* On 2019 21 Nov 05:32 -0600, Christian Treldal wrote: > All modern rigs have keying via hamlib.
I would caution, that is possible with varying degrees of support and capability. On the N1MM+ mailing list there is this recent thread that asks about a warning when CAT keying is used: https://groups.io/g/N1MMLoggerPlus/message/45927 Rich, VE3KI, weighs in later with: https://groups.io/g/N1MMLoggerPlus/message/45930 where he states: Which rig? The KY command works differently in Elecraft vs. Kenwood vs. Yaesu. The examples that have been posted in various places were for Elecraft radios. IIRC, the KY command for Kenwood radios requires a fixed-length argument (padded with blanks), which makes it essentially impossible to use substitution macros. Also as I recall, the Yaesu KY command does not send text, it selects one of the radio's own CW memories and sends that. I've not seen the code, of course, but I presume that N1MM+ is handling all of the rig control stuff internally. For Tlf and other programs using Hamlib, the rig capabilities would be queried and if rig_send_morse() is supported, it can be used, however, things like the speed up/down characters in the keying macro would need to be handled by the calling program and speed changes sent to the rig interspersed with the message text. I can see this becoming very clunky very quickly! Any given Hamlib backend will probably be coded so as to perform needed work-arounds as best as possible. Again, this is very rig specific and even Hamlib likely cannot hide certain differences. I only have access to a K3 these days. I've not seen much mention of anyone using the Hamlib send_morse function for any serious CW keying. If I could offer a wishlist item to the manufacturers, it would be for those radios incorporating a USB connector for rig control and sound card IO that a second virtual serial port be available to expose a K1EL compatible keyer. 73, Nate -- "The optimist proclaims that we live in the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears this is true." Web: https://www.n0nb.us Projects: https://github.com/N0NB GPG fingerprint: 82D6 4F6B 0E67 CD41 F689 BBA6 FB2C 5130 D55A 8819
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