[WT-support] Microkeyer II DVK with WT not working

[Bob Wilson, N6TV]

I should also note that when using the Win-Test "internal" DVK (e.g. sound
card = USB Voice Codec or the built-in PC sound card), messages can be sped
up and slowed down using Alt-F10, and Alt-F9, same as CW.  If you want these
voice messages to sound "normal," press Alt-F9 or Alt-F10 until "Tempo =
100%" is displayed at the bottom of the rate window (Alt-R).  You may record
different messages for each operator and using the OPON/OPOFF or
LOGIN/LOGOUT commands to switch operators. If you want to remove the
trailing "click" that may be recorded, you have to edit the .wav files with
a tool like Audacity.

The .wav files are stored in

C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application
Data\Win-Test\ops\default\n6tv\nnn\msg1.wav

or similar where nnn is a numeric contest identifier such as 200 for CQ WW
DX (see http://download.win-test.com/v4/lua/constants.wts for the complete
list).

When using the microHAM control protocol to use the device as an "External"
DVK (e.g. no Sound card selected in Interface Configuration, microHAM
control port specified), you do not have the option to speed up and slow
down messages, and I believe Shift-F1 doesn't work; you have to use the
Router software to program the voice messages.  The .wav files are stored in
a microHAM directory under Documents and Settings somewhere.

73,
Bob, N6TV

On Wed, Oct 19, 2011 at 10:49 AM, Bob Wilson, N6TV <n6tv at arrl.net> wrote:

> On Wed, Oct 19, 2011 at 8:58 AM, W2LE <w2le at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>> When I press F4 or F2 I only get a message "Message at 100% not available"
>> and nothing plays.
>>
>> What am I missing?
>>
>
> When you use the microHAM device as a sound card rather than as an external
> DVK, i.e. by specifying:
>
> Voice Keyer:
>   Enable Sound card:  USB Voice Codec
>
> in the Win-Test Interfaces Configuration screen, you have to program the
> messages using Win-Test (e.g., Shift-F1), not the microHAM software.  This
> is actually the best way to use the microHAM voice keyers right now, because
> the other methods (e.g. microHAM control protocol) causes really bad 1-2
> second message delays.  The microHAM folks say Win-Test is the problem, and
> the Win-Test folks say microHAM firmware is the problem, so in the mean time
> we have to work around these issues ourselves.
>
> 73,
> Bob, N6TV
>
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