I set out to make four macros so that I could select either of two mics (CM500 & HC4) in either of two modes (contest/DX & net/ragchew). This involves setting mic HI/LO and bias ON/OFF that toggle by a keypress, so you can't be sure whether you need to do a keypress unless you know the initial state. In other words, you can't write a macro that's guaranteed to work. In practice, you'll have about a 50% failure rate.
Am I missing something? If not, I have a suggestion: In addition to the UP and DN commands, have a command to reset the menu entry to a known ground state. This could possible be a press of the CLR button, or maybe a new command. One could then proceed with confidence to set up the desired parameters. Adding commands to cover specific menu items would be another approach. This would also cover the case of not knowing how many DN commands to send if in the future more knob-selectable menu entries were added. Elecraft could add more selections and your macros wouldn't break. 73 and thanks for listening Carl WS7L K3 #486 ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
