[WT-support] CW sending problem

[Fred Handscombe]

Salaam Hamad

One thing I have noticed with WT and Microham is that often to really make any changes work you need to reboot totally (not restart) your computer

For me this has often cleared "mysterious" problems with settings

Maybe it will help you?

73 Fred
A65BD

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Bob Wilson, N6TV 
  To: support at win-test.com 
  Sent: Monday, February 04, 2013 8:44 AM
  Subject: Re: [WT-support] CW sending problem


  Hi Hamad,


  Did you adjust the PTT Lead and Tail settings for the Winkey inside the Router software (not Win-Test), as suggested by W4TV?



  Are you using the Winkey default settings 1200,N,8,2 DTR=Handshake, RTS=Handshake?  Try setting DTR and RTS to NONE in the Win-Test SETUP menu.  


  If it still doesn't work, try installing the new microHAM Router v8.3.1 and  microKEYER II firmware version 5.2 which was just released 2 days ago.  It has updates for the Eltima (virtual COM port) code.


  Download from:


  http://www.microham.com/contents/en-us/d29_downloads.html


  If that doesn't help either, you may have to give up trying to use the Winkey with Win-Test and instead build or buy a legacy COM port keying circuit.  


  You can plug your paddles directly into the radio to use the Internal keyer of the FT-2000D.  The FT-2000D uses the same software commands for keyer control as the Elecraft K3, so you can use the PageUp, PageDown, and AltV keyer control scripts from K3scripts.zip (see http://bit.ly/wtscripts) to sync the FT-2000D's internal keyer speed with the Win-Test COM port keying speed.  It's all described in the documentation inside that Zip file.  If you try it and it works, please let me know and I will add them to FT2000scripts.zip


  73,
  Bob, N6TV


  On Sun, Feb 3, 2013 at 7:40 AM, Hamad 9K2HN <9k2hn at 9k2hn.com> wrote:

    I have tried all solutions but non of them worked the problem still remains, What is happening is that win-test is somehow is losing communication with winkey, because the router&win-test still reads the Freq OK but when I open configure interface page and without changing any thing the clicking OK the program shutdown. any other idea solution?


    I have tried also disconnecting the paddle but the problem still exist.


    de 9k2hn
    Hamad



    On Sat, Feb 2, 2013 at 4:38 PM, Joe Subich, W4TV <lists at subich.com> wrote:

      Hamad,

      Make lead/tail changes (and WinKey settings except speed) in microHAM
      Router.  Router "masters" those values to prevent random changes when
      the application unexpectedly closes and reopens WinKey.

      73,

         ... Joe, W4TV



      On 2/2/2013 2:08 AM, Hamad 9K2HN wrote:

        Thank you for the reply Bob, the problem starts before i tab the paddle. i
        will try to change the lead and tail time to 0ms. and for rig I'm using an
        ft-2000D.

        Hamad
        9K2HN
        On Feb 1, 2013 10:56 PM, "Bob Wilson, N6TV" <n6tv at arrl.net> wrote:


          If you tap the paddle while the WinKey is sending, or *just after* it has

          finished sending, this puts the WinKey in "halt mode" (all messages
          discarded, no more computer messages accepted), until you touch the paddle
          again.  It may help to set PTT lead and TAIL to 0 ms in the WKSETUP dialog
          (type WKSETUP [Enter] in Win-Test logging window).

          One reason I prefer to use WinTest COM port or LPT port keying, with a
          separate paddle connected to the internal keyer of the radio, is to avoid
          these WinKey quirks.  With some radios you can control the internal keyer
          speed via a LUA script so that it can stay in sync with the Win-Test keyer
          speed (or sends 2 WPM slower, you preference).  See
          http://bit.ly/wtscripts (K3scripts.zip).  I'm also trying to get this to
          work with newer Icom radios.

          What type of rig are you using?

          73,
          Bob, N6TV

          On Fri, Feb 1, 2013 at 3:21 AM, Hamad 9K2HN <9k2hn at 9k2hn.com> wrote:


            Hi,

                 I have just installed a new PC in my contest station (win7 64 Bit)
            and all went fine except that for unknown reason some time it is stop
            sending CW and I have to press Esc or send a dit from the Paddle then it
            will go back to normal. Still i'm not able to find exactly what causing the
            problem. Any one had the same problem?

            I'm using Microham Microkeyer II with the latest firmware and router.

            de 9k2hn
            Hamad

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