[GreenKeys] Model 28 with a new problem

[Harold Hallikainen]

Adjusting the range control does not make it any better. At the extremes
you can start getting a double cycle on one character.

Harold


On Sat, October 2, 2021 12:20 pm, Nick England wrote:
> What happens when you adjust the RANGE control?
>
> On Sat, Oct 2, 2021 at 3:16 PM Mike McAuley <mmcauley at cox.net> wrote:
>
>> Hmmm, okay I see your point Wayne. Thanks!
>>
>>
>> Mike
>>
>> -------- Original message --------
>> From: hwhall at compuserve.com
>> Date: 10/2/21 12:04 PM (GMT-07:00)
>> To: mmcauley at cox.net, greenkeys at mailman.qth.net, john-koster at tx.rr.com,
>> harold at w6iwi.org
>> Subject: Re: [GreenKeys] Model 28 with a new problem
>>
>> >what could be causing a MARK to be sent on bit 5 in cases where it
>> should be a SPACE?
>>
>> Might be asking the wrong question, it might be "what could be causing
>> those bit 5 characters to be decoded & printed incorrectly?"  IOW, the
>> code
>> may be getting sent correctly but decoded incorrectly.  That the
>> characters
>> have a common denominator in the type box sounds suspicious.
>>
>> Wayne
>> WB4OGM
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Mike McAuley <mmcauley at cox.net>
>> To: Green Keys <greenkeys at mailman.qth.net>; John
>> <john-koster at tx.rr.com>;
>> harold at w6iwi.org
>> Sent: Sat, Oct 2, 2021 11:54 am
>> Subject: [GreenKeys] Model 28 with a new problem
>>
>> So I got the code bar 3 issue fixed as far as I can tell.  I can see all
>> five code bars shifting back & forth.
>>
>> But now there is a new issue...
>>
>> A types as W
>> E types as Z
>> I types as P
>> S types as Y
>> U types as Q
>>
>> 3 types as quotation mark
>> 7 types as 1
>> 8 types as 0
>> Dash types as 2
>> STOP types as hashtag
>> Spacebar types as H
>> Line feed types as L
>>
>> Now I was sleuthing the bit codes for all those keys and from what I
>> see,
>> the common denominator is bit 5.
>>
>> On those keys, a bit 5 SPACE is being turned into a MARK.  On other
>> characters where bit 5 is *supposed* to be a Mark, they are typing fine.
>>
>> AND... it's not doing it on ALL the keys where switching bit5 from S to
>> M
>> would change the character.  For example, typing C does not change to V.
>>
>> I can also see that these affected characters happen to lie in the
>> center
>> four columns on each side of the typebox (middle four for the FIGS
>> section,
>> & middle four for the LTRS section.)
>>
>> The bit 5 code bar is NOT stuck. I can see it freely running back &
>> forth
>> between M & S.
>>
>> So the question is: what could be causing a MARK to be sent on bit 5 in
>> cases where it should be a SPACE?
>>
>> Any thoughts, ideas or suggestions appreciated
>>
>>
>> 73s
>>
>> Mike
>> KD7VRG
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