[Elecraft] N1MM Contest Logger VFO B issue, USB-Serial, & Serial CW Keying

[Randy Moore]

I replied to the original post on this, and I believe I came to the wrong
conclusion. My excuse is that I'm new with N1MM !  

When I tested this, I activated VFO B by just switching the VFOs on the K2.
That activated the VFO B bandmap, and I concluded that VFO B was the
"active" (my term) N1MM VFO.  But after reading Ken's post below, and
playing with the Logger some more, I realize that even though the VFO B
bandmap is activated by switching to that VFO on the K2, the VFO A data
entry window still has the focus and consequently the log entry reflects VFO
A.  Apparently one must click on the VFO B data entry window to make VFO B
"active", no matter which VFO is selected on the K2.  This is a little
confusing because the K2 will be transmitting on whatever VFO it has active,
but maybe this is the desired behaviour for some reason???  My appologies
for any confusion I may have created.  

73,
Randy, KS4L

> 
> Hi Mark:
> 
> I'm no expert on N1MM logger but I have used it with the K2. 
> I just tried it using v6.10.10, but I know this has worked 
> before with earlier versions. When you use both VFO A and VFO 
> B, you need to have 2 data entry windows open, one for A and 
> one for B. There are key shortcuts to switch back and forth 
> between A and B but if you simply click in the bandmap for 
> VFO B, the focus for everything switches to the VFO B entry 
> window and anything entered there will be entered correctly 
> into the log. If you then click on the bandmap for VFO A, 
> everything shifts back to the entry window for VFO A and the 
> data will be logged correctly with VFO A data. If you have 
> ONLY the entry window for VFO A open and use that for data 
> entry while using VFO B, then only VFO A data will be entered 
> into the log. This has worked for me using both "real" serial 
> ports as well as the "USB-to-serial" connections.
> 
> I haven't read the help manual/file lately (I must before 
> next weekend), but it used to be explained fairly well in there. 
> 
> The only problem I have had with N1MM and using both VFOs is 
> with operating split and getting the software to send on A 
> while listening on B and vice versa.
> 
> Good luck!
> 
> 73,
> Ken K3IU