Thanks, Martin.
I had read the manual but had not tried it, so that's good information.
Tom, N5GE
On Sun, 22 Jul 2007 01:10:33 -0400, you wrote:
>The Orion Programmer's Reference Guide rev 1.2 p 34 gives the info on
>how to send CW from the serial port using the "/" command. Use any
>method you like to generate the commands - your favorite programming
>language, terminal emulator or whatever.
>
>I have tried it, and it works. There are problems, because there is an
>internal buffer of only so many characters long. (TT does not specify
>the length! Some dozens of characters as I recall.) That is, you can
>send these commands (one CW character per command) as fast as you want
>up to the length of that buffer. They are sent out at the keyer's wpm
>rate. There is no way for your computer to know when the buffer is full
>or empty, so it's tricky to send a long CW transmission without gaps or
>overruns. It may be OK for a short ID or contest exchange.
>
>The safe thing to do is to send the commands timed to the keying rate
>you hope the Orion is using. A messy interface IMO.
>
>73 Martin AA6E
>
>Tom Childers, N5GE wrote:
>> On Fri, 20 Jul 2007 20:50:33 -0500, you wrote:
>>
>> Below:
>>
>>> I think he was looking for someone who is keying the Orion through the
>>> serial cable that connects a COM port directly to the rig. I still don't
>>> know that this can be done, though
>>> someone posted that it can.
>>
>> [N5GE] That was probably me.
>>
>> If you download the Programmer's Guide from the Ten-Tec web site you can read
>> about how it is done, but you will need to know how to program in some
>> language
>> like C#, C++ or Visual Basic. I'm pretty sure you could also do in Pascal.
>> In a
>> nut shell all you have to do (in laymen's language) send an 'alert' code to
>> the
>> serial port that say's "the next character I send you should be keyed at the
>> keyer" and then send the character to the serial port and the Orion I or II
>> will
>> route that character to the keyer, which will key that character via the
>> keyer
>> to the TX just as if you had sent it from the paddles.
>>
>> Of course integrating that into your logging program is another thing
>> altogether.
>>
>>> I key mine
>>> through a DigiKeyer off a USB port (virtual COM port) to the rear panel key
>>> jack (or accessory plug key input - I forget which). In case it's useful at
>>> all, here are my WriteLog parms:
>>>
>>> Com1 TenTec Orion, Baud:Auto, Poll: checked, CommPTT: Yes
>>> Com2 n/a
>>> Com3 n/a
>>> Com4 n/a
>>>
>>> CW Keyer Type: PC Generates
>>>
>>> The interface is via MicroHam DigiKeyer via their Eltima virtual ports
>>> (Com1-3, and 8 are virtual COM ports created by the driver software.)
>>>
>>> FWIW.
>>>
>>> 73, Duane
>>>
>>>
>>> Duane Calvin, AC5AA
>>> Austin, Texas
>>> www.ac5aa.com
>>>
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