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Configuration, RRC 1258 / SOLVED - Re: K3 Mini Everything working except WinKeyer (FSK works fine via COM3 Extra USB) - SOLVED
« on: 2016-09-12, 01:42:45 »
Well after many hours of weeping and wailing and gnashing my teeth, I figured out the problem. I hope this helps someone else that comes along.
The issue was with the Keyer settings in the Control side RRC-1258 MkII. By default and or early on in the installation I had Keyer->Key delay ms set to: 0
I also had: Lf delay ms set to: 0
But after trial and error, if I set Key delay ms to even 1 ms, things started working as expected. Even with 1 ms set for the delay time before the keying of the radio is executed at the RRC radio, I could still make out the CW sent from the Remote site. The RRC1258 manual clearly shows that this setting should default to 50 ms. http://www.remoterig.com/downloads/RemoteRig_RRC1258-MkII_Users_manual.pdf
However, in my control side RRC 1258 I had both Lf delay and key delay set to 0. Again, the magic change for my situation was to drop something greater than 0 ms into the Key delay setting.
So if some other poor slob runs into the same problem I had, RTFM... for Key delay ms and Lf delay ms. The manual states to start with your ping time (by the way, PING stands for Packet Internet Groper) between the control and remote sites. In my case the ping time is very low due to both sites being on the same ISP network and it's geographically about 8 miles from me as the crow flys. Anyway, things still worked with a Lf delay ms at 0.
I now have my numbers set as follows for my low ping time between the control QTH and the remote QTH:
Lf delay ms = 40 ms (conservative typical ping time between the remote and control stations in my case, W7CT and NG7M)
Key delay ms = 50 ms (the manual default)
How did my Key delay ms get set to 0?
that is the $64 question. I have no idea. Talk about a pain in the back side! Anyway it seems to me that NOT allowing it to go lower than 5 ms or something like that would save a lot of grief for new users. i.e. update the web interface and don't allow the value to go to zero at a minimum.
RRC with a K3 Mini is now working with the Winkeyer emulator setup on the extra Com3 USB port in the control RRC-1258 MmkII at NG7M (control) and W7CT (remote).
I think I'll take the rest of the evening off.![Smiley :)](https://www.remoterig.com/forum/Smileys/default/smiley.gif)
mg NG7M
The issue was with the Keyer settings in the Control side RRC-1258 MkII. By default and or early on in the installation I had Keyer->Key delay ms set to: 0
I also had: Lf delay ms set to: 0
But after trial and error, if I set Key delay ms to even 1 ms, things started working as expected. Even with 1 ms set for the delay time before the keying of the radio is executed at the RRC radio, I could still make out the CW sent from the Remote site. The RRC1258 manual clearly shows that this setting should default to 50 ms. http://www.remoterig.com/downloads/RemoteRig_RRC1258-MkII_Users_manual.pdf
However, in my control side RRC 1258 I had both Lf delay and key delay set to 0. Again, the magic change for my situation was to drop something greater than 0 ms into the Key delay setting.
So if some other poor slob runs into the same problem I had, RTFM... for Key delay ms and Lf delay ms. The manual states to start with your ping time (by the way, PING stands for Packet Internet Groper) between the control and remote sites. In my case the ping time is very low due to both sites being on the same ISP network and it's geographically about 8 miles from me as the crow flys. Anyway, things still worked with a Lf delay ms at 0.
I now have my numbers set as follows for my low ping time between the control QTH and the remote QTH:
Lf delay ms = 40 ms (conservative typical ping time between the remote and control stations in my case, W7CT and NG7M)
Key delay ms = 50 ms (the manual default)
How did my Key delay ms get set to 0?
![Huh ???](https://www.remoterig.com/forum/Smileys/default/huh.gif)
RRC with a K3 Mini is now working with the Winkeyer emulator setup on the extra Com3 USB port in the control RRC-1258 MmkII at NG7M (control) and W7CT (remote).
I think I'll take the rest of the evening off.
![Smiley :)](https://www.remoterig.com/forum/Smileys/default/smiley.gif)
mg NG7M