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- KENTROL for WINDOWS
- Copyright 1991
- by
- Brian Gilhuly VE3BGB
- Beta version 0.8
-
- What It Is
-
- Kentrol is a Windows 3 control program for Kenwood HF transceivers. This
- early version assumes it is controlling a TS-440S, but interfaces for
- other models are easily possible.
-
- What It Does
-
- The Tuner Window tunes both VFOs and selects memory channels using a scroll
- bar interface. You can tune/select any source at any time, independent
- of what you are listening to. The tuned source can be copied to any other.
- Pushbuttons allow you to step up and down through the ham or BC bands.
- Simultaneously, the Active Channels Window displays the contents of your
- radio's memories so you can tune/select any memory with a single mouse click.
-
- Automatically logs UTC date and time, frequency and mode, along with your
- text up to 50 char., to a pure ASCII log file. View and edit the log file.
-
- Memory sets can be annotated (up to 50 char per memory), are fully editable
- and can be saved to files and loaded into the radio's memories as you wish.
- Multiple memory files can be opened simultaneously so you can copy and paste
- between them. Or copy from the log to a memory set. Sample memory files
- are included.
-
- And Doesn't, yet...
-
- The 'bandspread tuning' will shortly be extended with mode sub-bands.
- Scanning support with a variety of options is also almost ready.
- Support for split memories and for RIT/XIT will be next. Imports from other
- file formats and DDE links to, for example, Excel will come later.
- If there is demand for them, interfaces for radios other than the TS-440S
- will added to the setup menu.
- The Help will be extended, then converted to the Windows Help system.
-
- Getting Started
-
- No installation is required, though you will probably want to add it to
- a Program Manager Group in the usual way. Just copy KENTROL.EXE,
- KENTROL.LOG and the supplied *.KTM files to any directory in your
- DOS path, switch on your radio and IF-232C interface, then run Kentrol.
- The first time it is run it will ask you to specify the correct comm
- port (1-4), to specify the time zone offset from utc, give you the
- chance to rename the default memory file and then read your radio's
- memories into it; all before opening the main window. Subsequent
- start-ups are almost instant.
- Open the sample file BRIANS.KTM to see how annotated memories look.
-
- Trouble?
-
- Select RESET (on the Setup Menu) two or three times if the program gets
- out of synch with the radio.
-
- Update Note
-
- This version does not support the non-annotated *.mem file format of
- version 0.6. If you have created .mem files, you can use version 0.6
- to write them into the radio, then read them into .KTM files with the
- current version. Sorry for any inconvenience.
-
- Version History
-
- 1991-07-31 0.6 first beta version
-
- 1991-08-15 0.7 second beta version
- editable annotated memory files introduced
-
- 1991-08-25 0.8 third beta version
- UTC logging to ascii file, log edit window added
- window captions now cua-compatible
-
- FEEDBACK, please
-
- Having begun Kentrol to meet my own needs, I hope it will also be useful to
- others. Please try it and let me know what you think. This beta version
- is being distributed as copyrighted freeware.
-
- If you have comments or suggestions or just think you would be interested in
- the complete shareware release (by early autumn, I hope), contact me by any
- of the means below. Questions and bug reports are also welcome.
-
- 73 -- VE3BGB,
- Aug 25, 1991
-
- Brian Gilhuly
- 490 Concord Ave.
- Toronto, ON
- M6H 2P8
- Canada
-
- 416-516-4146
-
- VE3BGB@VE3OY
-
- Compuserve ID: 73257,3131
-
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