[WT-support] [Fwd: Fw: WT and MK don't work together]

[Laurent HAAS - F6FVY]

 From DJ3WE...

CAUTION ! Rudolf =>>> Do not send your mails to 
support-request at win-test.com but to <support at win-test.com>, once you 
subscribed to the list, of course.

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let's see whether I can get this message through to your private mail
number. Sorry for the inconveniance!

vy 73 de Rudolf, DJ3WE


----- Original Message -----
*From:* Rudolf Schwenger <mailto:Rudolf.Schwenger at t-online.de>
*To:* support-request at win-test.com <mailto:support-request at win-test.com>
*Sent:* Tuesday, August 29, 2006 7:36 AM
*Subject:* WT and MK don't work together

Hello Laurant, Hello Contest friends,

trying to set up our club station for the IARU - Reg 1 - SSB - Fieldday
which will be on during the forthcoming weekend.

Here is, what I would like to do:

(A) Send the F-key messages (i.e. F1=CQ) by just pressing the F-key; the
headset-microphone to be muted

(B) Send the Audio from the Headset only if the footswitch is pressed.

Here is what happens:

(1) The footswitch puts the TS-480 into transmit-mode as it should, but
no understandable Audio, just noise and occasional, rhythmic bursts of hum.
My assumption  is that this is a problem of  the microHAM cable set for
the TS-480 , but that is hard to believe, since Jozef has always had
excellent quality. This happens irrespective of whether the VOX is
switched on or off on the TS-480.

(2) With the VOX on the TS-480 activated I can modulate the TS-480 with
the headset without any problem time and again without pressing the
footswich. If I press the footswitch then there is only the above
mentioned noise and the occasional bursts of hum to be heard on a remote RX.

(3) If I press the F1-key the F1-message will be transmitted without any
problem and as often as I press the F1 key.

(4) Having pressed the F1 key once, I cannot get the TS-480 to cooperate
with my headset microphone. This has to do with the fact that obviously
WIN TEST automatically activates (or rather forgets to deactivate)  the
  "TON AUS" (= No tone or no microphone) tag in the TX-Mixer of the Audio
mixer. This must be a WIN TEST problem and I assume that the cause is
the very same problem which causes the erratic speed problem in CW.
Something is not properly reset by WIN TEST.

So, my questions to microHAM and WIN TEST are

(I) Why does the footswitch "short circuit" the audio and cause the hum
and what can I do to avoid that?

(II) What do I need to do in order to transmit audio from my headset
only if the footswitch is pressed?

(III) What can I do to prevent WIN TEST from muting my microfon once a
F-key has been pressed?


Here is my system:

PC: GERICOM, 1GHz, 1GB DRAM
OS: WINDOWS XP prof V. 5.1 with SP2
MK: V. 3.1.4. 4546, Jul 26-2006
    Control: COM 3 (also tried COM 5; no difference) at 9600 Baud, 8N1
    Foot Switch: none CTS (also tried COM 6 and COM 9, no difference)
    WINKEY: COM 8, 19200 Baud, 8N1 (also tried none; no difference)
    Audio switching: CCA (also tried CCC and many others; did not cure
the problem)
    Audio Mixer:
       REC MIC:
          - 10 dB
          VIA Audio (WAVE)
          in right
          sampling off
          REC mixer
             Microfone selected
    TX MIC:
       Microphone selected
     TX:
       VIA Audio (WAVE)
          Microphone
          pressing Test Signal will key the TS-480
    TX-Mixer
       all controls set to 2/3 of max level
       CD-player: muted
    RX:
       VIA Audio (WAVE)
       Microphone -10dB
       Sampling off
       RX-Mixer: Microphone selected
       all controls set to 2/3 of maximum
WIN-TEST: V. 3.0.7
    Options:
       Configure interface
          COM 3 activated (Radio 1) 9600 8N1; also tried COM 5; no 
difference
          COM 8 activated WINKEY 19200 8N1
          Soundcard activated (via Audio (WAVE)
          Transceiver Radio 1  Kenwood
TS-480:
    VOX activated; (also tried w/o activating VOX---> cannot key the  Radio)
    USB
    all tests made on 28.500MHz



I sure hope that somebody of the most distinguished readership can help
me on this one since the FIELDDAY is fast approaching.....

vy 73 de Rudolf, DJ3WE