Is the N1MM protocol for communicating with Winkey made public
anywhere? For us MCU programming CW enthusiasts?
73--Nick, WA5BDU
That's correct - we have already passed the Point Of No Return on this
one. There is no point in software developers attempting to support
several fragmented subsets of the KY protocol on different rigs
(*none* of which currently supports the needs of all users) when the
WInkey protocol is already there and does it all.
Now if the K3 could have built-in support for the Winkey protocol,
that would be a very different matter! But that's for the future; and
in the meantime the hardware Winkey option is already available.
I was a very reluctant convert to the Winkey chip, because "Who needs
yet another paddle-driven keyer? I've already got three, and still
only one keying hand!" Instead, I decided to use the Winkey chip in a
minimalist way as a simple "Morse Modem" - a small dongle that has
only an ASCII serial input and a Morse output. Used in this way, it
needs no paddle input or manual speed control; the keying speed is
controlled entirely by the host software (N1MM) which can also command
the chip to switch its keying output between two different rigs. The
only feature lost by not using the Winkey's own paddle inputs is the
ability to interrupt outgoing CW by touching a paddle - and the Esc
key works fine for that.
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