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Griffin PowerMate as VFO-knob 28 Фев 2023 08:40 #1

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Hi, I have a Griffin PowerMate ( www.minipc.de/catalog/il/453 ) USB-connected rotary and push knob. I have previously used it for HamRadioDeluxe as a very handy VFO-knob and menue selector. Is it in some way possible to get EESDR3 to read the knob? 73 de SM2SXA
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Griffin PowerMate as VFO-knob 28 Фев 2023 10:06 #2

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Dependent on OS you running.

Also there is "simple way" and "right way".

Example of "simple way: for Mac.

Example of "right way":
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Griffin PowerMate as VFO-knob 28 Фев 2023 17:32 #3

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Thank You Pavel, but since I am neither a mac user nor a software engineer, the tips You are proposing does not help me much.
I will wait for other answers in relation to the matter.
FYI, i run Win10, sorry for not telling in first post.

Be nice
73 de SM2SXA
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Griffin PowerMate as VFO-knob 01 Март 2023 09:07 #4

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This device acts like a HID i guess. So its like a mouse/keyboard. Its not in production any more. I tried installing the configuration software but its not running in win11.

But if your software is working i dont see why it should not work with the radio. I also found several source codes to use the device.

So it should be possible to make a program that works with TCI but i dont think you gain so much as it only handles button press (long/short), rotation etc.
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Griffin PowerMate as VFO-knob 04 Март 2023 09:37 #5

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Tnx for repy Kai.
I think that the PowerMate gives me exactly what i want, rotation (i.e. VFO) and button-press (to select step-size or other things).
It is not very practical or convenient to tune in HF-transmissions with a mouse, or a keyboard.
For that purpose, it is much more handy to use a VFO-knob, and I miss it alot.
I know there is the E-coder, that gives me what I am looking for, plus extra buttons, but to a price that is standing out.
And since i have the PowerMate, and it is sturdy and solid, and still working, I thought that it might work.
Maybe someone with skills could put together some code, that reads the PowerMate and sends it into ExpertSDR, to do VFO-tuning the same way as the E-coder can do.

Be nice
73 de SM2SXA
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Griffin PowerMate as VFO-knob 04 Март 2023 09:56 #6

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Maybe this sw can handle your Powermate www.n4py.com/
Gl de Lasse SM4IVE
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Griffin PowerMate as VFO-knob 09 Июль 2023 17:24 #7

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How’s this instead … I would need to add an ethernet port or maybe Wifi.





For this 8600 receiver
Blue = Band Change
Magenta = Mode Change
Red = Tuning Step Change
Cyan = +/- 500Hz VFO increments
White = +/- 10Hz VFO increments
Yellow = +/- 1 Hz VFO increments
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