Hello,

I built a Arduino Nanokeyer (https://nanokeyer.wordpress.com/). The firmaware is by K3NG. This device emulates the WinKeyer 2. It can be configured to emulate the WinKeyer also. It works well with N1MM+ Logger, Logger32 and UCXLog. But it doesn't work correct with Logic. The behavior is the same in both modes.

1. After starting the WinKey form in Logic the following message appears: Improper initilization echo response from WinKey (COM13)
I read in an earlier post that only a baud rate mismatch can cause this error message. I can not believe it. The baudrate of the NanoKeyer is set to 1200 baud. This meets the WinKey protocol. Are there other checks in the program code of Logic which reply the above message?

2. While transmitting macros with no more than 8 characters the Nanokeyer works correct. If the macro has more than 8 characters the Nanokeyer stops after 8 characters. And when activating the next macro the Nanokeyer continues with transmitting the following characters of the FIRST macro. And it stops again after 8 characters. It always completes one macro before sending the following and it sends max. 8 characters only.

73 es happy easter
Wolf, DL6JZ

Hi Dennis,

thank you very much for the fast reply. I am not a software developer but I have some basic knowledge in programming. So my next step will be to try your loopback software. I want to see what data go from Logic to Nanokeyer and back. I can look into the sourcecode of the Nanokeyer. The Nanokeyer firmware can be found on https://github.com/k3ng/k3ng_cw_keyer. It is OpenSource sourcecode which has to be compiled and uploaded to the arduino by the Arduino IDE running on my Windows PC.

And I have to tell you that Logic works fine with the WinKeyer of my microKeyers II by microham.

Yes it is so. When starting the Winkey form the message "Improper initilization echo response from WinKey (COM13)" appears. And when I click on one of the function keys after that the (first eight) characters are sent by the Nanokeyer. No other message appears!

There was an earlier posting on Winkeyer, but the error message was another one, sri: "WinKey not FOUND (no echo)" (http://www.hosenose.com/Forum/yaf_postst1578_Winkeyer-and-Remote-Rig-virtual-serial-ports-with-logging-programs.aspx).

It will take some days for me to do the test with the loopback program.

73
Wolf, DL6JZ

Hello Dennis,

I didn't hear from you for quite a long time. Is there any chance that the issue will be fixed? As I wrote in my last post the LoopbackTest.exe works well with my Arduino Nanokeyer. The Winkey form of Logic sents only the first eight characters of a textmacro. After clicking the Transmit button the following eight characters are sent. So there must be a difference between LoopbackTest.exe and the Winkey form.
Below you can see the content of the Winkey debug window of Logger32 by K4CY. First I clicked on the button "initialize". You can see that the keyer sents the version back (10). Then I transmitted a 14 characters long textmacro "TU 44 DE DL6JZ".
How can I help to find the issue?
73
Wolf, DL6JZ

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Initialize WinKey using COM 13

Sent: 00 02 Host open
Rcvd: 10
Sent: 00 00
Sent: "ÿ"
Sent: 0F 17 17 05 37 00 01 07 2B 03 00 05 0A 34 00 FF
Mode register = 23
Speed in WPM = 23
Sidetone frequency = 5
Weight = 55
Lead-in time = 0
Tail time = 1
Min WPM = 7
WPM range = 43
1st extension = 3
Key compensation = 0
Farnsworth WPM = 5
Paddle setpoint = 10
Dit/Dah ratio = 52
Pin configuration = 0
Anything = 255
Sent: 02 00 Set CW speed 0 WPM
Sent: 07 Get speed pot
Rcvd: C0 Nothing happening (no status bits set)
Rcvd: 98 Analog pot speed 31 WPM
Action: Start of transmission
Action: Get first character in text buffer
Action: Reading byte 1 of the 14 byte buffer
Action: Checking that a "T" is a valid WinKey character
Sent: "T"
Rcvd: C4 Keyer is busy sending
Rcvd: "T"
Action: Going to get more characters
Action: Getting next character in the text buffer
Action: Reading byte 2 of the 14 byte buffer
Action: Checking that a "U" is a valid WinKey character
Sent: "U"
Rcvd: "U"