[Elecraft] CW sending using the CAT KY command

[Julian (G4ILO)]

Jack,

Many thanks indeed for that information. It was just what I needed to get 
this working properly. It's counterintuitive that the buffer full value (1) 
is between the two values that say you can send text, and as I never saw a 
response of 1 even right after sending a full 24 characters I was coming to 
the conclusion that it didn't work as documented. Thanks again.

--
Julian, G4ILO. (RSGB, ARRL, G-QRP, K2 #392)
G4ILO's Shack: http://www.qsl.net/g4ilo

Jack Brindle <jackbrindle@earthlink.net> wrote:

You have managed to reverse the meanings of the values. For the KY command, 
the KI2 programmers reference guide states:

"Basic RSP format: KYn; where n is 0 (CW text buffer not full) or 1 (buffer 
full).
Extended RSP format: KYn; where n is 0 (buffer < 75% full), 1 (buffer > 75% 
full), or 2 (buffer completely empty AND transmit of previous string is 
complete."

If you get an extended response of 0, you should be able to send at least 
six characters to the K2. A value of 2 means that you can send up to 24 
characters, AND that the K2 has actually stopped transmitting.

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