[WT-support] OmniRig & CW keying

[dl2alf]

Hi all,

 

after running the May VHF contest here with new setup I am facing some new
problems.

My aimed setup is as follows:

 

-          IC-9700

-          CAT via OmniRig (mandatory due to multiple access from different
applications to rig needed) 

-          Win-Test V4.30

 

The only significant difference to previous setup is the connection via
OmniRig instead of a plain serial connection.

Everything went well until I tried to use the CW keyer from Win-Test
(Traditionally, CW keying was done via RTS/DTR status lines).

This function completely fails, so that I had to switch back to traditional
setup.

Meanwhile, I did some investigations on this topic.

 

I see two ways to get CW keying via OmniRig working:

 

#1: Use OmniRig status lines similar to serial connection

- feature is available at the OmniRig ActiveX interface
- is not supported by Win-Test so far
- may cause timing problems

#2: Use CW send text command supported by ICOM

- possible to send any text via CI-V
- I modified the great IcomScripts collection by Bob, N6TV, to get this
working (add IC-9700 as device, add some code for escape handling)

I’d prefer #2 BUT:

 

If I define a new F1 command script for CQ, I was not able to access the
standard CW messages defined as $F1 .. $F8 so I must hardcode a new CQ text
in the script.

Not the best choice. Furthermore, I was not able to send it repeatedly as a
CQ loop does.

 

The best solution I came up with so far is to redefine CW standard texts
into “#ICOMPLAY(“
CQ
CQ
 DE
”) which runs the ICOM send text script with the
original text message.

Works but is also not the best choice as the defines seem to be stored
contest-specific in the *.wt4 files.

 

Any ideas?

 

73 de Frank, DL2ALF

 

 

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