Ian
With this stuff we are all learning and there are no dumb questions. I
certainly learn a tremendous amount about the software from the various
questions.
I believe the answer to your question is that the CSS will work 100%
without any radios and without an SO2R controller.
As you yourself point out I think it will have better functionality and
realism with rigs attached.
I have yet to get it going for rtty and ssb but I do have it going for cw
and it is cool to tune the rigs and hear the simulated stations tune right
into zero beat through the headphones even though you are not obviously
hearing the real rig audio.
The CSS makes use of (my interpretation) a virtual implementation of
another SO2R controller which I think was and probably still is supported
by YCCC. That protocol which i think is open source and already supported
in most contest software seems to be utilised in a virtual manner as I
don't have hardware that supports the protocol.
So in essence all you need is a computer with a soundcard and appropriate
headphones or speakers in order to use the CSS. Even if you have an MK2R+ I
do not think it performs any interactions with that controller but a rig
can certainly be used to tune stations on the band-map. I haven't tried
doing anything else with the radio so I cannot be 100% sure.
Hope that helps.
PS in order to get it going in rtty you need virtual audio cables which I
haven't gotten around to doing just yet.
Also on my laptop I was using an old USB headset and could not get it to
work until I realised that the headset maxed out at 32khz audio samples but
CSS needed to operate at 48khz - so for now I use the speakers of the
laptop and eventually could plug in regular headphones into the
speaker/headphone output.
Regards
Dean 8P2K
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On Sep 30, 2016 10:36 PM, "K5ZM" <k5zm@comcast.net> wrote:
Oh, great. I thought that would go directly to Wayne. Now the whole WL
community can see just how accomplished I am at asking dumb questions! :)
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Sent: Friday, September 30, 2016 7:29 PM
To: writelog@contesting.com
Subject: [WriteLog] CSS and radios
HI Wayne
1. I'm not a WL guy. It's nothing personal -please don't hold it
against me ;)
2. (To help offset item 1). I've been looking for an SO2R sim for
years. Thank you very much for putting one together!!!
3. This probably belongs on the top of the 'stupid question' pile: I'm
assuming that a real radio/pair of radios is/are required at some point to
get the full benefit of the sim. I bring this up because I've for too many
years, I've not had a station of my own. This is slowly changing in that I
currently have an ic 7000 and a k3/0 mini. The latter was purchased with the
intent of remoting into RHR, but I've found that I'm not too jazzed about
paying for access time.
But I digress. My question isn't so much 'will the icom work with this?' as
much as it is 'will the k3/0 work at all?'. I have my doubts about that. Now
that I think about it, I'm guessing I'll still need some sort of SO2R box,
yeah? (Mk2r, etc.)
73 es tnx agn!
Ian, K5ZM
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