[DXLog.net - Support] DXlog.net with PowerSDR and CW Skimmer?

[Andrew O'Brien]

CW Skimmer is working fine .  My issue is how to set up so that when I hit
a DXLOG.net function key the Flex radio keys send sends CW.  When PowerSDR
is set with just DXLOG.net all works well, CW is sent from the Function
keys.  This is achieved with 2 pairs of virtual serial ports .  3-13, 4-14.
PowerSDR has port 13 for CAT and port 14 is set in PowerSDR for CAT.
 DXLOG.net is set for CAT on port 3 .  If I try various settings to use
DDutil so that I can add CW Skimmer to this mix, the CW PTT in DXLOG
function keys  no longer works.  Probably because I am making a stupid
mistake in setting it up.
Andy K3UK


On Sun, Mar 23, 2014 at 4:51 PM, Bob Wilson, N6TV <n6tv at arrl.net> wrote:

> On Sat, Mar 22, 2014 at 5:03 PM, Andrew O'Brien <k3ukandy at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> >  However, I  would
> > like to also run CW Skimmer and DDutil so that CW Skimmer can also share
> > the frequency information. I can't figure out how to set DDutil,
> PowerSDR,
> > and DXlog so that DXlog sends CW, as I said... I can do it without DDutil
> > being involved but not with.
> >
>
> CW Skimmer was designed to share frequency information with a logging
> program and radio via "Announce" messages and other commands sent or posted
> to the telnet window, not via DDutil or OmniRig or similar methods that
> require a COM port.  This allows "RigSync" to be accomplished in a more
> universal way.
>
> For example, if you click on a callsign in the CW Skimmer window, CW
> Skimmer posts a message to the telnet clients:
>
> To ALL de SKIMMER <2031Z> : Clicked on "K0AD" at 14034.7
>
>
> If you click on an empty spot in the Skimmer Waterfall, CW Skimmer
> generates:
>
> To ALL de SKIMMER <2031Z> : Clicked on "" at 14041.5
>
> This is called "Click to Tune".
>
> So whether you are using a FlexRadio or any radio, DXLog.net could watch
> for these commands in the cluster monitoring code, then send CAT commands
> the proper Radio to QSY to that frequency, and optionally fill in the
> callsign, similar to clicking on a spot on the DXLog.net band map.  In
> practice, though, the DXLog.net band map has a much wider frequency span,
> and if you click on CW Skimmer, the keyboard/mouse focus will switch to CW
> Skimmer, whereas you really want to keep it connect to DXLog.net at all
> times.  (N1MM has a nice feature:  it periodically forces mouse/keyboard
> focus back to itself, every 5 to 10 seconds or so, allowing you to
> temporarily click on other software like HamCAP while you keep operating.)
>
> The CW Skimmer waterfall can also be made to "track" the active radio's
> VFO, *if* the logging program sends special "cluster" commands to CW
> Skimmer via the telnet connection, whenever the VFO frequency changes, like
> this:
>
> SKIMMER/QSY 14017.0
>
>
> To flag dupes or highlight a new band country multiplier in a different
> color on CW Skimmer's display, the logging program could send:
>
> SKIMMER/STATUS K0AD 14034.7 DUPE
> SKIMMER/STATUS S51WO 14017.0 BNDCTY
>
>
> All of this is clearly documented in the CW Skimmer help text.  FYI,
> Win-Test implemented CW Skimmer waterfall tracking only, but not
> click-to-tune or callsign highlighting, as far as I can tell.
>
> 73,
> Bob, N6TV
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