CwType is
Sergei's Keyboard code sender. Both CwType and
CwGet can be run simultaneously. Download the software, cwtyp104.zip from
this site and unzip it in your CwType folder. I recommend
you put a shortcut, CwGet icon on your desktop. Now, CwType does not use the
soundcard. A very simple circuit that uses the Com Port DTR
line is shown below. Also shown is a circuit for using the
RTS line if you prefer, but convention normally uses
the DTR for sending CW and the RTS for switching the PTT. There is
more Radio to Computer interfacing help on the Hook-up page. Try
this if you need more information. Now! for you Collins owners, Joe, w0tut has kindly submitted the
following schematic drawing and
design comments. Thanks
Joe for your valuable input. At this
point I think you should print off the different sections of both the
CwGet and CwType help files. These are located on the top Menu Bar on each
of the front windows. There is not a lot of printing and the information
is valuable. It would be worth keeping them in a hard copy file. Please
take the time now to read through both these documents thoroughly. You
will find configuration file instructions in detail and what
to modify to achieve the required results. The actual
configuration file, CWTYPE.ini is found
in the same directory as the CwType.exe file, and must
be edited to conform to your system and personal needs. As an example, if
you want to set the Active Com Port for the
Keyer: open CWTYPE.ini with your favorite
editor and change the instruction "KeyPortNumber" to the com port
you require. It is that simple. However, click on this Configuration Pop-up. to give
you a somewhat better understanding of logic behind the Com Port
configuration, Now the
schematics shown below might need some explanation. There are two circuits
shown. One, which uses the RST line of the active com. port
to send Morse Code, and the other using the
DTR line. Select either one, but not both
unless you plan to use this interface for other sound card modes as well
as CW. Now make sure that you tell the CwType.ini file
what you are using here. For example, my interface will use the
DTR control circuits, and I will NOT be
using the MOX (VOX) option. So I need to activate the
DTR line. To achieve this, I set the
KeyOffTxOffByte=00,
KeyOnTxOffByte=00, KeyOffTxOnByte=00 and
KeyOnTxOnByte=02. If I decided to send code via the
RTS line I would change the instruction
KeyOnTxOnByte to
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