[WT-support] Winkey sending only single character

[Braco OE1EMS]

Simon,

as i told you i had (still have sometimes) same problemm on some PC
Running MK2 and MK2R+, i dont know why and how, but usualy
rebooting router software and (or) wintest there no more problemm anymore!
If i am not wrong that happend as well to my remote station few times
(overall is same setup FT2K MK2 or MK2R+ same WT same FW and
same routersoftware)
it happend not realy very freq and i dont know how to get it that modus!
And i am on the station usualy only for contest or for some station work
no time to play with it!
If you find why and how to fiy it please let me know!


73s
Braco


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Simon Schelkshorn" <simon at schelkshorn.de>
To: <support at f5mzn.org>
Sent: Wednesday, November 14, 2012 9:55 PM
Subject: Re: [WT-support] Winkey sending only single character


> Hi Bob,
>
>> This is a very unusual configuration.  Can you try an FTDI USB-to-Serial
>> adapter, or a real serial port, to see if the problem goes away?
> from all the answers in this list it looks like that tunneling the RS232 
> port over ethernet is not that unusual, but yes you are right it is not 
> really standard.
>
> Unfortunately I can not use a USB-to-Serial adaptor as this setup is a 
> remote setup and there is no PC at the remote site.
>
>> Which Ethernet-to-RS232 box are you using?   What version of WinKey chip
>> (displayed by Win-Test after initialization).
> I'm using a EXSYS EX-6034 
> (http://www.exsys.ch/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=320&language=en&zenid=cfdf8b0d73336e5bb727f26b6189b243). 
> Win-Test detects "Winkey v10".
>
> That device server has four ports and in addition to the Winkey I have 
> CAT, PA and Power-Meter connected without any problems.
>
>> Are you using the WinKey default settings, especially the handshake
>> settings?
> I have never done any changes to the Winkey settings and I'm using the 
> default settings in Win-Test.
>
>> In the mean time, try removing all "+++" and "---" commands from your CW
>> messages.  We've had problems in the past with this.
> I know the problem with these commands and remove them by default.
>
> Once again I'm not sure if this problem is related to Win-Test! For me it 
> looks more like a Winkey issue, but as lot of active contesters are on 
> this reflector I was hoping to get some tips I haven't thought about.
>
> vy 73
> Simon, DJ4MZ
>
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