CW Keying via TCI to ESDR3

[Peter Helfenstein]

Good morning
Using ESDR3 0.10.0 alpha with my SunSDR2 DX. SDC 15:21x64. 

I started working with ESDR3. 

SKM Server works like a charm and I am using SDC to connect software via TCI using Rig Emulator. All very nice. 

What does not work for me is CW Keying with Macro. When I push an F-Key or a message button, ESDR3 does go to TX but it is not keyed. ESDR3 is in CW mode. Very often when I press a Macro button ESDR3 goes to TX and hangs in TX so I need to stop ESDR3 and start it again. 

Anything I do wrong with ESDR3 or does this not yet work? 

With ESDR2 and the same setup in SDC it works without issues. 

 

73, Peter - HB9BUN

[UT4LW Yuri Pavlov]

Peter, Hello!

I do not have problems with Macro-CW. The Terminal mode also works.

Show us the Macro setting in SDC. And the function buttons settings window.

среда, 24 ноября 2021 г. в 08:10:24 UTC+2, hb9...@gmail.com:

[Peter Helfenstein]

Resolved for SDC: I found - after 2 restarts of ESDR3 CW keying started to work. In ESDR3 the CW monitor volume has to be put much higher in the scale. And for the keying "TX Delay in Terminal Mode" in SDC ist now relevant. The default value of 2000 has to be reduced. 

Doing this everything works fine. The reasons for the issue in the beginning is not with SCD for sure. 

[Peter Helfenstein]

Thank you. As written below I found that the problem was with ESDR3 and after restarts it started working properly. I have massive problems with ESDR3 caused by issues with Windows Region and Regional Formats Settings. 
Addressed them with SunSDR (and also with JTDX where the same issues are being fixed). 

73, Peter 

[Jiří Hruška]

Hi all,

I have problems when trying to key SunSDR through SDC/TCI as well. Macros from SDC work, however my desired arrangement is to send CW macros from my logging programs which do not support TCI directly. For example N1MM+ - I configured emulator in Rig sync and it works fine, yet the emulator does not support keying thru DTR/RTS as I learned in another topic here. In fact I have no idea how to continue. I do have another rig - ICOM-9700, which I managed to connect via the same emulator and key the CW at the same time using tricks in COM spider settings, but these are not applicable to TCI.

I am a beginner with the SDC, hence I may be missing something obvious. Anybody can help?

73,

Jiri OK5WA

[UT4LW Yuri Pavlov]

четверг, 26 июня 2025 г. в 18:58:11 UTC+3, jiri....@racom.eu:

[Jiří Hruška]

Thanks Yuri, that works, but I must switch off the BREAK-IN in ExpertSDR3. That makes normal paddle keying unusable. I tried both ExpertSDR2 and 3, in 2 it does not work at all - only PTT toggles. I checked the TCI log, I don't see any difference with and w/o the break-in (as expected). Shall I talk to EE guys?

Jiri OK5WA