[Dx4win] Set Startup Speed on new WinKey Mini (WKmini) CW keying interface

[Keith Beebe W3KB]

Randy:

First, thank you for the configuration info below.   Here is the CW Section of my Config file in DX4WIN:

[CW]
hardware_cwdevice=WinKey
Hardware_WinKeyPort=COM7
Hardware_DTRAction=None
hardware_PTTDelay=0
hardware_radio1or2=None
hardware_radio1or2Reversed=0
Hardware_RTSAction=None
speed=26
immediate=1
marquee=1
showfunc=1
sidetone=0
weight=105

The speed=26 was added and loaded.

Your question: "When you open up the CW Keyboard window in DX4WIN, does it show 26 wpm or something else?"    The answer is the CW Keyboard Window always starts at 60 WPM.   The addition of the speed=26 parameter in the Config file is having no effect on the startup.

When I was using the previous WinKey (it has a speed setting knob on the front of it) I could set the speed to 26 and the CW Keyboard window would start up at 26.

Now, with the WKmini there is no speed control knob on it.  Therefore all speed is controlled strictly by the software.

Bottom line: I am operational.  The only issue is with the WKmini the DX4WIN CW Keyboard window is always starting up at 60 WPM and I have to manually use the ALT-F9 (Down Speed) and ALT-F10 (Up Speed) to set the speed I want for that session.

When the DX4WIN program is shut down and then starts up again, the CW Keyboard window is always starting at 60 WPM.  Therefore, the changes to the Config file (speed=26) are having no effect on startup.

Keith W3KB


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From: Randy Farmer <w8fn at windstream.net>
Sent: Friday, March 19, 2021 9:52 AM
To: Keith Beebe W3KB <keith at w3kb.net>
Subject: Re: [Dx4win] Set Startup Speed on new WinKey Mini (WKmini) CW keying interface

Sounds like the initialization code in DX4WIN, then. I'm using the WinKey chip built into my microHAM MK2R+, and it behaves properly. Not sure why the mini should be any different. When you open up the CW Keyboard window in DX4WIN, does it show 26 wpm or something else? When I write out a config file and look at it, it has a section called [CW]. One of the entries in that section is "Speed=xx". You might try going into File > Preferences > File > Write configuration file > Save changes and exit to save your current setup. Close DX4WIN and open up the resulting config. txt file. Find the [CW] section and edit it to say "Speed=26". Then restart DX4WIN and do File > Preferences > Load configuration file. This should work. Try closing DX4WIN and restarting. If the default speed isn't correct then that would say the program isn't properly writing the default speed into the config.dat file when it closes. That would be a matter of programming to fix.

73...
Randy, W8FN

On 3/18/2021 10:43 PM, Keith Beebe W3KB wrote:

Randy:



Thanks for the info.



I can set the Utility at 26 WPM, close it and it starts up at 26 WPM again.  However, that does not affect DX4WIN.   DX4WIN is still starting up the keying window at 60 WPM.



Keith W3KB