Any disadvantages ?
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From: Kurszewski Chad-WCK005 <Chad.Kurszewski@motorola.com>
To: <writelog@contesting.com>
Sent: March 09, 2000 5:14 PM
Subject: [WriteLog] Paddle Input Capability?
>
> Not to step on the toes of the W5XD Multi Keyer, but would
> it be too much to ask to add a paddle input to the LPT port?
>
> For those of you who may not have heard of this, there are other
> programs out there where you can connect your paddles directly
> to your LPT port. WL would act as your keyer. You simply
> connect your DIT to pin 12, DAH to pin 13 and paddle common
> to pin 25. The benefits from this are several:
>
> 1) Don't need an external keyer. Handy if your rig doesn't
> have an "ELEC-KEY" jack in addition to your KEY jack. This
> applies to FT-1000 and FT-1000MP users, as well as many other
> radios, I'm sure.
> 2) Would be automatically switched to Left/Right radios.
> 3) Sending from paddle interrupts the message being sent from
> an F-key. Your paddle CW collides with the computer-generated
> CW if you use an external keyer, or your rig's ELEC-KEY.
> 4) Paddle speed always matches your computer speed. A option
> could be added to always send on the paddles with a different
> speed, say, slower.
> 5) Cost: FREE! (As they say in the business, software is
> always "free". To those of you not in the business, that
> actually means, "to add that feature is free". I'm in no
> way advocating piracy.)
> 6) Is great for those of us who still like to occasionally
> send manually, instead of "keyboard CW".
> 7) Doesn't interfere with other LPT pin assignments. (With
> the exception of the A/B pin. Pin 14 is typically used
> to pull-up the two paddle input pins. One could use an
> external pull-up and still have A/B function. From what
> I've seen in this forum, there are VERY few users of the
> A/B function.)
>
> Is there enough interest out there from everyone to convince
> Wayne to add this great feature?? Whattaya say?
>
> Chad WE9V
>
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