[WT-support] OmniRig & CW keying

[Bob Wilson, N6TV]

Frank,

There's a much easier solution.

The IC-9700 defines *two* virtual serial ports.  Let's say they are
assigned to COM5 (A) and COM6 (B).  You can find out which is A and which
is B by looking at the Windows Device Manager, Ports, COM5, Properties,
Details, Device Instance Path.  The last letter indicates which is COM A
(rig control) and which is COM B (can be used for CW / PTT via DTR and
RTS).  For screenshots see my recently updated presentation:
https://bit.ly/USBserial2021 .

Assign COM5 to OmniRig Rig 1, Radio:  IC-9700.

In Win-Test set *Radio 1* type to *OmniRig*.
Do not select *COM5*.
Set *COM6* to "Other Interface" in Win-Test, with *DTR=CW*, *RTS=PTT*

In the IC-9700 menu:

SET > Connectors > *USB Send/Keying*
Set *USB SEND* to *USB(B) RTS*
Set USB *Keying(CW)* to *USB (B) DTR*


Now OmniRig uses COM5 for rig control and Win-Test uses COM6 for CW and PTT
with DTR and RTS keying.  Connect paddle into radio for hand sending.  I've
just updated my IcomScripts to support the IC-9700 scope and other
controls.  Still testing.  Will send you off list.

73,
Bob, N6TV


On Mon, May 3, 2021 at 9:56 PM dl2alf <dl2alf at arcor.de> wrote:

> 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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