROM, cap it when necessary in text decode mode, and otherwise leave it the stored value. That would solve it. Thanks … Grant NQ5T > > > You're pointing out that if text decode is turned off, the Text menu / > Waterfall value is not restored (i.e., not re-read from the EEPROM). > > If you power the PX3 off and on, the Text menu / Waterfall value is re-read > from the EEPROM. If text decode is off, the Waterfall local variable is not > capped. The Waterfall local variable is 139. > __ 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 Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Elecraft] PX3: Apparent "bug" fw 1.42
Holding the MENU / LABELS switch toggles between 0 (FN key labels off), 1 (FN key labels on) and 2 (text decode on). Tapping the DISP / AVERAGE switch toggles between 0 (spectrum only) and 1 (spectrum + waterfall). With text decode off, the Waterfall window height range is 20 - 139. With text decode on, the Waterfall window height range depends on the Text menu / Txt Font, 5x7: 20 - 130 7x11: 20 - 100 9x14: 20 - 80 I assume the Text menu / Waterfall value is read from the EEPROM into a "local variable" at the time the PX3 is powered on. With text decode on, the Waterfall local variable is (potentially) "capped" based on the Text menu / Txt Font. Note: This doesn't change the Text menu / Waterfall value stored in the EEPROM. For example, if the Text menu / Waterfall value is 139, Text menu / Txt Font is 7x11 and text decode is on, the Waterfall local variable is capped at 100. You're pointing out that if text decode is turned off, the Text menu / Waterfall value is not restored (i.e., not re-read from the EEPROM). If you power the PX3 off and on, the Text menu / Waterfall value is re-read from the EEPROM. If text decode is off, the Waterfall local variable is not capped. The Waterfall local variable is 139. Paul can address whether the Text menu / Waterfall value can be re-read from the EEPROM in turning text decode off or possibly maintaining / deriving the capped Waterfall local variable separately / independently. Joe KF5WBO -- View this message in context: http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/PX3-Apparent-bug-fw-1-42-tp7617139p7617148.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 Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Elecraft] PX3: Apparent "bug" fw 1.42
Grant, The reason it limits the waterfall to 100 in mode 3 is to make more room for the text decode. Why the maximum value does not go back to 139 when you cycle around to 1) again is not something I can make any statements about. Perhaps Paul S will comment (bug or 'feature'). Finding things of this nature is what the beta version is all about. You might want to email Paul directly pauls at you-know-where dot com with your report in case he is not monitoring the reflector at this time. 73, Don W3FPR On 5/3/2016 6:37 PM, GRANT YOUNGMAN wrote: I haven’t tried this on previous firmware versions, but it does exist in the current beta. Looked through Nabble and didn’t see anything related, but might have missed it. Just started playing with digi modes so haven’t haven’t had a need to look at this previously. A long press on the MENU button will toggle between the three display modes (1) Spectrum/Waterfall, (2) Spectrum/Waterfall/Button-Menu, (3) Spectrum/Waterfall/Text. When in mode (1) above, the maximum Waterfall height can be adjusted to 139. Same in mode (2) above. However, in mode (3) above the Waterfall height can only be set to a maximum of 100 (which is still a reasonable display, but does not follow the pattern). However … let’s say we set the Waterfall to 139 in mode (1). If I toggle to mode (2), the Waterfall height remains at 139. If I toggle to mode (3), the Waterfall height reverts to 100. And then the next toggle, which goes back to mode (1), RESETS the Waterfall height to 100 instead of holding it at the previously set 139. If I then POWER OFF the KX3, and power it back on, the Waterfall height in mode (1) RETURNS TO 139. Until I cycle around the options again … __ 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 Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
[Elecraft] PX3: Apparent "bug" fw 1.42
I haven’t tried this on previous firmware versions, but it does exist in the current beta. Looked through Nabble and didn’t see anything related, but might have missed it. Just started playing with digi modes so haven’t haven’t had a need to look at this previously. A long press on the MENU button will toggle between the three display modes (1) Spectrum/Waterfall, (2) Spectrum/Waterfall/Button-Menu, (3) Spectrum/Waterfall/Text. When in mode (1) above, the maximum Waterfall height can be adjusted to 139. Same in mode (2) above. However, in mode (3) above the Waterfall height can only be set to a maximum of 100 (which is still a reasonable display, but does not follow the pattern). However … let’s say we set the Waterfall to 139 in mode (1). If I toggle to mode (2), the Waterfall height remains at 139. If I toggle to mode (3), the Waterfall height reverts to 100. And then the next toggle, which goes back to mode (1), RESETS the Waterfall height to 100 instead of holding it at the previously set 139. If I then POWER OFF the KX3, and power it back on, the Waterfall height in mode (1) RETURNS TO 139. Until I cycle around the options again … Something isn’t working right … a setting is getting lost or reset inadvertently. Can anyone else verify this behavior? Any input from the PX3 folks? Is this a bug, or am I missing something? Thanks … Grant NQ5T K3 #2091, KX3 #8342 __ 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 Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
