Re: winkeyer daeon

[Ed]

On Thu, 26 May 2022 19:20:11 -0400
Gary Grebus <glg@grebus.com> wrote:

> On 5/26/22 18:00, Ed wrote:
> > On Thu, 26 May 2022 17:06:02 -0400
> > Gary Grebus <glg@grebus.com> wrote:
> >   
> >> On 5/26/22 15:21, Ed wrote:  
> >>> /var/log no winkeyer daemon shown. How to start ?
> >>>      
> >>
> >> I don't exactly understand what you're seeing.  Is that a message
> >> you see in /var/log?
> >>
> >> There are probably multiple ways to do this, but I use cwdaemon.
> >>
> >> $ sudo apt install cwdaemon
> >>
> >> On my IC-7300, I set:
> >>
> >> USB Keying (CW)    to  DTR
> >>
> >> In logcfg.dat:
> >>
> >> NETKEYER
> >> NETKEYERPORT=6789       # The defaults
> >> NETKEYERHOST=127.0.0.1
> >>
> >> You have to start cwdaemon manually before running tlf. I have a 3
> >> line "start" script:
> >>
> >> killall -w -v cwdaemon
> >> cwdaemon -d ttyUSBx -x n
> >> tlf
> >>
> >>
> >> where ttyUSBx is the IC-7300 USB serial port (same as you use for
> >> rig control).
> >>
> >> 73,
> >>
> >>    Gary, K8LT
> >>  
> > 
> > Since I suck at scipts, do you mind sharing ?
> >   
> 
> Just exactly those three lines:
> 
> killall -w -v cwdaemon
> cwdaemon -d ttyUSBx -x n
> tlf
> 
> 
> ttyUSBx is your USB device, without the "/dev" string e.g. ttyUSB0
> tlf is whatever command you normally use to run tlf.
> 
> Put those three lines in a file e.g. called "start"
> 
> $chmod u+x start  # to make it executable
> ./start   # to start the CW daemon and tlf.
> 
> I'm don't have a winkeyer, so I can't help with that setup.  There is 
> probably an advantage to offloading the CW generation to the keyer.
> I liked the idea of doing it all with just the computer and the
> single USB connection to the IC-7300.
> 
> 73,
>       Gary, K8LT
> 
> 
> 
> 

Thanks bunches.......

Ed W3NR