[Dx4win] CW with PowerSDR not working

[Mel]

I think you may have uncovered an issue Rick.

I tried to key using RTS and it works with a virtual COM port COM3 but 
does not work with COM9... all I get is the DX4Win sidetone... the RTS 
line doesn't toggle. I was unable to get PTT DTR working with either 
port, but I might be me... I never use PTT on CW with my Microham 
interface so I might not be configuring it correctly.


Rick Hambly (W2GPS) wrote:
> All,
> 
> As a follow-up to the problem below I found a way to temporarily free up some lower numbered ports
> and had some degree of success. First, I switched from VCOM to the more full featured com0com. This
> did not help. Then I changed COM ports around a bit...
> 
> DX4WIN <=> COM24 <=> com0com <=> COM25 <=> PowerSDR <=> SDR
> RESULT: CAT works, CW Keyboard does not.
> 
> DX4WIN <=> COM2 <=> com0com <=> COM25 <=> PowerSDR <=> SDR
> RESULT: CAT works, CW Keyboard WORKS FINE!
> 
> DX4WIN <=> COM11 <=> com0com <=> COM25 <=> PowerSDR <=> SDR
> RESULT: CAT works, CW Keyboard does not.
> 
> I have not yet checked other port numbers because I will need to use another computer but I'll bet
> the CW Keyboard PPT and Keyline controls stop working above COM 8 or COM9. Has anyone else cot any
> experience with CW using high numbered keylines, virtual or real?
> 
> Rick
> W2GPS
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Rick Hambly (W2GPS) [mailto:w2gps at cnssys.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, September 22, 2009 4:50 PM
> To: 'Dx4win at mailman.qth.net'
> Subject: CW with PowerSDR not working
> 
> 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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