[Dx4win] CW with PowerSDR not working

[Mel]

It sounds like the Virtual Port software is not passing through the 
RTS/DTR state. Is there a setting for this?

Rick Hambly (W2GPS) wrote:
> Mel,
> 
> No, I don't need PTT. I can use PowerSDR's break-in mode as I do for the iambic paddles. However I
> tried eliminating PTT from the equation and I'm still not getting the keyline through. DX4WIM's CW
> keyboard is acting like a code practice oscillator.
> 
> I know that both PTT and keyline interfaces can work. I connected DX4WIN 8.02 to my other Rig, a
> TS-850 with a RigExpert interface. This uses COM2 for CAT and COM4 for PTT/Keyline, both of which
> are USB ports in the RigExpert interface. This works perfectly.
> 
> Rick
> W2GPS
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mel [mailto:ve2dc at videotron.ca]
> Sent: Tuesday, September 22, 2009 7:58 PM
> To: Rick Hambly (W2GPS)
> Cc: Dx4win at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: Re: [Dx4win] CW with PowerSDR not working
> 
> Do you really need the PTT line for CW Rick?
> 
> Rick Hambly (W2GPS) wrote:
>> Hello All,
>>
>> Now that I have DX4WIN V8.02 with its expanded list of COM ports I am trying to interface it with
> my
>> software defined radio. This radio is openHPSDR hardware with PowerSDR software, the same software
>> used with the FlexRadio products, like the Flex-5000. I am using Phil Covington's virtual COM port
>> driver. DX4WIN sees the radio on COM25. The radio sees DX4WIN on COM24.
>>
>> DX4WIN <=> COM25 <=> Virtual COM Port software <=> COM24 <=> PowerSDR <=> SDR
>> (CAT,
>>  PTT,
>>  Key)
>>
>> Here's what works: The CAT control works fine using the Kenwood TS-2000 protocol. DX4WIN reads the
>> radio parameters correctly and can change them manually or when I click on a spot. The keyline and
>> PTT line work as expected when the state of these lines are changed via the DTR and RTS checkboxes
>> in the setup screen, Radio tab. This was done only to see if these lines worked and they do.
>>
>> What doesn't work: The CW keyboard will not activate the transmitter. I hear the local sidetone
> from
>> DX4WIN but it does not activate PTT nor does the keyline have any effect.
>>
>> I have the CW setup screen set to Device Type = DX4WIN, Radio 1/2 Signal = None, Reverse = NOT
>> checked, Interface = COM25 (the same as the CAT port), DTR=PTT, RTS=CW Keying, External Keyer =
> COM1
>> (there is no "none" setting).
>>
>> When I substitute MixW for DX4WIN and send CW it works fine.
>>
>> I have reviewed the forum, internet, and help file information I can find with no success. Has the
>> CW keyboard been tested with these new high number COM ports? Am I missing something in the setup?
>>
>> Rick, W2GPS
>>
>>
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