[WriteLog] W5XD/K5DJ Multi-Keyer stops

[Dick Dievendorff]

Thanks, Jerry!

I didn't realize I had to deal with a two-radio situation.  The keyer worked
initially when connected as the left, but the first time I pressed "ESC" or
"Alt-F10" to change speeds, apparantly it was switching (permanently) to
radio right, even though I only had one rig and had never set up anything as
a two-radio setup.  I could have understood it never working as radio left,
but having it switch when I only had one radio (and the program was only set
up with one radio) really threw me.

73 de Dick, K6KR



----- Original Message -----
From: "Jerry Pixton" <jpixton@shentel.net>
To: "Dick Dievendorff" <dieven@msn.com>; <writelog@contesting.com>
Cc: <Writelog@contesting.com>; <k5dj@writelog.com>; <w5xd@writelog.com>
Sent: Friday, November 09, 2001 4:55 AM
Subject: Re: [WriteLog] W5XD/K5DJ Multi-Keyer stops


> Dick,
>
> I am using the W5XD keyer right now on a single radio on the Left and a
> Band Decoder driven from the Left Parellel port. My radio, FT1000mp, is
Rig
> controlled with serial port into keyer and serial port out of keyer.
>
> When I first set up the keyer, I saw signs that Right port was working but
> not Left.
>
> When I followed the sequence of telling Writelog that I had a keyer. Then
> setting number of radios to 1, telling "This is Radio Left" and THEN
> "Activate this radio" my keyer came alive and the band decoder worked. You
> may already be doing all this. The help file indicates that "Activate this
> radio" is a manual command to switch sides.
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> Jerry, W6IHG
>
>
> At 07:02 AM 11/6/2001 -0800, Dick Dievendorff wrote:
>
> >I understand that with a single radio you must choose Left or Right.  I
> >chose Left.  It didn't work.  When I chose Right things work fine.  I
don't
> >understand why Left didn't work.  The problem could be that the
Multi-Keyer
> >with Writelog never works for anyone as a single radio connected as the
Left
> >rig.  I really hope that's the case, and it's something that will
eventually
> >be changed in a future Writelog software version.  I looked for e-mail
that
> >had that sort of problem and eventually found some that hinted at this.
Or
> >the problem could be that it's supposed to work in single-radio mode as
> >either Left or Right.  If that's the case, then maybe my MultiKeyer won't
> >work as a 2-radio multikeyer.  I know other people have had success with
> >their multikeyers in SO2R setups.  I believe that most multikeyers work
> >fine. I'm worried only about mine, not all of them.
> >
> >My question then becomes do most people succeed in single radio mode with
> >Radio Left? And if it's widely known that you must always hook up a
single
> >radio as radio right, shouldn't that information be widely known?  I
looked
> >for this sort of information through the help screens and web pages about
> >the Multi-Keyer and didn't find any mention of "single radio, use radio
> >right".  Therefore I conclude that this constraint is perhaps only on MY
> >multikeyer (and perhaps only with Writelog 10.28C), and maybe it'll show
up
> >when I try to use Radio Left for something useful.
>
> ------------------------------------------
> Dr. Jerry R. Pixton, PIXOS Designs LLC
> http://www.pixos.com/designs/RadioTuner/
> jpixton@shentel.net
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