[WT-support] Software lockout for bandchange ?

[Tom W8JI]

why wouldn't you prefer a hardware solution to do this kind 
of lock-out (or
protection)? Software's reliability can be pretty high, 
agreed, but a
specific designed hw (not necessarily a complicated thing) 
will easily
exceed the timeliness needed, than what one may expect from 
a logger.>>

I have built and used hardware lockouts here. There is 
ALWAYS a requirement that the software sending CW or voice 
somehow accept a "hold" signal of some type for all computer 
sending during a lockout event. Otherwise the computer will 
send CW (or voice keyer) to the locked out transmitter. Then 
when the hardware lockout drops a partial transmission will 
be sent. That becomes a real mess.

I built a lockout that stores the CW and forwards it to the 
radio so it can hold the CW during a lockout, but it would 
be much cleaner and work better to simply have a "wait" 
input on the computer.

Tom