K1EL WinKeyer Support

SWISSLOG supports K1EL WinKeyer (all versions). Features Macros, and Buffered Commands 

To Open the K1EL WinKeyer window:

• Select View ¦ K1EL WinKeyer from main menu.

This opens the K1EL WinKeyer window. In the window title you will show the current status (Connected or Disconnected). If connected, the WinKeyer version (WK1, WK2 or WK3) and the firmware revision number will be displayed:

Press the right mouse button to display the pop-up menu. You can set here this window as standalone for dual monitor systems:

Setup  

• Select Options | CW Interfaces | K1EL WinKeyer or press the  button in the WinKeyer window:

Most of the parameters are specific to WinKeyer. Swisslog proposes a sense full set of default values which will be suitable for most users. Please read WinKeyer documentation to get more information about each parameter. There are some parameters specific to Swisslog which are explained below.

NOTE: If you get the error message below means that WinKeyer is not connected correctly or it has no Power.:

SWISSLOG specific settings

Track speed pot changes

If this option is set You can change the CW speed with the WinKeyer-Speed-potentiometer.

Character representation in TX Window

The character representation in the TX window depends on their transmit-status. 

• Wait for transmission

Characters queued for transmission but not sent to WinKey. Note, that SWISSLOG never fills the buffer of WinKeyer. It sends only a few characters to WinKeyer because this makes it easier to correct typos on the fly. To control the number of characters queued in WinKeyer, SWISSLOG needs WinKeyer to echo the characters which have been sent to the radio. Therefore it forces the serial echoback and uses internally a soft-switch to control if You want the echo. 

• To WinKeyer

Character sent to WinKeyer.

• While transmitting

  Character sent to the Radio.

You can set the Font and the background color using the corresponding buttons.

Basic operations

• Enter the text you want to send into the CW Input window. You can also use here buffered Commands

NOTE: If you type '¬'  (Alt+170) Swisslog will send 8 dots (standard 'Error' message).

• If you have defined Macros you can enter the Macro-text by either:
  • pressing a Macro-button
  • pressing the shortcut assigned to the macro
  • selecting the Macro in the macro-list and pressing the button or selecting Play from the pop-up menu
• Change the speed by:
  • moving the slider of the speed-slider
  • pressing the up / down button of the speed field
  • by turning the speed - potentiometer of WinKeyer (tracking must be enabled)
• Clear a Window by selecting either the CW Input or Echo from WinKeyer windows then pressing the button or selecting Clear from the pop-up menu
• Press ESC key to inmediately stop sending any macro or pending text. CW Input window will also be cleared.

Macros

With macros you can prepare standard text messages. These messages can contain variable fields which are filled with values of the current QSO (the one currently edited in the QSO Edit window). You create Macros using the Macro-Editor.

To open the Macro-Editor press the button or select Macro-Editor  from the pop-up menu

A Macro contains 5 fields:

Macro Name	This is the name of the macro which is displayed in the Macro-List in the WinKeyer Window. It has to be unique.
Shortcut	Shortcut to insert the macro
Button Label	Label displayed on the button. It should be short label. If it is blank, no button is displayed. If all button labels are blank, no button bar is displayed.
Repeat	Number of times the Macro-text should be transmitted
Macro Text	The text to be transmitted including the variables.

Variable Fields

Variable Fields is the list of fields of which the value can be inserted from the currently edited QSO (QSO in the QSO edit Window).

To Insert a Variable Field:

• Place the cursor at the location at which it should be inserted
• Select the field from the list
• Press the Insert selected field button

Add a new Macro

To add a new macro press the button or select Add new Macro from the Function menu

Delete  a Macro

To delete a macro 

• Select the macro which should be deleted
• Press the button or select Delete selected Macro from the Function menu

Edit a Macro

 To Edit a Macro select it and make the desired changes

To Save new / changed Macros press the button

Buffered Commands  

K1EL WinKeyer supports Buffered Commands. These commands go into the input buffer maintaining their positional relationship to data. SWISSLOG allows you to enter buffered commands in the input stream.

Syntax :  [Pnn]

Bufferer Commands are enclosed in []. The Command consists of the Command-Letter plus two parameter values nn (when available)

Commands:

Command- Letter	Command Name	Values	Description
P	PTT on	none	Turn PTT on.
N	PTT off	none	Turn PTT off.
S	Speed Change	nn.	The current speed will be changed to wpm defined in nn.  For example [S25] will change the speed to 25 wpm
X	Speed Change off	none	Restore the original speed ( the one which was in effect before the a Speed Change command was executed)
M	Merge Letters	cc	Merge Two Letters cc  into a Prosign together.  For example [MAR]  is sent as AR.
K	Key	0-99 Sec	Assert the key output for nn seconds. For example [K05] wiil assert the key for 5 seconds
W	Wait	0-99 Sec	Insert a fixed pause of nn seconds into a message
H	HSCW	lpm*100	Set High speed CW rate. For example [H20] selects 2000 lpm and [H35] selects 3500 lpm. Use Speed Change off restore the original speed.
L	Log QSO	none	Log current QSO if there is a callsign entered in Add QSO (Swisslog extension)