Difference between revisions of "Features"

Revision as of 07:10, 4 March 2013

General

The Features tab of the Setup form is used to select what features will be used and/or displayed on the Main DDUtil form.

Radio Select

• Legacy → Select to connect to a legacy radio.
• 6000 → Select to connect to a 6000 series radio.

Aux Display Panes

Selecting any of these items will add a window to the Main Form.

• BCD → Displays the BCD form in the main GUI.
• Heading → Displays the Rotor Heading form in the main GUI.
• Macro Buttons → Displays the Macros form in the main GUI.
• Misc → Displays the Miscellaneous form in the main GUI.

Heros

• Enable → Select to enable the Heros SCR Preselector.
• Port → Select the serial port to connect Heros to the PC.

HRD Apps

• Enable → Select to enable the HRD TCP/IP server.
• Port → The HRD predefined port number (fixed).

Options

• Auto Save Settings → When selected will save a time stamped copy of the user settings file to the %APPDATA%\DDUtilV3\Backup folder.
• Debug → Enables enhanced error log reporting.
• Disable Shortcuts → When selected will disable using the short cut keys.
• Demo/HPSDR → When selected allows DDUtil to operate with Flex Demo mode and the HPSDR radios.
• Disable Sound → When selected turns off the sound associated with pop→up messages.
• Disable Tool Tips → When selected will disable pop →up tool tips when the cursor is hovered over a control.
• Mode Chg Macros → When selected allows interoperability with the mode change macros.
• On Top → When selected forces the DDUtil main form to stay on top of all other forms.
• Power Alarm → When selected will disable the radio's transmit ability if the power shown in the adjacent window is exceeded.
• Show Cw Tx → When selected shows the CW TX filter on the panadapter when in CW and Split transmit mode.
• Space Wx → When selected will display the Solar Flux, A & K indexes on the Main GUI Misc panel.
• Startup Macro → When selected will execute the macro listed in the adjacent window.
• Swr Alarm → When selected will disable the radio's transmit ability if the SWR shown in the adjacent window is exceeded. Note: this feature requires either a supported watt meter or a supported amplifier for this feature to work.
• Tune Detect → When selected the adjacent macros will execute when the radio Tune mode starts and stops.
• Watch Dog Timer → When selected will disable the radio's transmit ability if the time shown in the adjacent window is exceeded.

USB 8 Relay Board

• Enable → Select to enable the Denkovi USB 8 Relay Board
• Band Boxes → Enter a decimal number for each band you want the board to activate a relay for. Entering the following numbers produces:

1 = Relay 1 activated

2 = Relay 2 activated

3 = Relays 1 & 2 activated

7 = Relays 1, 2 & 3 activated

255 = All relays activated

Note: Relays are activated in Binary notation (00000111) = 7.