[MacLoggerContest] Re: PowerMate

[David Ferrington]

YES - just tried that.
Can set click to send a cmd+shft+v and it does change focus to VFO.

You can hold shift key and rotate PowerMate and it works as if you were
holding shift key and using arrows, same goes for option and rotate.

You can specify the 'key' repeat rate too.

There is a 'long click' on it too, so could send a keystroke to move focus
back to the call sign field - but I can't find a command to do that (tried
tab, return enter etc)

And a click and rotate, so in theory you can hold down the PowerMate and
rotate and have it send shift+up- arrow etc, however, I found that difficult
to do and it didn't seem to work anyway.


Don, could you add a keyboard shortcut to move focus back to call sign
field?


I often work along a band via the PowerMate, when I'm feeling lazy :-)



On 29/3/06 12:13 am, "macloggercontest-request at dogparksoftware.com"
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> Message: 3
> Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2006 20:12:58 -0300
> From: Chris Harris <chris.harris at horizon.co.fk>
> Subject: Re: [MacLoggerContest] select vfo contol
> To: Don Agro <dagro at dogparksoftware.com>
> Cc: macloggercontest at dogparksoftware.com
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> Hi Don,
> 
>>> It there an easy way to select the VFO control, I mean to make it
>>> active so the it can be tuned with the arrow keys, by a simple key
>>> stroke?
>> 
>> "Focus VFO" under the Log Menu or <shift> <command> V
>> 
> Wow perfect Don, thanks very much.
> 
> A quick question on the Powermate. I am under the impression that you
> can programme the powermate to simulate key presses when you turn it
> i.e. up and down arrows if your turn clockwise and counter clockwise
> to tune the radio.  oops this is going to be two questions.
> 
> 1. Will the shift modifier key still work to allow you to fine tune?
> 2. My original question. I think the powermate is also clickable,
> presumably by pushing down on it, so could this be programmed with
> shift+command+V so that you could click the powermate to focus the
> VFO control and then use it to tune?
> 
> Have I got the right end of the stick, is that how it works?
> 
> 73 Chris VP8BKF

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