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7 - EXTERNAL KEYBOARD/KEYPAD
NOTE: The keyboard or keypad must be PS/2. A USB device with PS/2 adapter will not work properly.
DIGI KEYER II includes the ability to generate CW/FSK or record and play CW/FSK messages using a
keyboard or numeric keypad connected to the PS/2 jack. A numeric key pad will allow recording/playing
CW messages, control CW speed (WPM) or play a serial number message. “Live” CW/FSK (RTTY) or
storing FSK messages requires a full keyboard.
Switching modes:
The keyboard or keypad mode will follow the mode of the transceiver. 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
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
Playing messages:
A message is started by pressing F1-F9 on the keyboard 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 before 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, DK II stores characters as they are echoed from the internal WinKey: 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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