Joe
Many thanks for the suggestions and details.
I will try your suggestions and report back. From the quick check I made
the IC-7700 does support PTT by CAT command.
Thanks in advance
Keith
On 6/29/11 1:41 AM, "Joe Subich, W4TV" <lists@subich.com> wrote:
>
>> The problem we are experiencing is in the keying of the radio for TX
>> mode. My perception is that the Writelog interface uses the CAT
>> interface for the reading and setting of Freq / Band, but it will
>> not send the command to key the radio into TX. I tried through
>> RTTYRite, but nothing seems to do the trick. It does appear in the
>> port setup you can configure Writelog to use CW TX keying for all
>> modes, but that does not seem to do the trick.
>
> The "All mode PTT on RTS" setting works just fine as does "Comm PTT"
> if your transceiver supports PTT via CAT command (not all do). In
> general if your interface includes a Winkey device for CW, setting
> the WriteLog CW Keyer type to "K1EL WinKey" or "K1EL WinKeyer 2" will
> cause WriteLog to send the WinKey "Set PTT" command for transmit in
> SSB (DVK), or AFSK/PSK31 modes when "Sound Board AFSK" or "Stereo Sound
> Board AFSK" is selected in RTTYrite.
>
> 73,
>
> ... Joe, W4TV
>
>
> On 6/28/2011 10:23 PM, Keith Goobie wrote:
>> I am writing this note on behalf of Len VA3LM / VE3FJB and myself.
>>
>> We have used Writelog quite successfully in the following configuration for
>> RTTY contests:
>>
>> Windows 7 64 bit
>> Writelog 10.83E with MMTTY engne and RTTYRite.
>> US Interface Navigator
>> IC-7700 with CI-V control.
>> DXTelnet32 integration.
>>
>> It just works solid and it performs great in the contests.
>>
>> We now wish to extend that same functionality into PSK contesting. We used
>> Writelog for FD / RTTY mode and had to resort to HRD for PSK. There is no
>> match in capability.
>>
>> I configured RTTYRite to use Soundboard AFSK and Mode to BPSK and I can get
>> the system to decode with out issue.
>>
>> The problem we are experiencing is in the keying of the radio for TX mode.
>> My perception is that the Writelog interface uses the CAT interface for the
>> reading and setting of Freq / Band, but it will not send the command to key
>> the radio into TX. I tried through RTTYRite, but nothing seems to do the
>> trick. It does appear in the port setup you can configure Writelog to use
>> CW TX keying for all modes, but that does not seem to do the trick.
>>
>> I am looking for help in overcoming this issue. I thank you in advance for
>> your help, comments and feedback.
>>
>> Keith VA3YC
>>
>>
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