IQ32 SDR TRANSCEIVER OPERATIONS MANUAL
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Appendix
– Tags, Macros, Buttons, and Keyboard.
Tags
are essentially named variables. The names of the 10 variables can be changed, as can the
text strings stored within them. 5 of the Tags are currently in use, leaving the other 5 available for
your creativity to put into use.
Macros
are hard coded in the firmware to perform a specific action. You cannot re-name them or
change the action that they perform. What you can do is assign them to be invoked by either one
or more on-screen buttons (which you can rename) or to the 12 function keys on the top row of an
attached keyboard.
There are presently 10 on-screen programmable buttons. Four of them are located on the
SSB
H
OME
S
CREEN
, four are located on the
CW
H
OME
S
CREEN
, and two of them are located on the
PSK
H
OME
S
CREEN
. You can edit the label shown on the face of these buttons, and the actions caused
by touching the on-
screen button. By “actions” we mean one or more
Macros
that are executed
when the on-screen button is touched. These 10 on-screen buttons are only programmed using
one or more macros.
A standard keyboard has 12 programmable function keys, labeled
F1
through
F12
. You can pro-
gram the action(s) performed by each of those function keys. These function keys can be assigned
combinations of literal text strings, tag names, and/or
Macros
. When a function key is pressed, any
literal strings are transmitted if you are in CW or PSK Transmit mode. Any
Tags
cause their corre-
sponding string
value
to be transmitted under the same circumstances. Any
Macros
in the defini-
tion are executed.
Tags
By default, the 10 tags are defined as follows:
•
<myName>
your name
•
<myCall>
your Amateur Radio callsign
•
<QTH>
your operating location (city, state/province, grid square, etc.)
•
<Rig>
description of your rig,
e.g.
,
IQ32
•
<Ant>
description of your antenna,
e.g.
,
Dipole
•
<T6>
unused, empty string
•
<T7>
unused, empty string
•
<T8>
unused, empty string
•
<T9>
unused, empty string
•
<T10>
unused, empty string
Remember, any of the tags can be renamed to something more meaningful to you if you choose to
do so. The string values associated with them can also be programmed by you from the
Settings |
Tags
menu screen.
