Using Virtual Serial Ports for Ham Radio - Dahdidah's Software CW Keyer

This video demonstrates how to bring up multiple instances of QsoNet's Dahdidah Cw Software Keyer using FABULATECH's VIRTUAL SERIAL PORT SPLITTER.  Four separate instances of Dahdidah are used  -  to hook up a cw keyboard, paddles, bug, and straight key, all at the same time.  Connections are made from your iambic paddle keyer output, cw keyboard keyer output, straight key and bug - to separate SERIAL PORT PINS : DCD, DSR, RI, CTS in order to send morse code on your computer sound card AND redirect that same morse code audio to the "INPUT" of any morse code over the internet program.

HERE ARE THE LINKS MENTIONED IN THE VIDEO:
1. Fabulatech Virtual Serial Port Splitter
http://www.fabulatech.com/serial-port-splitter.html
2. Pinout diagram of a DB9 serial port
http://www.db9-pinout.com/
3. QsoNet's Dahdidah Manual
http://qsonet.com/dahdidah.pdf
4. Article about the many advantages of using
an ASIO SOUND CARD for this purpose
http://qrqcwnet.ning.com/profiles/blogs/the-advantage-of-using-an-a...
5. The Behringer UCA222 website
http://www.behringer.com/EN/Products/UCA222.aspx
6. Radio Shack Ground Loop Isolator
http://www.radioshack.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2062214
7. RCA TO 1/8 inch audio adapter
http://www.cs1.net/pic/cable_solutions/YM-35TRSM-2RCAF.jpg
8. Circuit Diagram of the serial port interface used in this video
http://i.imgur.com/7pOVfk3.jpg

NOTE: ONLY OFFICIAL HAM RADIO OPERATORS
may contact Mike for a special provision made by
FABULATECH for their serial port splitter.
Contact - mike@fabulatech.com - and ask for the special provision
that has been made for official ham radio operators only.
- please scan and attach a copy of your current
OFFICIAL HAM RADIO LICENSE with your
email request to Mike -

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Comment by Chuck aa0hw on February 26, 2013 at 11:01am

This is the second video in a series demonstrating multiple instances of DAHDIDAH CW KEYER by QSONET; made possible by FABULTECH's SERIAL PORT SPLITTER.   In this 2nd part of the series,  we show you how to directly hook up 2 iambic paddles to your serial port.  Instead of using external cw keyers, like the k1el k40 cw keyer,  we are going to use DAHDIDAH's own function for a cw keyer AND use a 2nd instance of DAHDIDAH and a 2nd iambic paddle to emulate a BUG with DAHDIDAH's own BUG EMULATION MODE.   

This is the second video in a series demonstrating multiple instances of DAHDIDAH CW KEYER by QSONET; made possible by FABULTECH's SERIAL PORT SPLITTER. In this 2nd part of the series, we show you how to directly hook up 2 iambic paddles to your serial port. Instead of using external cw keyers, like the k1el k40 cw keyer, we are going to use DAHDIDAH's own function for a cw keyer AND use a 2nd instance of DAHDIDAH and a 2nd iambic paddle to emulate a BUG with DAHDIDAH's own BUG EMULATION MODE.

Here are the show notes:
1. Fabulatech Virtual Serial Port Splitter
http://www.fabulatech.com/serial-port-splitter.html
2. Pinout diagram of a DB9 serial port
http://www.db9-pinout.com/
3. QsoNet's Dahdidah Manual
http://qsonet.com/dahdidah.pdf
4. Article about the many advantages of using
an ASIO SOUND CARD for this purpose
http://qrqcwnet.ning.com/profiles/blogs/the-advantage-of-using-an-a...
5. The Behringer UCA222 website
http://www.behringer.com/EN/Products/UCA222.aspx
6. Radio Shack Ground Loop Isolator
http://www.radioshack.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2062214
7. RCA TO 1/8 inch audio adapter
http://www.cs1.net/pic/cable_solutions/YM-35TRSM-2RCAF.jpg
8. Circuit Diagram of the serial port interface used in this video
http://i.imgur.com/7pOVfk3.jpg

NOTE: ONLY OFFICIAL HAM RADIO OPERATORS
may contact Mike for a special provision made by
FABULATECH for their serial port splitter.
Contact - mike@fabulatech.com - and ask for the special provision
that has been made for official ham radio operators only.
- please scan and attach a copy of your current
OFFICIAL HAM RADIO LICENSE with your
email request to Mike -

Comment by Chuck aa0hw on February 27, 2013 at 12:14pm

In this 3rd video of this series of using multiple instances of DAHdiDAH CW KEYER, we show you how to add a software cw keyboard to your computer morse code station of paddles, bug and straight key. We setup 3 instances of dahdidah for direct hookup to a paddle, bug, and straight key.(no external cw keyers are needed) Two more instances of dahdidah are also brought up to act as a CPO, keying the cw that is sent by two different morse code sending programs that send CW via a virtual serial port pair in order to "key" dahdidah via the virtual null modem that is setup with FABULATECH'S Virtual Serial Port Kit.

NOTE: ALL instances of DAHDIDAH are using a usb ASIO SOUND CARD. The LINE OUT of the ASIO SOUND CARD goes through a ground loop isolator audio cable and connects to either the MICROPHONE IN or the LINE IN jack of the computer sound card. The audio is only heard by the operator, from dahdidah's CW AUDIO OUTPUT, by directly monitoring the audio that comes into the MICROPHONE IN or LINE IN jack of the computer sound card. At the same time however, the MIC IN or LINE IN jack can send dahdidah's CW AUDIO OUTPUT to any other application, by selecting on that application's INPUT SETTINGS for AUDIO INPUT DEVICE, the computer MICROPHONE INPUT. The audio coming into the MIC or LINE IN will or course not be a MICROPHONE, but the audio from the ASIO SOUND CARD, which will be dahdidah's morse code audio tones.

HERE ARE THE LINKS MENTIONED IN THIS VIDEO:
1. FABULATECH VIRTUAL SERIAL PORT KIT
http://www.fabulatech.com/virtual-serial-port-kit.html
2. ARTICLE ABOUT NULL MODEMS (virtual serial port pairs)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Null_modem
3. SERIAL PORT KEYING INTERFACE CIRCUIT
http://i.imgur.com/7pOVfk3.jpg
4. Fabulatech Virtual Serial Port Splitter
http://www.fabulatech.com/serial-port-splitter.html
5. Pinout diagram of a DB9 serial port
http://www.db9-pinout.com/
6. QsoNet's Dahdidah Manual
http://qsonet.com/dahdidah.pdf
7. Article about the many advantages of using an
ASIO SOUND CARD for this purpose
http://qrqcwnet.ning.com/profiles/blogs/the-advantage-of-using-an-a...
8. The Behringer UCA222 website
http://www.behringer.com/EN/Products/UCA222.aspx
9. Radio Shack Ground Loop Isolator
http://www.radioshack.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2062214
9. RCA TO 1/8 inch audio adapter
http://www.cs1.net/pic/cable_solutions/YM-35TRSM-2RCAF.jpg
10. CWTERM CW SENDING SOFTWARE ARTICLE
http://qrqcwnet.ning.com/profiles/blogs/the-return-of-the-qrq-cw-do...
11. CWTYPE WEBSITE
http://www.dxsoft.com/en/products/cwtype/
11. DOWNLOAD SITE FOR dahdidah
http://www.qsonet.com/qbb/viewtopic.php?t=785&sid=f675c9f7f21e4...
12. QRQ CW article by TOM, W4BQF
https://sites.google.com/site/tomw4bqf/copyingcwover70wpm
13. cwcom's serial port hookup diagram
http://i.imgur.com/Voqo5.gif


NOTE: ONLY OFFICIAL HAM RADIO OPERATORS
may contact Mike for a special provision made by
FABULATECH for their serial port splitter.
Contact - mike@fabulatech.com - and ask for the special provision
that has been made for official ham radio operators only.
- please scan and attach a copy of your current
OFFICIAL HAM RADIO LICENSE with your
email request to Mike -

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