writing a program to send CW using RRC-Micro (or using a real paddle or keyer)

[KV6T]

I would like to write a program that does what the keyer window does in the RRC-Micro client software.   Is this possible to do with Java or Python?   

Ultimately I would like to figure out how to interface a real paddle or keyer to send CW, since I don't really like sending via the keyboard.   I miss the semi-break-in capability that comes with plugging a paddle into the RRC-control.

Thanks,

Mark

[roland]

There is no separate interface for doing this. It's all internally done by RRC-Micro in binary format over UDP.
So I'm afraid its not possible, at least with current software.

[KV6T]

Thanks for the reply, Roland.

A plug-in API would certainly be a worthy addition to RRC-Micro.  Is the code written in Java?

By the way, I tried 1.5 last night and it is a vast improvement.   ARCP-480 runs much better on my Win7 netbook than HRD

Any plans to incorporate a COMFSK arrangement for RTTY?

KV6T

[roland]

I can't promise anything about an API at this moment, but its a good idea.
The code is written in C# and C++.

Regarding COMFSK I simply don't know, but at least its not on my Todo-list.

Great that 1.5 works better for you

[dj0qn]

Roland, I also vote for a COMFSK port. This should work even better than
on the RRC, since the audio stream is directly available from USB audio,
assuming the RTTY program can use this at the same time as the RRC-Micro.
If not, one could switch the RRC-Micro to the standard sound card in the
meantime.

73,
Mitch DJ0QN / K7DX