[WT-support] Elecraft DVR control

[Bob Wilson, N6TV]

I found the K3 commands for DVR playback in the K3 Programmer's
Reference<http://www.elecraft.com/manual/K3_Pgmrs_Ref_Rev_B22a.pdf>
:

RIT CLEAR="RC;"
PLAY M1="SWT21;"
PLAY M2="SWT31;"
PLAY M3="SWT35;"
PLAY M4="SWT39;"
PLAY HALT="SWT37;"

So all the radio commands are there; it's just a matter of getting Win-Test
and/or Omni-Rig to issue them.

**73,
Bob, N6TV

On Tue, Oct 6, 2009 at 3:18 PM, Bob Wilson, N6TV <n6tv at arrl.net> wrote:

> There still does not seem to be a way to send a radio-specific command
> string, which would be really useful not only for K3 DVR (radio voice keyer)
> control, but also for a CLEAR RIT function.
>
> Perhaps the best thing long term would be for Win-Test to add support for
> VE3NEA's Omni-Rig <http://www.dxatlas.com/omnirig/> interface, where the
> pmRit0 mnemonic defines the RIT CLEAR command.  There doesn't seem to be an
> Omni-Rig mnemonic DVR control, but there is a SendCustomCommand method.
>
> In the mean time, something quick that could be implemented in time for CQ
> WW Phone would be new strings in the WT.INI file that we could just type in
> with a text editor, e.g., in WT.INI, we could manually add the following for
> a K3
>
> [Radio1]
> ...
> RITCLEAR="RC;"  (ASCII string)
> PLAYMSG1=0x0201 (not sure what to put here, some hex string perhaps)
>
> [Radio2]
> ...
> RITCLEAR="RC;"
> PLAYMSG1=0x0201
>
> Then new message variables $RITCLEAR and "PLAYMSG1" could send whatever
> strings they find in WT.INI to the radios, and it would be up to us (the rig
> owners) to figure out what's works for each rig type.  We could share these
> in the Wiki, and once the list was complete, it would then be trivial for
> the developers to add these new comands to Win-Test and/or Omni-Rig so that
> we no longer would have to manually edit WT.INI.
>
> 73,
> Bob, N6TV
>
>
> <http://www.dxatlas.com/omnirig/>On Tue, Oct 6, 2009 at 2:18 PM, Marios
> Nicolaou <drmarios at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi all
>> I was wondering whether there is a way of sending a specific command to
>> the K3 via the CAT control when pressing the F1 or F2  etc using a script. I
>> would like to control the DVR of the K3
>>
>> I suspect the answer is NO and I know  there was talk about it a while
>> back but has it happened?
>>
>> 73s
>> --
>> Marios
>> 5B4WN/G0WWW/C4W
>>
>
>
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