[WT-support] Trouble getting cw messages working

[Bob Wilson, N6TV]

See this post<http://www.f5mzn.org/pipermail/support/2008-December/076910.html>for
an explanation.  Some newer or "economy" PCs do not emulate the old PC
speaker "BIOS beep" functions used by the Win-Test SOUND command, so you are
out of luck.

The first PCs could beep or make crude (square wave) sounds via an internal
speaker, way before the invention of sound cards.  The were accessed via I/O
port 61h.  Many manufacturers have decided to save money by omitting this
now little-used PC speaker port, though some still emulate it.

See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PC_speaker

Once you get a USB-to-Serial converter, you should be able to send CW to
your radio OK, but better yet would be something like a WinKey
USB<http://k1el.tripod.com/WKUSB.html>
.

73,
Bob, N6TV

On Tue, Oct 20, 2009 at 11:02 AM, Luc Favre <luc-favre at orange.fr> wrote:

>  I've today acquired one of the small notebooks under Windoxs XP
> (Samsung). No problem installing Wintest ver 4. Everythink works fine, DVR
> as well.
> But I cannot hear the CW messages. Of course, the souncard is working, the
> loudspeakers are on, and the Wintest SOUND command has been issued. Just one
> point however : this small sized computer has no serial port, has only USB
> ports, and I have no USB to serial adapter pluged in, so the COM-ports in
> the configuration page are all gray. Maybe there is the reason why I don't
> get anything, but I wan't to be sure there is no other cause.
> Any help ?
> 73
> Luc/F6HJO
>
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