[WT-support] SO2R and LPT - next attempt

[Franta Bendl]

Hi Bob,

thank you very much for the reply!

Yes I know and you are right, the using of [*] covers my wish to change 
the status of pin 14 following the radio focus. Unfortunately there is 
an other issue, try this steps:

Precondition: Advanced SO2R, focus R1

Press [F1] - start CQ on R1
Press [*] - switch active radio to R2
Press any Key (letter) e.g. to check a call heard on R2

Now the R1 stops the sending of CQ imediately after the first letter is 
typed in for R2!? So it is not really usefull in my case because the 
new start of CQ ([*] [F1] [*]) on the R1 is necessary after every 
checked call on the R2. It might be OK in "auto send" mode but it 
doesn't make sense if "auto send" mode is disabled.

It is also clear that there remains a lack of informations because it is 
not possible to transfer all informations (PTT, active radio [focus], 
active radio [sending]) using only 2 bits (pins - PTT[16], 
ActiveRadio[14]). Maybe could following logic increase the clarity?

1. Pin 14 follows the active radio (focus)
2. for repeating CQ it switch for the time of send (following PTT) to 
the sending radio
3. an entered character/number stops the CQ on the other radio only 
if "auto send" mode is enabled

73 de Franta/DJ0ZY



On Monday 24 November 2008 19:31, Bob Wilson, N6TV wrote:
> On Mon, Nov 24, 2008 at 2:01 AM, Franta Bendl <dj0zy at i--i.de> wrote:
> > I mentioned already two weeks ago, there is an issue in behaviour
> > of the parallel port in the SO2R mode. The pin 14 (Active radio)
> > doesn't (quite) follow the "active radio".
>
> The way Win-Test works today, you have to use the [*] key to
> immediately change the transmitter focus (pin 14).  The [CapsLock]
> key merely changes the data entry focus, and doesn't change
> transmitter focus until you press [F4] or some other memory to make a
> call.
>
> However, there is a bug in that pressing [F4], say, while the
> Secondary Radio Window is yellow, changes the transmitter OK on CW,
> and when using the internal sound card DVK, but it doesn't work when
> using an external DVK controlled via LPT.  I opened Bug Report
> #220<http://flyspray.win-test.com/index.php?do=details&id=220>to
> track this.
>
> Remember, you may wish to have a repeating CQ going on Radio 1 while
> you type in callsigns in the secondary radio window.  So you don't
> want the transmitter focus to change immediately when you press
> [CapsLock].  It only changes when you press a function key or the [*]
> key.
>
> 73,
> Bob, N6TV