[Dx4win] DX4WIN /WIINKEY-USB 9.03 and 9.05 problems fixed

[Paul van der Eijk]

Dave,

So glad Winkey works for you now.

However, I want to get two misconceptions out of the way:

1. When DX4WIN starts, there is an internal checksum calculation to see
that the executable has not been changed. If it has been changed or
downloaded
incorrectly, you will see a message saying that the executable is corrupt;
clicking Ok
will terminate the program.

2. DX4WIN communicates with Winkey using ASCI text, not dots and dashes.
So reversing dots and dashes happened after the text is sent to the keyer.

I thank Steve, K1EL, for helping me figure out the change to initialization
sequence for Winkey so it is compatible with old and new firmware.

--Paul, KK4HD



On Sat, Jun 22, 2019 at 6:10 PM Artek Manuals <Manuals at artekmanuals.com>
wrote:

> Originally the latest version of WINKEY (firmware 31.02) would not work
> with DX4WIN 9.03. The near term solution was to down-rev the firmware in
> WINKEY to 30.10 which at least worked with 9.0.3
>
> When Paul released his latest set of changes fo DX4WIN (9.0.5) this was
> on the laundry list of things that were fixed. I upgraded to DX4WIN
> 9.0.5 which as I reported a week ago now recognized WINKEY but the CW
> was reversed ( dashes sent for dots and vice versa) .
>
> Finally Steve at WINKEY yesterday download a copy of the new DX4WIN and
> reported back to me that it played flawlessly there ..... Hmmmmm
> On a hunch I uninstalled DX4WIN and did a fresh install. Voilà ! problem
> solved and CW was coming out the correct way . Apparently the upgrade to
> 9.0.5 went astray though no errors were reported.
>
> I guess the lesson learned if your the only one seeing a problem that no
> one else has try a clean ire-install.
>
> Cheers
> Dave
> NR1DX
> manuals at artekmanuals.com
>
> Dave
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> www.ArtekManuals.com
>
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