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8 - EXTERNAL KEYBOARD/KEYPAD
NOTE: The keyboard/Keypad must be PS/2. A USB device with PS/2 adapter will not work properly.
microKEYER II includes the ability to generate FSK or CW, record and play CW, FSK or VOICE messages
using a PS/2 keyboard or numeric keypad connected to the PS/2 jack. A numeric key pad is sufficient to
record and play CW and DVK messages, control CW speed (WPM) or play a serial number message.
“Live” CW or FSK (RTTY) requires a full keyboard.
Switching modes:
The keyboard or keypad mode will follow the mode of the transceiver with Transmit Focus. If the radio is
not computer controllable or its control protocol is not supported, the keyboard or keypad can be used to
switch Router's operating mode if the “radio” selection is “no radio (mode selected manually).”
STATUS INDICATION
NUM CAPS SCROLL play/rec
mode
OFF
x
x
playback
ON
x
x
recording
x
OFF
OFF
CW
x
OFF
ON
DIGITAL
x
ON
OFF
FSK
x
ON
ON
VOICE
Playing messages:
A message is started by pressing F1-F9 on the keypad or 1-9 on the number pad. A message can be
aborted with the ESC key or the zero key on the number pad. Messages may be made to repeat (loop) by
pressing DEL (period) on the number pad while the message is playing. The default (minimum) wait time
after ending a message and starting again is one second. The pause time may be set from 1 to 9 seconds
by entering the desired delay immediately after pressing DEL. For example, 1 <DEL> 5 will start message
number 1 and cause it to repeat with five a second delay. Pressing zero (0) will terminate a message loop.
Recording messages:
Recording is started (and stopped) by pressing NUM LOCK. To start recording, press NUM LOCK followed
by the number of the message to be recorded. To abort a message without saving, press zero on the
number pad or Escape. To end recording and save the message press NUM LOCK.
In CW, microKEYER II stores characters as they are echoed from the internal WinKey2: only those
characters actually transmitted are stored. However, CW messages may be recorded from either paddles
or the keyboard. The gap “|” and other WinKey commands cannot be entered from the keyboard but may
be used in messages loaded from Router’s CW/FSK Messages tab.
In FSK, all characters entered from the keyboard are stored.
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