I'm not the one who originally asked the question, but it's true that some USB adapters may not work properly with this function. I have a real serial port on my computer, and have had very good luck generating CW directly from N1MM.
But YMMV, especially with USB adapters. On 3/31/2010 7:06 PM, john wrote: > On 3/31/2010 7:26 PM, Vic K2VCO wrote: > Vic > I had asked the same question when I got my K3. I tried using a > com port via usb cable but had problems. sometimes it would work right > but not all of the time. > So I started using my Winkey and everything works great. But I had > already purchased a Winkey for another radio, so had one on hand. > Hope that helped. > > John > >> On 3/31/2010 4:54 PM, [email protected] wrote: >> >>> Good evening to all. >>> >>> I have a new computer, and I've installed N1MM logger. My >>> question du jour is: >>> >>> Has anyone used N1MM to provide CW keying via a COM port? Is >>> it satisfactory? Are there any "gotcha's"? >>> >> I'm using it with DTR keying. I've set CONFIG: PTT KEY to OFF-DTR and I have >> set N1MM to >> key via the DTR line. I allow the VOX to do the t/r switching; it works with >> semi- and >> full QSK. No connection is needed except for the regular RS232 cable between >> the computer >> and the K3. >> >> The only gotcha is that during bootup the computer toggles the DTR line >> several times. So >> between contests I turn the CONFIG parameter off; and when it's on I'm >> careful to set TX >> TEST whenever I boot the computer. >> >> I'm using a 2.5 GHz single-core cpu running XP. I have absolutely no >> problems with the CW >> generated by N1MM, but I don't use spotting or SO2R or anything fancy. -- Vic, K2VCO Fresno CA http://www.qsl.net/k2vco/ ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
