[Elecraft] K3 - interfacing to N1MM Contest Logging software

[Nick-WA5BDU]

Is the N1MM protocol for communicating with Winkey made public 
anywhere?  For us MCU programming CW enthusiasts?

73--Nick, WA5BDU

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> That's correct - we have already passed the Point Of No Return on this 
> one. There is no point in software developers attempting to support 
> several fragmented subsets of the KY protocol on different rigs 
> (*none* of which currently supports the needs of all users) when the 
> WInkey protocol is already there and does it all.
>
> Now if the K3 could have built-in support for the Winkey protocol, 
> that would be a very different matter! But that's for the future; and 
> in the meantime the hardware Winkey option is already available.
>
> I was a very reluctant convert to the Winkey chip, because "Who needs 
> yet another paddle-driven keyer? I've already got three, and still 
> only one keying hand!"  Instead, I decided to use the Winkey chip in a 
> minimalist way as a simple "Morse Modem" - a small dongle that has 
> only an ASCII serial input and a Morse output. Used in this way, it 
> needs no paddle input or manual speed control; the keying speed is 
> controlled entirely by the host software (N1MM) which can also command 
> the chip to switch its keying output between two different rigs. The 
> only feature lost by not using the Winkey's own paddle inputs is the 
> ability to interrupt outgoing CW by touching a paddle - and the Esc 
> key works fine for that.
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