One last thing to try. This works for me although I don't know whey. Open the free program MMTTY and set the ptt to the same comport as you will be sending cw via DXBase. MMTTY is the free rtty decoding program and can be found on the web.
Leave it running in the background. Now try cw with cw set to the same comport and parameters. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gary Senesac AL9A" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "DXbase Reflector" <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, April 04, 2004 2:08 PM Subject: [DXBase] CW keying & DXbase2003 After years of inactivity on CW I'm trying to get my head and my station setup back into the groove. Like lots of others, I'm having trouble getting DXbase2003 to send CW. I've reviewed many of the archive posts and tried several setting changes all to no avail. I recently tried the suggestion from Larry, K2GN, from Nov. 03, 2003 about using the drivers in CwType. I successfully installed CwType and it keys the rig ok, as does Writelog, but DXbase remains obstinate. Also tried the settings suggested by JV, KT4U, to no avail. By the way, where is the RTS setting switch? I see a check box for DTR under both the TNC tab and HF Radio tab, but have no idea where the RTS setting box is located. Here is my setup: Radio is IC-756PRO Computer is Compaq Presario laptop, Pentium III 700 mhz, Windows ME, 128 meg RAM Internal DXbase CW keyer active & using Dxb98 Com1 setting to a Rigblaster Plus Rigblaster Plus Key Out jack connected to IC-756PRO straight key jack on radio back HF Radio tab set to Com2, 9200, N, 8, 1 and it works for rig control Bencher paddle connected to IC-756PRO ELEC-KEY jack with internal keyer on and functional Not using any of the suggested interface schemes from DXbase, Writelog, CwType, W1WEF, etc. Cannot see the need for extra cabling and circuits since I can key the rig through the Rigblaster in Writelog and CwType, both of which also use the DTR and RTS lines with no problem. Since both these programs can key the rig through the Rigblaster, the internal Rigblaster jumpers are apparently set correctly. So what gives? Why is there so much confusion and difficulty over getting DXbase2003 and 2004 to key a variety of rigs on CW? It seems like this ought to be a pretty straight forward activity. I have to think there is a configuration problem somewhere. I'm not that versed on the ini file settings or what to look for in the registry. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Gary AL9A --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts --- multipart/alternative text/plain (text body -- kept) text/html The reason this message is shown is because the post was in HTML or had an attachment. Attachments are not allowed. To learn how to post in Plain-Text go to: http://www.expita.com/nomime.html --- _______________________________________________ DXBase Reflector - Please visit us on the web at www.dxbase.com - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - To UNSUBSCRIBE please visit: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dxbase
