[Fwd: Re: [Dx4win] DX4WIN and Winkey]

[Joe Giacobello]

I am forwarding this message because I forgot to copy the DX4WIN list 
when I originally sent it.  I wonder if anyone else has an opinion on 
the differences in keystrokes for the DX4WIN keyboard when going between 
with and w/o WinKey?

73, Joe

Larry, thanks for your input and I was meaning to comment further on 
this subject.  Actually, the changes that were made at your request seem 
to have nothing to do with the differences.  (Frankly, I didn't know 
about the additional prosigns until I reread the HELP files when I 
started using WinKey with DX4WIN.  I don't know in what version they 
were added.  I had wanted them too, but had made do without them.  I am 
using them now.)

I went back and checked the N4PY program with WinKey, and the prosigns 
are different again there.  Carl uses:

- for BT
+ for AR
$ for SK
^ for KN
* for AA

However, I believe Carl still uses the Orion internal keyer even with 
WinKey, but I'm not sure.  (I am in the middle of reviewing the WinKey 
dox.)  It may be that the prosigns are not fixed in the WinKey 
firmware.   If so, it would be a major improvement for DX4WIN if the 
prosigns for both keyboard routines were made identical.  Then one could 
switch between them without much thought.

73, Joe

Larry Gauthier (K8UT) wrote:

> Joe,
>



> I may be responsible for some of the CW keyboard confusion. I had 
> requested that Paul insert additional prosign characters into DX4WINs 
> internal character set. As of 7.x, the following prosigns are supported:
>
> KN = go ahead only, keyboard ">"
> AS = wait, keyboard "<"
> HH = error, keyboard ":"
> AC = email "@", keyboard "@"
>
> I do not use Winkey, but wonder if the new prosigns are confusing what 
> Winkey gets from the keyboard?
>
> -larry
> K8UT
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joe Giacobello" <k2xx at swva.net>
> To: "DX4WIN" <dx4win at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Wednesday, May 17, 2006 13:43
> Subject: [Dx4win] DX4WIN and Winkey
>
>
>> I just got version 7.02 working with Winkey, and it seems to work FB.
>
>    >
>
>> However, the single key shortcuts for the CW symbols are different 
>> from the original DX4WIN keyboard.  "!" and "*" are inoperative.   
>> "=" and "@" still send BT and WR, but ">" sends SK, "<" sends AR and 
>> ":" sends KN. Also, the speed changes with "-" and "+" are 5 WPM 
>> rather than the normal 2 WPM for DX4WIN.  I presume that these 
>> features are "hard wired" into the WinKey firmware.
>>
>> Except on rare occasions I had few timing problems with the original 
>> DX4WIN keyboard, but I did have problems using the N4PY keyboard on 
>> the Orion before TT made the latest firmware changes.  (The N4PY 
>> software used the Orion's internal keyer.)  It turns out that I now 
>> can run the DX4WIN keyboard on an LPT port and the N4PY keyboard with 
>> WinKey on a COM port simultaneously.  I am not sure how useful that 
>> is, but it may be of interest to some.  However, don't try to get 
>> both programs to access WinKey.  It causes a headache for DX4WIN 
>> which requires a restart to return to normal behavior.
>>
>> 73, Joe
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