[WriteLog] CW keying of rig - help, please?

[Ray Day]

Hi guys, Ray N6HE here....

I'm a new WL user, still setting things up. Rig is a Ten-Tec Omni VII 
(happy me!) and computer is a fairly new Windows box running XP-Pro, Svc 
Pack 3. WL ver is 10.72E. Rig control is via COM1 and things are working 
between rig and computer for rig freq showing up in WL, WL setting rig freq 
whwn I want it to, etc. I've reviewed a lot of past posts and can't find a 
solution to my problem. So here I am...

The problem is that trying to send CW from/through WL doesn't key the rig. 
In WL dropdown menu item "Radio ==> Tune" doesn't either (should it?). PTT 
when trying to send CW does, when I ask it to send PTT to rig during the CW 
I want to send.

In the setup/ports menu I use:
1) com1
2) cw keyer type "pc generates"
3) cw ptt = none (QSK) [BTW, when I do set cw ptt = "command rig on com 
port," the rig keys fine for the duration of the key signal, but pushing a 
cw message button, while it shows characters in the CW Window, does not key 
the rig with CW]  Hmmm.... the characters in the cw window just sit there 
after I push a Function/message button (don't scroll to the left as they 
are sent, as with all other cw buffers I've seen.
4) "All mode PTT on CW RTC port" is unchecked
5) Rig type for com1 set as Omni VII

So how come WL "CWPTT" keys the rig and WL doesn't key the rig when sending 
from the keyboard/using canned cw messages? been at it for about 8-10 hours 
so far...

Any help for The Newbie would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks!
Ray N6HE





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