[TRLog] Clarifier kill vs. Clarifier zero

Guy Olinger, K2AV k2av@contesting.com
Sun, 18 Aug 2002 23:13:51 -0400


Well, if the MP turns it off when you go a->b, then we would have to
add something to the stream from TR to turn it back on.

Do you have a list of circumstances like this you have discovered?

Another confusion of mine, apparently, I was thinking that the hex
codes are interpreted by TR and it then did something. Is it true that
the hex codes are simply passed on to the MP and not interpreted by
TR?

That being the case, do the TR folks have the official unpublished
Yaesu commands list somewhere, e.g. corrections, deletions, and
additions to the list in the manual?

73

----- Original Message -----
From: "Pete Smith" <n4zr@contesting.com>
To: "TRLog Reflector" <trlog@contesting.com>
Sent: Sunday, August 18, 2002 10:11 PM
Subject: Re: [TRLog] Clarifier kill vs. Clarifier zero


> At 04:52 PM 8/18/02 -0400, Guy Olinger, K2AV wrote:
> >This pertains to the MP.
> >
> >Actually having the clarifier 'killed' is one of those distractions
> >that kill rate later in the contest when the mind is a bit foggy.
It's
> >another action that has to be remembered. Someone calls up or down
a
> >bit, and the natural action is to listen up or down by tweaking the
> >clarifier. If you have to fumble and remember to turn the CLAR on
> >after you realize the knob isn't working, you've probably missed
the
> >call.
> >
> >Is there any reason why action "RX CLAR OFF" couldn't be replaced
with
> >"CLAR CLEAR" for an MP?
> >
> >Or alternatively...
> >
> >Is there a TR command that can be used to create a literal MP
command
> >string to attach to an F key? That would allow us to roll our own
> >combos, rather than embedding MP issues in what are otherwise more
> >straight-forward commands.
> >
> >  Or perhaps it's time to give us a macro language we can use, and
farm
> >out some of the subtlety. Particularly on "niche" requests.
>
> I must be missing the point here.  Inserting a ">" in any CW message
zeroes
> the clarifier without turning it off.  I have more trouble with the
MP
> itself turning the clarifier off when I do certain things, like
passing a
> frequency from one VFO to the other.  I'm still learning my way
around this
> thing, so can't characterize this fully, but I share Guy's annoyance
when
> it happens.
>
> >Is there a TR command that can be used to create a literal MP
command
> >string to attach to an F key? That would allow us to roll our own
> >combos, rather than embedding MP issues in what are otherwise more
> >straight-forward commands.
>
>
> I "think" this is what N4AF was talking about in his recent messages
to the
> reflector about programming function keys to do various things by
inputting
> strings of hex numbers between Ctl-C and Ctl-D.  My only experience
with
> this was trying to program an F key to turn off the EDSP, and after
a lot
> of failure I was told by Yaesu that the documentation was wrong and
it
> really doesn't work anyhow.  Neat!  But there IS a clarifier clear
(not
> off) command, and it DOES work, because TR implements it on CW,
so...
>
> 73, Pete N4ZR
>
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