If you want a smaller keyer there is the Winkey Serial - It connects to either a real Serial port or a USB -> Serial cable and works pretty much the same as the WinkeyUSB. Unlike the WinkeyUSB it only has one output for CW and one for PTT.<br>
<br>I don't believe that all the WinkeyerUSB (or Winkeyer2) functions are supported by Win-Test from the WK setup in version <a href="http://3.23.0.">3.23.0.</a><br><br>73 Hank K8DD<br><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">
2008/12/12 Bob Wilson, N6TV <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:n6tv@arrl.net">n6tv@arrl.net</a>></span><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<div class="Ih2E3d">On Fri, Dec 12, 2008 at 7:55 AM, Tom W8JI <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:w8ji@w8ji.com" target="_blank">w8ji@w8ji.com</a>></span> wrote:<br></div><div class="gmail_quote"><div class="Ih2E3d"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
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So are you saying the WinKey will allow adjustment of weight when I am using the function keys to send CW?</blockquote></div><div><br>Yes, the K1EL WinKey supports everything: weight (default 50%), keying compensation, even lengthening of the first element (I think). When you press a function key, Win-Test sends an ASCII character string to this WinKey device, over a serial port or USB line (virtual serial port). The WinKey translates the ASCII to on/off CW, at whatever weighting you have pre-programmed. The WinKey also supports paddles, and the paddles interrupt the messages, just like most memory keyers do. In other words, it completely replaces your legacy keyer. It has both a speed knob and a computer interface. It doesn't have a weight "knob", but it has a software setting that does the same thing.<br>
<br></div><div class="Ih2E3d"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">I may not uderstand how WinKey works. I don't see how that has anything to do with legacy ports.</blockquote>
</div><div><br>I was just saying that many new PCs don't have serial or parallel ports these days, only USB. The WinKey USB works fine with such computers, and the device driver software suppots a "virtual" COM port that software programs can use so that they think they are talking to a real serial port even if one doesn't exist.<br>
<br></div><div class="Ih2E3d"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">How can WinKey correct or adjust the weight from an external input?</blockquote>
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<br>Because it receives ASCII from the software and also regular paddle "input", and generates the on/off keying in microcode in the WinKey hardware.<br> </div><div class="Ih2E3d"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
I have an external keyer in parallel with the computer keying output.</blockquote></div><div><br>Yes, which means you have to constantly adjust both the speed of the computer and the speed of the external keyer, and you have to remember to press [Escape] to interrupt the computer when you want to send something with the paddles. A WinKey solves both problems.<br>
<br></div><div class="Ih2E3d"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">I don't see what that has to do with legacy ports</blockquote>
</div><div><br>If you have a legacy parallel port, some software (TRlog, CTWin) lets you connect paddles to it, completely eliminating the need for any external keyer. Win-Test never supported that (but it would be nice). Instead, they recommend using a WinKey.<br>
</div></div><br>73,<br><font color="#888888">Bob, N6TV<br>
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