Make Transmission be action-group-assignable

[allmhuran]

You can bind an action group to the various data collection functions (log temperature, log pressure, etc), but it doesn't seem to be possible, via either hotkey or action group, to transmit.

It would be nice to be able to do that, so that you can store up all your data and then transmit it all easily when you have the energy available.

[Payload]

You can bind an action group to the various data collection functions (log temperature, log pressure, etc), but it doesn't seem to be possible, via either hotkey or action group, to transmit.

It would be nice to be able to do that, so that you can store up all your data and then transmit it all easily when you have the energy available.

You can. Check the action groups for the antenna. There is one for transmit there. I don't know about stopping it, but it auto resumes when it has enough power already. The only issue being that you might need some power to maneuver your space craft. If that is the case then just don't transmit until the maneuver is done.

[allmhuran]

Hm, when I looked at one of the antennae the only available action group item was "toggle". Clicking on the antenna itself provides a transmit button you can click on, but it doesn't appear in the VAB actions. Perhaps it's just missing for this one.

[Moach]

this is actually a pretty solid suggestion - well done!

it's possible this was just overlooked in the heat of development, in this case it'd likely that we may expect it be in for the next few updates or even hotfixes ... transmitting data more using A/G's would allow us to do glorious Scienceâ„¢ while performing the usual white knuckle flying typical of the Kerbal kind

[Kasuha]

I also thought it should be there but then I realized that when I use the action group to make all my instruments perform the research I have to click through the window with all research reports manually anyway so I can just click on the transmission button.

The only situation when this doesn't suffice is when I am low on electricity and don't want to transmit the data yet - but that happens rarely and if it happens I can make that click on the antenna to get things going.