When using KY commands in N1MM does hitting escape stop the transmission? If
no, that would be a disadvantage to me. A couple of transistor switches,
actually just one because you don't need PTT usually, is pretty easy to build.
There are lots of examples of circuits out there.
Cheers,
Fred KE7X
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Sent: Wednesday, July 6, 2016 9:01 PM
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Subject: [Elecraft] KX2 and N1MM F-Keys
I forgot who I responded to about setting up a KX2 with N1MM and a single
USB cable recently but I need to revise my answer. The answer I gave
assumed the DTR/RTS lines were assignable to CW or PTT like the K3 does
however since the KX2 (like the KX3, I believe) doesn't have DTR/RTS lines
assignable in the rig, you need to send ASCII streams to the KX2 in order to
use F-keys within N1MM. I just got my new KX2 today (love it!!) and started
playing with it when I discovered there weren't any DTR/RTS signals to use.
A way to send ASCII streams via F-keys with N1MM (and probably other contest
software F keys) is to follow the examples below and write whatever messages
you want once you've gotten the basic {CATA1ASC KY ;} piece in place.
These are a few messages I started playing with so you can see some
possibilities but the permutations are endless to get exactly what you want.
The only downside I found was that I can't use N1MM's "autosend" feature
(which is meant to save you from having to hit the enter key every time).
I like autosend set at 2 characters past the number but when I try to use
it, the calls over 2 characters past the number get mangled when being sent.
I'm guessing that the ASCII string is interrupted once the rig switches to
transmit and therefore the call sending is mangled. Maybe there is a
workaround that I have not discovered yet but I doubt many folks are going
to be doing lots of contesting with a KX2 anyway so it really isn't much of
a downside. I can imagine I'll be on a business trip or a vacation trip and
want to toss out a few contacts to the serious contesters using my
mini-notebook and KX2 so hitting enter won't be too big a hassle. ;-)
Hope this helps someone but I have not extensively checked each one of the
entries below so play with yours to get it right if I made a mistake. Most
should be right though as I played around in a simulated contest to get
these working.
Bob K5WA
F1 CQ,{CATA1ASC KY k5wa k5wa test;}
F2 EXCH,{CATA1ASC KY ! {EXCH};}
F3 TU,{CATA1ASC KY tu * test {CLEARRIT};}
F4 His Call,{CATA1ASC KY!;}
F5 K5WA,{CATA1ASC KY *;}
F6 AGN,{CATA1ASC KY agn?;}
F7 ?,{CATA1ASC KY ?;}
F8 ?,{CATA1ASC KY ?;}
F9 S&&P,{CATA1ASC KY{S&P};}
F10 Call & Exc,{CATA1ASC KY{!} {EXCH};}
F11 CQ (long),{CATA1ASC KY CQ CQ TEST K5WA K5WA;}
F12 Wipe,{CATA1ASC KY{WIPE};}
#
###################
# S&P Messages
###################
F1 Qrl?,{CATA1ASC KY QRL? K5WA;}
F2 Exch,{CATA1ASC KY 5nn {EXCH};}
F3 Tu,{CATA1ASC KY{!} tu{LOG};}
F4 His Call,{CATA1ASC KY{!};}
F5 K5WA,{CATA1ASC KY K5WA;}
F6 AGN,{CATA1ASC KY ?;}
F7 ?,{CATA1ASC KY ?;}
F8 ?,{CATA1ASC KY ?;}
F9 RUN,{CATA1ASC KY {RUN};}
F10 Call & Exc,{CATA1ASC KY{!} {EXCH};}
F11
F12 Wipe,{CATA1ASC KY{WIPE};}
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