<div dir="ltr">Frank,<div><br></div><div>There's a much easier solution.</div><div><br></div><div>The IC-9700 defines <i>two</i> 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: <a href="https://bit.ly/USBserial2021">https://bit.ly/USBserial2021</a> .</div><div><br></div><div>Assign COM5 to OmniRig Rig 1, Radio: IC-9700.</div><div><br></div><div>In Win-Test set <b>Radio 1</b> type to <b>OmniRig</b>.</div><div>Do not select <b>COM5</b>.</div><div>Set <b>COM6</b> to "Other Interface" in Win-Test, with <b>DTR=CW</b>, <b>RTS=PTT</b><br></div><div><br></div><div>In the IC-9700 menu:</div><div><br></div><blockquote style="margin:0 0 0 40px;border:none;padding:0px"><div>SET > Connectors > <b>USB Send/Keying</b></div><div>Set <b>USB SEND</b> to <b>USB(B) RTS</b></div><div>Set USB <b>Keying(CW)</b> to <b>USB (B) DTR</b></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>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.</div><div><br></div><div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature">73,<div>Bob, N6TV</div></div></div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, May 3, 2021 at 9:56 PM dl2alf <<a href="mailto:dl2alf@arcor.de">dl2alf@arcor.de</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div lang="DE"><div class="gmail-m_-6650591292000781477WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Hi all,<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">after running the May VHF contest here with new setup I am facing some new problems.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">My aimed setup is as follows:<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="gmail-m_-6650591292000781477MsoListParagraph"><u></u><span lang="EN-US"><span>-<span style="font:7pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><u></u><span lang="EN-US">IC-9700<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="gmail-m_-6650591292000781477MsoListParagraph"><u></u><span lang="EN-US"><span>-<span style="font:7pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><u></u><span lang="EN-US">CAT via OmniRig (mandatory due to multiple access from different applications to rig needed) <u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="gmail-m_-6650591292000781477MsoListParagraph"><u></u><span lang="EN-US"><span>-<span style="font:7pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><u></u><span lang="EN-US">Win-Test V4.30<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">The only significant difference to previous setup is the connection via OmniRig instead of a plain serial connection.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Everything went well until I tried to use the CW keyer from Win-Test (Traditionally, CW keying was done via RTS/DTR status lines).<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">This function completely fails, so that I had to switch back to traditional setup.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Meanwhile, I did some investigations on this topic.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">I see two ways to get CW keying via OmniRig working:<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12pt"><span lang="EN-US">#1: Use OmniRig status lines similar to serial connection<br><br>- feature is available at the OmniRig ActiveX interface<br>- is not supported by Win-Test so far<br>- may cause timing problems<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12pt"><span lang="EN-US">#2: Use CW send text command supported by ICOM<br><br>- possible to send any text via CI-V<br>- I modified the great IcomScripts collection by Bob, N6TV, to get this working (add IC-9700 as device, add some code for escape handling)<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">I’d prefer #2 BUT:<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">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.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Not the best choice. Furthermore, I was not able to send it repeatedly as a CQ loop does.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">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.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Works but is also not the best choice as the defines seem to be stored contest-specific in the *.wt4 files.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Any ideas?<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">73 de Frank, DL2ALF<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div></div>_______________________________________________<br>
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