Tune-to controller for P10 panel

I would go Tune to FM XXX.X.


Other options.


Scrolling text would be better (not sure if this a realistic option).


If scrolling is out then can it sit on the XXX.X for a bit longer to give people a chance to see it/tune in. Probably not a big issue as it comes around pretty fast anyway.


My 2c worth anyway.
 
I did try scrolling text and found it harder to read on a single panel.

The xxx.x is already on for 2 secs vs 1 sec for the other words, but could extend it a little more.
 
As for colours, due to the simple way I'm driving the panel they are limited to these 7:
Red
Green
Yellow
Blue
Magenta
Cyan
White
 
As a test, I've changed to code to use a single colour for the whole message.

You can select the colour by fitting a jumper to the programming header and using the same buttons as the frequency set.
 
David_AVD said:
What's peoples thoughts about the text displayed?

Currently it's:
TUNE
YOUR
RADIO
TO
FM
xxx.x

Someone has suggested simplifying / changing it to:
TUNE
TO
xxx.x
FM

Comments ?
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What else can you tune these days other than a radio? I say make it simpler and go the 2nd option. It means the frequency rolls around 2 seconds quicker :)
 
djgra79 said:
What else can you tune these days other than a radio? I say make it simpler and go the 2nd option. It means the frequency rolls around 2 seconds quicker :)
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For now I've changed it to:
TUNE
TO
FM
xxx.x

Each word is now shown for 1 second and the frequency is shown for 3 seconds. There is a blank at the end for 0.5 seconds before the cycle repeats.
 
David_AVD said:
For now I've changed it to:
TUNE
TO
FM
xxx.x

Each word is now shown for 1 second and the frequency is shown for 3 seconds. There is a blank at the end for 0.5 seconds before the cycle repeats.
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That sounds great to me
 
David_AVD said:
What's peoples thoughts about the text displayed?

Currently it's:
TUNE
YOUR
RADIO
TO
FM
xxx.x

Someone has suggested simplifying / changing it to:
TUNE
TO
xxx.x
FM

Comments ?
Click to expand...

Second looks good to me.

So with the jumper, are you saying we can set the jumper and change each text to a different colour from the default.
 
gnarmstr said:
So with the jumper, are you saying we can set the jumper and change each text to a different colour from the default.
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The jumper currently allows you to set the overall colour, not each word. But... I could do the colour setting a little differently.

I could make it so one button cycles through the words and the other increments through the colours for that word.

So there would be no "down" button for the colour selection, but since there's only 7 colours it will still only take a few presses to get to the colour you want for that word.

That way each work can have a separate colour if you like. How does that sound?
 
David_AVD said:
gnarmstr said:
So with the jumper, are you saying we can set the jumper and change each text to a different colour from the default.
Click to expand...

The jumper currently allows you to set the overall colour, not each word. But... I could do the colour setting a little differently.

I could make it so one button cycles through the words and the other increments through the colours for that word.

So there would be no "down" button for the colour selection, but since there's only 7 colours it will still only take a few presses to get to the colour you want for that word.

That way each work can have a separate colour if you like. How does that sound?
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that sounds like a plan david
 
gnarmstr said:
That sounds great. It's not like you will be changing the freq much and the colour not much more.
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The frequency and colour changes are still very much user selectable at any time with the touch of a button and an option jumper. :)
 
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