[WT-support] Various requests

[Neal Campbell]

Another option would be to move rig control to the OLE /COM interface
of VE3NEA's Omni-rig which allows users to define the rig
characteristics. He has parameterized it so that its pretty easy for
people to add/modify rigs and takes the complexity out of W-T.
www.dxatlas.com

Neal k3c

On Dec 2, 2007 8:17 AM, Ed - GW3SQX <g3sqx at edtaylor.org> wrote:
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>
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> Correspondents have requested features for rig control which are currently
> not available in Win-test ($CLEARRIT is my favourite).  Some of them could
> be implemented by a method which I suggested a year or two ago.
>
> Allow an F1, F2 (+additional messages) command such as $USERMACRO1,
> $USERMACRO2, etc.  These would take macros from a user-defined file called
> USERMACRO.xxx, which might be pre-loaded into Win-test memory, and look
> something like:
>
> [1]
> 123,456,222,111
> 111,444,777,222
> [2]
> 543,234,222,111
> etc.
>
> These are octal or hex commands which would be sent to the rig when the
> appropriate $-command is reached, and could do almost anything you want.  Of
> course, if you make a mistake, you could completely crash the rig, but it
> would be "at your own risk".
>
> This would take the pressure off for rig-specific changes, allowing more
> general features, perhaps.  Of course, it would also be useful at the same
> time to be able to map user-defined keys (in "Redefine keyboard keys") to
> specific "additional messages" to make this even more general in
> application.
>
> 73,
>
> Ed, GW3SQX
>
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