[TenTec] Re: An example of changing Orion firmware to meetexpectationsof

[Duane A Calvin]

Hi Ron,
    My apologies.  I guess I misread what you were saying.  I also work
in development engineering on very large server computers, so I'm very
aware of requirements, specifications, the chaos that change brings to
the process, etc.  All I was driving at is with user configuration
options, it could work the way you and I and Barry want.  A simple set of
menu selections would do it.  But I belabor the point....  I think we're
all saying the same thing!

        73,  Duane


    Again, my apologies.  I'll try to 
On Fri, 09 Jul 2004 21:45:01 GMT Ron Martin <royalct at inr.net> writes:
> Please read Barry's text, second to last paragraph.  I answered a 
> question 
> ....
> 
> Please read my response, first line, Duane.  I agreed with Barry's 
> point. 
> 
> Being an engineering manager, one of the points that I have learned 
> in this 
> business is to make requirements as clear as possible......  
> Actually, I 
> would like to have the choice of just transferring frequency and 
> mode 
> included.  So, everyone can not be satisfied all the time...... 
> 
> Have a Good Day Duane. 
> 
> 
> Ron......NU1U 
> 
> Duane A Calvin writes: 
> 
> > Barry's point, if you re-read his note, is to allow the user to 
> select
> > whether he wants all the information transferred to the subRX or 
> not.  In
> > other words, you get to choose how it works.  I'm sure you don't 
> object
> > to that since you can have it the way you want - - until next week 
> when
> > you decide you could use it the other way, then you still get it 
> the way
> > you want!  Win-win solution. 
> > 
> >         73,  Duane 
> > 
> > 
> > On Fri, 09 Jul 2004 19:41:12 GMT Ron Martin <royalct at inr.net> 
> writes:
> >> You got it Barry, 
> >> 
> >> Also, I do object for all the reciever modes/setup/whatever being 
> 
> >> transferred to the sub receiver.  I want to set up my sub 
> receiver 
> >> the way I 
> >> want and only have its frequency change when I push the A>B 
> button.  
> >> 
> >>  
> >> 
> >> Ron....NU1U  
> >> 
> >>   
> >> 
> >> Barry N1EU writes:  
> >> 
> >> > NU1U opined: "This only drives the point that what is
> >> > transferred to the Orions's subreceiver should be user
> >> > selectable. All I want to transfer to the subreceiver
> >> > is the frequency and maybe the mode." 
> >> > 
> >> > Since the Orion is NOT endowed with unlimited memory
> >> > space, I would think there are memory constraints to
> >> > consider in storing more user configurable option
> >> > pipedreams. 
> >> > 
> >> > So let me get this straight.  You'd actually object to
> >> > bandwith and AGC being transferred along with mode? 
> >> > You prefer to end up with 500hz/fastAGC in USB (if
> >> > your subreceiver had been previously set for cw) or
> >> > 2.4KHz/slowAGC in cw (if your subreceiver had been
> >> > previously set for SSB)? 
> >> > 
> >> > If you need to give some user configuation, I think a
> >> > simple yes/no suffices: when I push A-->B, either
> >> > leave my subreceiver alone (No) or make my subreceiver
> >> > mode/BW/AGC/PBT/whatever just like my main receiver
> >> > (Yes). 
> >> > 
> >> > 73,
> >> > Barry N1EU 
> >> > 
> >> > 
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