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Third Party Program
To operate CW with a third party program, you will need to download and install N8VBās vCOM
driver to create a virtual COM port pair through which PowerSDR can be connected to your third party
program. The installation and setup of vCOM is described below in the Digital Mode Operation section
of this chapter.
In the following we will use MixW as an illustrative example and we will assume the COM6-COM16
virtual COM port pair. We will also assume that PowerSDR is connected to COM6 and MixW to
COM16 of this pair (see the Digital Mode Operation section below for details on how to do this)
1. In PowerSDR open the Setup Form ā DSP Tab, Keyer Sub-Tab shown below to access the
Internal Keyer controls
Figure 135: Setup Form ā DSP Tab, Keyer Sub-Tab
2. Set Secondary Connection to CAT to use the same virtual COM port COM16, as selected on the
CAT Control TAB. This will open up two additional selection boxes. Set PTT Line to DTR and
Key Line to RTS as shown above.
3. In MixW, click Configure on the Menu bar and then select TRCVR CAT/PTT to open the
following screen.
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