> I have the same problem here. > Seems that DXBase CW does not support the USB to Serial ports. > It will work fine if I put the CW interface on Com 1 or 2 Standard > Serial Ports but will not work on any of the Rocket port Serial > ports. I think this is another thing that should be fixed either > now or in the next release of DXBase.
This is not something that is under the control of the software authors. The problem with CW (or RTTY FSK) on add-on ports is well known. Quite simply, many of the hardware designers are not including the hardware necessary to directly control the hand shaking lines of the UART because it is not needed in most cases for "normal" 8-bit serial communication. Similarly, many of the "virtual COM: port" drivers provided for many USB -> serial converters do not allow program control of the (virtualized) hand shaking lines even if the actual hardware supported it. If you want to do serial port CW and/or FSK, either do it on the motherboard serial ports (COM1:/COM2:), use external hardware (the W5XD keyer for CW and PK-232 or KAM for RTTY) or be prepared to buy a lot of add-on cards and/or USB->Serial converters until you find one that is 100% 82509/16450 UART compatible. 73, ... Joe, K4IK
