[WriteLog] Can't TX FSK with XMMT.ocx

[Ed Muns]

Jim N7US wrote:
> Thanks, though I'm confused.

You're not the first to be confused.  ;>)

> I had tried #1 but that's what didn't work when selecting 
> 2Tone or MMTTY with XMMT.ocx.

One other detail.  When you select None in the Rttyrite Port menu, the three
choices at the bottom of the menu will be active and you must choose the
appropriate one.  The Hardware generated FSK choice should work with your
microHAM Router.  If your COM interface, or virtual COM interface in the
case of microHAM, doesn't have the full UART capability, then would need to
use the Software generated FSK choice, choosing which RS232 signal is used.

I'm still noodling on why this isn't working for you, given that FSK works
with the MMTTY Plug-in.

> Using the MMTTY plug-in, 
> instead of XMMT.ocx, works fine.
> 
> I'm selecting the virtual port using microHAM Router.
> 
> Isn't #2 for using the MMTTY plug-in?

No, alternative 2 can be used with XMMT.ocx.  The two alternatives are also
available with the MMTTY Plug-in.  It is the way WriteLog allows the user to
choose between Rttyrite FSK and the encoder FSK (if the software MODEM
provides FSK).  Which alternative are you using with the Plug-in?

Ed W0YK

> -----Original Message-----
> 
> Jim N7US wrote:
> > I can receive fine with either MMTTY or 2Tone using XMMT.ocx but I 
> > have a problem transmitting.  The transmitter stays keyed only 
> > momentarily, though I do see the contents of a RTTY message 
> displayed 
> > as if it were sent.  This is true for both MMTTY and 2Tone with 
> > XMMT.ocx.
> > 
> > Transmitting is fine with the MMTTY plug-in.
> 
> For FSK, you have two choices:
> 
> 1.  Use Rttyrite FSK by selecting a COM port number on the 
> Rttyrite Port menu.  This will be the COM port where your 
> FSK/PTT keying interface is connected.  (Or, the virtual COM 
> port that your MicroHAM product uses, for
> example.)
> 
> 2.  Use MMTTY FSK by selecting None on the Rttyrite Ports 
> menu and then set your COM port number in the MMTTY 
> Option/Setup/TX window along with checking COM TxD on the 
> Misc window.  If you have a COM port number selected on the 
> Rttyrite Port menu, then any of these FSK settings in MMTTY 
> will be ignored.
> 
> Note: There is no FSK capability in 2Tone, so you must use 
> Rttyrite FSK (alternative 1. above) if 2Tone is your main 
> decoder, i.e., not a Clone receive-only decoder.  There is a 
> pseudo-FSK choice in 2Tone, but it requires a special keying 
> interface independent of any other you might have such as 
> integrated into a MicroHAM product.
> 
> For AFSK, select None on the Rttyrite Ports menu and then 
> setup AFSK in whichever decoder is your main (non-Clone) 
> Rttyrite window.
> 
> > Is the consensus that 2Tone set for 1st/Normal is the best setting 
> > most of the time?
> 
> These choices are still being anecdotally discovered by 
> users, but the consensus is that 2nd and Normal are the best 
> for most situations.  The way to compare is to have 
> additional Clone receive-only windows with different settings 
> so you can experience what they all do on the same signal in 
> the same band conditions.  Over time you will develop a feel 
> for what works best.  After we all accumulate thousands of 
> hours, some rules-of-thumb and recommendations (and lots of 
> opinions!) will emerge.
> 
> Ed W0YK
> 
> 
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