[WT-support] MicroHam settings

[ok3nr at seznam.cz]

I will simplify it to single interface example:




One MKIII and one radio. Sure, I can use Win-Test software keyer and do not 
use MKIII Winkey, which works, and I can get lower than 20WPM. Just create 
keying interface by MKIII device router and use it by Win-Test.





This way, CW speed potentiometer on MKIII is useless. I will key with 
different speed on connected paddles, set by MKIII, and with different speed
from computer.




I would like to actually use the speed potentiometer to set WPM for both Win
-Test and MKIII, and do not use any other means for changing CW speed. This 
is somehow limited to 20WPM minimum. My question is: is it hardcoded into 
Win-Test executable, or is there any way to change this setting in ini or by
other means ?




I will always have only one WinKey per computer. The question was about 
doing two stations, each with different MicroHam device, but both set to 
have CW speed set by MicroHam device potentiometer only.





About SN display - the contest is mixed mode, SSB mostly. I just would like 
to be able to transfer current SN to MicroHam WinKey and increment it with 
every QSO done, so it can be displayed on MicroHam device display. I do not 
know if it is possible, hence the question.




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Od: Bob Wilson, N6TV <n6tv at arrl.net>
Komu: Win-Test Reflector <support at win-test.com>
Datum: 24. 6. 2021 23:08:01
Předmět: Re: [WT-support] MicroHam settings 
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What rigs are you using?  Modern rigs support CW keying via DTR pin, so you 
don't need the WinKey, you can just connect a paddle directly to each radio,
and let Win-Test do all the keying with no WinKey, via DTR.  If your rig 
doesn't support that, the keying circuits built into the S-BOX or S-BOX-USB
(https://bit.ly/S-BOX) can key CW and PTT on 4 RCA connectors using two 
serial ports.



If you only want to use one WinKey try setting speed "Only by the Win-Test 
commands (Alt-V/F9/V10" instead of "Only by the Winkey Pot".  Win-Test only 
supports one keying speed for both radios, not separate keying speed per 
radio.  It doesn't support the connection of two WinKeys, just one.  




On Thu, Jun 24, 2021 at 1:23 PM <ok3nr at seznam.cz(mailto:ok3nr at seznam.cz)> 
wrote:






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  I am trying to prepare Win-Test for upcoming VHF contest with two MicroHam
devices: MKIII and u2R. I do have two following questions:


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Which WinKey are you trying to use, both?

 
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1) Is there a way to persuade Win-Test to honor CW speed settings in 
MicroHam device router ?

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Win-Test tells the WinKey what speed to use if you set the options 
correctly.

 
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 I have problem with lower boundary. It is set to 20WPM, which is too much 
for VHF contest. When I set limits in device router, higher boundary can be 
set OK to some 83 WPM, but lower boundary stops at 20WPM. I am setting it to
MicroHam potentiometer input only.

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Not a good idea.

 
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 Any input below 20WPM and Win-Test is stuck at 20WPM.


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If you key by DTR instead of WinKey, Win-Test can go as low as 12 WPM.

 
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2) Is there a way to synchronize serial number in Win-Test with MicroHam 
Winkey SN ?


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If you use $SERIAL in a CW message, Win-Test will translate this to the 
proper serial number so you don't use the WinKey for that.




73,

Bob, N6TV

https://bit.ly/S-BOX(https://bit.ly/S-BOX)



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