New Modes for the Auto Antenna Selector

Automatic Antenna Selector in use

I wrote previously about debugging selection modes for the Auto Antenna Selector. With that working, I wondered if I could do more. 

Originally, I thought that modes should swap the selections on the A and B ports. With Standard Mode, I was missing that. But how to allow more modes?

Flip-Flop Mode

I don't need Test Mode that often. Holding down the mode button could be divided into a short and long hold. A long hold -- 1 second or more -- would invoke Test Mode. A short hold -- 1/4 of a second, could invoke something else. 

Flip-Flop mode was born. With a short hold, the selections for Port A and B are swapped. This works both in single-radio and two-radio configurations.

The selector signals Flip-Flop mode by blinking the mode LED on and off over 1/2 second. As coded, it actually pulses for 1/2 second, then is off for 1/2 second. Not what I intended, but distinctive. I decided I didn't need to "fix" it.

Testing

Unlike the last code changes, these worked the first time. I found Flip-Flop mode helpful with the single radio when trying to use a different antenna with the AL-80A amplifier. Since it is only connected to the antenna on Port A, this mode makes this possible.

At the moment, tapping the mode button in Flip-Flop Mode doesn't do anything, still thinking about that.