[Trlog] Winkeyer USB sidetone

Martin Kratoska martin at ok1rr.com
Tue May 31 07:23:51 EDT 2022


I'm using this keyer with other applications - CQRlog and TR4W with 
Wine. No problem, the keyer is silent. So it must be the Winkeyer 
support routine used in trlinux...

73,
Martin, OK1RR


Dne 31. 05. 22 v 7:49 w9cf at arrl.net napsal(a):
> Martin,
> I see.  That's strange. I just tested and
> CW TONE = 0
> turns off the sidetone with my homebrew version which uses a K1EL Winkeyer
> 3.0 chip.  According to the website, K1EL is not shipping the 3.1 version
> chips now due to supply issues, so I can't buy and test one. The change
> document only shows changes up to 3.0, so that is not helpful, but it
> appears from the data sheets that the main difference is the addition
> of RTTY keying in version 3.1.
> 
> I am at a loss as to why CW TONE = 0 is not working for the newer chip.
> 
> 73 Kevin w9cf
> 
> 
> On Tue, May 31, 2022 at 06:06:12AM +0200, Martin Kratoska wrote:
>> Kevin,
>>
>> TNX but does not work here. Works with my home built keyers but not with
>> Winkey 3.1 - it is initialized to its default state which has sidetone = on.
>> CW TONE = 0 does not override it ... this is THE PROBLEM...
>>
>> 73,
>> Martin, OK1RR
>>
>> Dne 31. 05. 22 v 1:24 w9cf at arrl.net napsal(a):
>>> CW TONE = 0
>>> in LOGCFG.DAT (or equivalent) should turn off the sidetone.
>>>
>>> 73 Kevin w9cf
>>>
>>> On Tue, May 31, 2022 at 01:09:44AM +0200, Martin Kratoska wrote:
>>>> Among others I own also the Microham DXP which has a Winkeyer v.3 chip
>>>> inside. The bad thing is that at every start the Winkeyer is initialized to
>>>> the default Host Mode state which means that the sidetone is on.
>>>>
>>>> The sidetone is actually needed only in Command Mode, otherwise the keyer
>>>> should be silent. Now I must switch off the sidetone with A command after
>>>> every program start which is annoying. What I missed? Is there a hidden
>>>> switch allowing to start the keyer into silent state?
>>>>
>>>> 73,
>>>> Martin, OK1RR
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