[Elecraft] FSQCALL PTT (K3)

[Joe Subich, W4TV]

On 6/29/2016 9:41 AM, paul ecker via Elecraft wrote:
>>> Joe- you said
> "*UNCHECK* "Sound card PTT"""Sound card PTT" relies on the internal flag (which is bought out
> to a status pin on the CODEC chip) that indicates whether the end-
> point is open or closed in order to generate PTT.  *DISABLE* Sound
> card PTT by unchecking the box in microHAM Router (PTT Tab).">> OK, Sound card PTT now unchecked>> So that solved the K3 immediately having the Tx light coming on at Program >>start and I am now Rx'ing just fine. But the only way I get the FSQCALL >>program to Tx is to use Vox on the K3. At Program start, the PTT/CAT settings >>window comes up every time. If I choose PTT or CAT, it says comport already in >>use. So I cancel the settings window and use Vox. It works but not sure it is >>ideal. >>73 Paul>>kc2nyu

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>> OK, Sound card PTT now unchecked So that solved the K3
>> immediately having the Tx light coming on at Program start and I
>> am now Rx'ing just fine. But the only way I get the FSQCALL
>> program to Tx is to use Vox on the K3.

Yes, that will work.

>> At Program start, the PTT/CAT settings window comes up every time.

That appears to be the nature of the software.  For some reason it
requires electing the PTT/CAT settings each time the program starts
rather than settings in the ini file.

>> If I choose PTT or CAT, it says comport already in use. So I cancel
>> the settings window and use Vox. It works but not sure it is
>> ideal.

You will need to make sure no other program is currently using the
CAT Port.  Windows does not allow sharing of ports.  Any program using
a port must close (release) the port before another program can open
(begin using it).

These issues are not functions of the microHAM hardware or software -
they are limitations of the application software and user understanding
of Windows.

73,

   ... Joe, W4TV



> On 6/28/2016 5:20 PM, paul ecker via Elecraft wrote:
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>>> Is"Sound card PTT" checked in microHAM Router
>>
>> -- on PTT tab, Sound card PTT is checked
>
> *UNCHECK* "Sound card PTT"
>
>>> does your software open the sound card for transmit as soon as it
>>> starts?--
>>
>> yes when FSQCALl opens, the icon for it opens in Windows Volume
>> Mixer
>
> That's gutter (lazy) programming.  The sound card output endpoint
> should be opened when the program switches to transmit and closed
> when the program returns to receive.
>
> "Sound card PTT" relies on the internal flag (which is bought out
> to a status pin on the CODEC chip) that indicates whether the end-
> point is open or closed in order to generate PTT.  *DISABLE* Sound
> card PTT by unchecking the box in microHAM Router (PTT Tab).
>
> Please refer to the Users Manual for your microHAM interface.
>
> 73,
>
>   ... Joe, W4TV
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