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Anthony Good
开云体育Post some details of how you’d like it to work and I’ll put it on my todo list if I think I can code it.73 Goody K3NG
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Andrew
Hey Anthony, thanks for the reply, and sorry for the delay in replying to you. I was thinking something on the GUI?that says lock. This would help prevent accidental transmit when typing into the command line of the sBITx. Or even a shortcut key like ctl alt L, and maybe some red letters that show up over the waterfall stating TX LOCK as an indicator. |
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Anthony Good
开云体育HI Andrew,OK. ?You’re essentially wanting a VOX control. ?Although the acronym means “voice operated transmit”, commercial rigs often apply the VOX term to CW and digital operation as well. I’m thinking we could have the name of the control be “VOX” in voice modes and “BK IN” (for Break In) in CW and digital modes. ?The biggest challenge is where to put the control. ?I’ve been considering an option in software to change the multiple band buttons to one button that scrolls through the bands, much like the MODE button does with modes. ?This would regain some screen real estate for other uses. ? Going on a real tangent, I have an idea for significantly changing the button arrangement. ?It would be optional in software. ?I’m going to explore this in the coming weeks. I will put the VOX/BK IN control on my to do list…. 73 Goody K3NG
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PeteWK8S
“?I’ve been considering an option in software to change the multiple band buttons to one button that scrolls through the bands, much like the MODE button does with modes” Pete WK8S? |
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Anthony Good
开云体育The scrolling would be bidirectional via the use of the upper rotary control (what you normally use to adjust volume or any other multiple selection button that has focus).At this point, any GUI changes I propose and code I’m going to have as optional, preferably controllable by the user at runtime and not compile-time #DEFINEs. ?I’m considering everything experimental. ?We’re probably going to have to play with several GUI designs until we know what may become the mainstream GUI. ?And of course, Ashhar has the final word :-) ?I’m just a contributor.
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Three possible locks came to mind..
Band edge for the ham bands (no tx if outside), Keyboard inhibit of other functions while "typing". VOX or audio TX disable while other audio sources are in use (like web browser on a page with music or talking). ? Allison ------------------ Please use the forum, offline and private will go to bit bucket. |
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As to band table display.? My preference is a general up/down button pair
that gets applied to the currently active function (highlighted) Band would be that function and a scrollable list with current being displayed. The current scheme eats a lot of screen space. The other way is if you hit currently indicated band the table as it exists appears on screen and after selection disappears with a indicator of band selected. The general idea is a way to bring up choices pick one then go back to the cleaner screen. The ICOM IC7300, 7610 use that type of scheme as well as some toyota cars for things like music system and controls. Allison ------------------ Please use the forum, offline and private will go to bit bucket. |
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Andrew
Anthony, I don't know if you meant to respond to my inquiry or someone else's. I was thinking about a Lock button, much like on the uBITx V6 with the Nextion display shown on this link?. Something that would prevent the sBITx from transmitting even when the mic, keyer, or accidental text was typed in the UI for digital mode.
I like the idea of the scroll for band selection. How hard would it be to create a fan out of the bands? Excuse my attempt to create this with a drawing.... Once the band selection button was selected, the optional bands would fan out from the main button and then collapse once selected. Andrew |