Selected Band Button Fill Color

Scott Russell - N1SER

Colorize the selected band button as a visual reminder when going into the Band menu on the left side bar. Colorize the button when changing bands as a visual confirmation. See my example image.

I know we have the large frequency display on the flag but it would be nice to have a visual indicator of which band you're on or changing to when in the Band menu.

Thank you,

Scott Russell, N1SER

Ken Hansen

A few thoughts: The idea is interesting, but your example color is way too subtle to be useful as s reminder. He would this work? For example, if I pop open the band window and select 40m, then direct entry a 20m frequency, should the band selector show my last selection (40m) or my current band location (20m)? This request could put a lot of logic inside what was previously a very simple control. The current implementation parallels the interface of most conventional radios, adding an indication of which band the currently selected frequency falls in would require the control to query the current frequency and determine which band it falls under. Possible? Of. Course. Easy? Probably. Likely to be implemented? Who knows, while the coding effort may be minimal, touching that part of the code base would consume precious testing resources to make sure nothing was broken after modifying the code.

Scott Russell - N1SER

Yeah I know the color is subtle but just an example of my idea. It can be a brighter color of blue like the buttons on the radio panel on the right.

Yes, the band should match whether you select the band with the button or change the freq manually. It should be a visual indication of the current (or newly selected) band.

K3SF

good idea overall

BUT
my question....what band would be shown if you are outside the ham bands?   For Instance, just doing some swl'ing.

when doing changes like this, it is not that 'simple'. Must consider other use cases. That is other ways the radio may be used and its impact on basic design feature.

Paul K3SF

Bill -VA3WTB

You would like it to work and look as it does in PSDR? That could be done...

Scott Russell - N1SER

Paul, I guess being that anything outside the ham band allocations is general coverage then the "GEN" button would be selected.

Bill, I have never used PSDR but I have used other sdr apps and those with band buttons all show them as selected with a different color to indicate the selected band. So if that's how PSDR worked then yes.

Scott Russell - N1SER

Here's a better example. Just messing around in PS. I'm sure you get the idea.


Scott, N1SER

Ned K1NJ

  Maybe user selectable colors for button and/or text.
             Ned,  K1NJ
                 

Robert Lonn

Scott Russell - N1SER

Ned, probably not because it could follow the color scheme of the other buttons like on the right side radio panel. For consistency. 

Robert, yes that would be cool but it doesn't quite match the buttons on the right side radio panel. I looks like the Band buttons text is thinner and not BOLD. Either way... good idea.

AC9S

This seems like a small item.  I would really prefer that band stacking registers be implemented.  On my Orion each push of a band button cycles through four different iterations of that band.  I set them up roughly as CW, Digital, SSB, and perhaps AM, depending on the band.  With SmartSDR I implement this scheme with different profiles.  The problem with this appproach is that frequency reverts to what was stored in a profile instead of what I last used.

For that matter, how difficult would it be to implement a simple Quick Store/Restore register?

Keith - AC9S

Scott Russell - N1SER

Keith, I like the multi-push idea. I've had that before on other radios and it is nice.

Scott Russell - N1SER

James Whiteway

Unless FRS developers are using custom controls for the band selection, then the buttons provided in C# (Visual Studio) already have the ability to make a color change to the button depending on the button's current state. (FRS uses Visual Studio and C#) James WD5GWY

AA0KM

AA0KM

Something like this would be nice. Just something that can stand out to tell user it is in use.

Scott Russell - N1SER

Agreed, this was a basic oversight.

Scott Russell - N1SER

Good to know!

Bill -VA3WTB

Robert Lonn

Johan _ SE3X

Awaiting and wanting multiclient feature sooo much! 

Scott Russell - N1SER

A Christmas present would be nice! Agree but this should have been in the final 2.0 product from the beginning. Seems like a 'pay attention to detail' kind of mistake. If Flex does come out with a v3.0 soon hopefully they will give those of us who just purchased a Flex a discount to upgrade. Another $200 in a year for the radio just adds to the overall cost.

Bill -VA3WTB

I don't have those bugs.

Joe N3HEE

Robert Lonn

Ken Hansen

Opinions vary, but I would have encouraged him to look at either the 6400M or the 6400 + stand-alone Maestro, it's a smaller investment, easily sold if/when he wants to try the FTDX-101MP, and leaves money in his pocket for an antenna upgrade, amplifier purchase, or whatever.

Mike VE3CKO

Scott Russell - N1SER

Nice. Thanks for sharing!