Ok. Not exactly what i was trying to say.
But i'll just rebuild my interface to use
a serial port for cw keying and then choose
all mode ptt via RTS or whatever and that
will solve my problem. I just wanted to
see if it could be done the way i described.
No biggie. tnx to those who replied!
tnx
/steve n9oh
--- WA9ALS - John <wa9als@starband.net> wrote:
> > Ok here's the setup: i built a cw + ci-v
> > interface which i have connected to LPT1
> > and COM4 respectively. I also have COM1
> > connected to a sound card interface,
> > primarily just for PTT control.
> >
> > I setup WL to use com4 for rig control and
> > it seems to work fine -- frequency is read
> > and i can change modes, etc just fine. But
> > when i tell WL to use com1 for PTT (by
> > checking the "rig" box for com1 also and then
> > setting PTT to "Yes" -- then the rig just
> > keys up 100% of the time and won't let go.
>
> Steve, it doesn't work that way. When you check the
> RIG box and set PTT =
> YES, you are telling WL to do PTT via CAT control -
> which you have on COM 4.
> If you want PTT on com 1, you need to indicate that
> you want PTT on RTS on
> the com port. If you check RIG on COM1, WL expects
> to be doing CAT rig
> control - read freq etc.
>
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Steve Woodruff, N9OH @ 42.18N 88.34W, sjwoodr@yahoo.com
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