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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=DE link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Hi Bob,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Thank you for your quick response (scripts also arrived meanwhile, tnx). I’ll go and check them asap.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>I remember that I’ve struggled quite a while with the COM interfaces of the IC-9700 to get it working in general but we will see.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>I forgot to mention that I’m facing similar issues with OmniRig & IC-7300 + Elecraft KX-3 in our contest setup…<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>73 de Frank, DL2ALF<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div style='border:none;border-left:solid blue 1.5pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 4.0pt'><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>Von:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> support-bounces@win-test.com [mailto:support-bounces@win-test.com] <b>Im Auftrag von </b>Bob Wilson, N6TV<br><b>Gesendet:</b> Dienstag, 4. Mai 2021 07:13<br><b>An:</b> Win-Test Reflector<br><b>Betreff:</b> Re: [WT-support] OmniRig & CW keying<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>Frank,<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>There's a much easier solution.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>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> .<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Assign COM5 to OmniRig Rig 1, Radio: IC-9700.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>In Win-Test set <b>Radio 1</b> type to <b>OmniRig</b>.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Do not select <b>COM5</b>.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Set <b>COM6</b> to "Other Interface" in Win-Test, with <b>DTR=CW</b>, <b>RTS=PTT</b><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>In the IC-9700 menu:<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><blockquote style='margin-left:30.0pt;margin-right:0cm'><div><p class=MsoNormal>SET > Connectors > <b>USB Send/Keying</b><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Set <b>USB SEND</b> to <b>USB(B) RTS</b><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Set USB <b>Keying(CW)</b> to <b>USB (B) DTR</b><o:p></o:p></p></div></blockquote><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>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.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>73,<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>Bob, N6TV<o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Mon, May 3, 2021 at 9:56 PM dl2alf <<a href="mailto:dl2alf@arcor.de">dl2alf@arcor.de</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0cm'><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-US>Hi all,</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-US> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-US>after running the May VHF contest here with new setup I am facing some new problems.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-US>My aimed setup is as follows:</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-US> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=gmail-m-6650591292000781477msolistparagraph><span lang=EN-US>-</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:7.0pt'> </span><span lang=EN-US>IC-9700</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=gmail-m-6650591292000781477msolistparagraph><span lang=EN-US>-</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:7.0pt'> </span><span lang=EN-US>CAT via OmniRig (mandatory due to multiple access from different applications to rig needed) </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=gmail-m-6650591292000781477msolistparagraph><span lang=EN-US>-</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:7.0pt'> </span><span lang=EN-US>Win-Test V4.30</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-US> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-US>The only significant difference to previous setup is the connection via OmniRig instead of a plain serial connection.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><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).</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-US>This function completely fails, so that I had to switch back to traditional setup.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-US>Meanwhile, I did some investigations on this topic.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-US> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-US>I see two ways to get CW keying via OmniRig working:</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-US> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:12.0pt'><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</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:12.0pt'><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)</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-US>I’d prefer #2 BUT:</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-US> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><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.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-US>Not the best choice. Furthermore, I was not able to send it repeatedly as a CQ loop does.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-US> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><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.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><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.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-US> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-US>Any ideas?</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-US> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-US>73 de Frank, DL2ALF</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-US> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal>_______________________________________________<br>Support mailing list<br><a href="mailto:support@win-test.com" target="_blank">support@win-test.com</a><br><a href="http://lists.f5mzn.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/support" target="_blank">http://lists.f5mzn.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/support</a><o:p></o:p></p></blockquote></div></div></div></body></html>