[WT-support] Keyer

[hank.k8dd]

As far as I know, N1MM is the only one of the contest loggers with
full WinKeyerUSB support from the configure screen.

73    Hank    K8DD



On Fri, Jan 23, 2009 at 8:07 AM, Tom W8JI <w8ji at w8ji.com> wrote:
> Thanks Bob,
>
> This all explains it. The keyers by themselves are fine but
> again I am limited by the marginal CW support inside
> Wintest.
>
> That's a little disappoint because at first I thought I
> would use external keyers so I spent several hundred dollars
> on external keyers. Then because of the lack of weight
> control I put them all in a pile and bought winkeyers to
> replace them, but now I learn I  can only use the full
> features of the keyer adjustments if I close wintest and
> adjust the keyer and then reopen wintest.
>
> I can however correctly compensate the weight of the CW now
> if I do it by closing wintest and adjusting the keyer and
> then reopening wintest, so the money and time is not
> entirely wasted. :-)
>
>> Do your USB keyers use the original Winkey chip, or the
>> Winkey2 chip?
>
> Winkey2.
>
>
>> Win-Test can change some settings on the Winkey chip via
>> the WKSETUP
>> command, but AFIK they never added support for specific
>> Winkey2 features, or
>> weight / keying compensation adjustments.  Maybe they will
>> enhance the
>> Winkey setup screens in the future.
>
> I hope so. The price of the program is nothing compared to
> the price I am spending trying to work around the software!
>
>
>> Try letting Win-Test alone control the speed of the
>> Winkey, instead of using
>> the speed knob.  I know that pressing [Alt-F9] and
>> [Alt-F10] it is not
>> nearly as nice as turning a knob, but for now it may be
>> the only way to get
>> the full speed range that you want.
>
> I found that out. So now I can't even use the speed knob, so
> all I did was fix the weight control as long as I exit
> WinTest to adjust things.
>
>> I use a Griffin Powermate USB
>> knob<http://www.amazon.com/Griffin-1100-PWRMTS-PowerMate-Multimedia-Controller/dp/B000RZO482>
>
>
> I'll probably have to look at other basic software or live
> with what I have now. I am not going to throw more money at
> a program not written for CW by buying more hardware. If
> this doesn't work then I'll find another software since it
> is really the root of the problems I am having.
>
> 73 Tom
>
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