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An additional "By The Way" comment - Windows normally sets the last
installed soundcard as the default. Your U7 soundcard was likely set to be default when it was installed. You can set the default back to the internal soundcard (the NVIDIA) if you are trying to use the U7 with LP-Pan2. 73, Don W3FPR On 9/18/2016 9:40 AM, MaverickNH wrote: > Kevin, > > I do find the Serial Port for the K3S as COM7, and also have a ASUS Xonar U7 > external card on COM3, running through a LP-PAN2 I'm also working to > configure. That's a somewhat separate topic. > > I have several sound cards, it seems. My Windows 10 PC Device Manager lists: > High Definition Audio Device > NVIDA High Definition Audio Device (from a G-Force audio/video card, 4 > separate lines in Device Manager) > NVIDA Virtual Audio Device (that NVIDA card again) > USB Audio CODEC (likely the K3S) > Xonar U7 (an external card) > > At present, my default devices are: > Playback - Headphones Xonar U7 > Recording - Line Xonar U7 > > ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to [hidden email] |
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In reply to this post by Richard Ferch-2
Both Rich and Don have given good advice.
Make sure the U7 or onboard NVIDIA sound device is set as default so you don't broadcast windows sounds. Make sure the USB Audio Codec Speaker and Mic are enabled but not set as default. In the WSJT software select the USB Audio Codec as the sound device for line in (Microphone) and line out (Speaker) respectively. Set mic gain levels on the K3s so you get four solid bars and an occasional flicker of the fifth on the ALC when transmitting. Set the K3s line in level to achieve a medium blue background on the waterfall. Use the K3s power control to adjust output power. I'm not quite sure what the tune function in the software is about. What does the K3s SWR meter say? Is the tune button in the software supposed to kick the K3s into transmit and not doing it? The tune button on the K3s only controls the internal tuner or the outboard KAT500 and neither will "tune" unless a certain SWR threshold is met. If you're transmitting signals and receiving them and neither is over driven quit messing with it. On 9/18/2016 9:20 AM, Richard Ferch wrote: > 1. The U7 is not on COM3. Sound cards do not use serial ports. Perhaps COM3 > is a virtual COM port created by LP-Bridge, or perhaps COM3 is the K3S's > USB serial port, and COM7 is a virtual port created by LP-Bridge that you > connect other software to. You need to get this straight for other reasons, > but it has nothing to do with the audio issues with WSJT-X > > 2. Your default sound devices should be set to the motherboard sound card. > That is where Windows sounds are sent, YouTube audio and other media player > stuff goes, etc., and you don't want any of that stuff going to the sound > card(s) you use for radio, much less to the sound card you use with LP-PAN. > > 3. In WSJT-X, in the File > Settings menu under the Audio tab, set the > Input and Output sound cards to the ones you are using for sound card modes > - most likely the USB Audio CODEC in the K3S, unless you have chosen to > bypass it and use an external sound card plugged into the Line In jack on > the K3S, which disables the K3S's internal sound card. If you are using the > U7 with LP-PAN for panadapter software, it is *not* the sound card you are > using for sound card modes, and it should *not* be connected to the K3S's > Line In jack - it should be connected directly to the LP-PAN. In that case, > WSJT-X should be set to use the USB AUDIO CODEC and there should be nothing > connected to the K3S's Line In jack. > > 4. The ATU on the K3S is not triggered by a transmitted signal, whether > from WSJT-X or elsewhere. It is not auto-tune in that sense; it is > auto-tuning based on frequency memories, which is what the KAT500 calls MAN > mode. It will automatically switch to the last setting used on that band > segment with that antenna output (ANT1 or ANT2). Once you have tuned the > ATU once with your antenna for a particular frequency, that should be good > enough from then on. If your antenna's SWR changes dramatically because of > weather conditions, e.g. ice on the antenna, you tune the K3S's ATU using > the ATU TUNE button on the K3S. Therefore an extra 2-second tune signal > between band hops does not do anything useful, other than give you a > 2-second advance notice of the SWR. > > 5. When the K3S's meter is in ALC mode, it does not show the transmitted > power. You have to put it into PWR mode with the METER button. The TUNE > button switches from ALC to PWR mode automatically, but transmitting > normally does not do this. > > 73, > Rich VE3KI > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[hidden email] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message delivered to [hidden email] > -- R. Kevin Stover AC0H ARRL FISTS #11993 SKCC #215 NAQCC #3441 --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to [hidden email] |
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OK - thanks Rich, Don & Kevin.
1) COM3 was my XG3 RF Signal Source USB Serial Port - silly me... 2) PC Sound Card is now Default - I had to plug something into the Blue Line In and Green Line Out jacks for them to be Ready so I could select them as default 3) Nothing in K3S Line In jack; U7 card connected to the LP-PAN2 4) WSJT-X Line In/Out set to the K3S USB Audio CODEC 5) DATA A selected as mode 6) Did a manual TUNE to each WSPR frequency, so they are now stored in memory 7) WSJT-X/WSPR-2 Mode waterfall dark background with clear and sharp signals Do I want my XFIL wide open to FL1 4.00? Like Kevin says, I'll quit messing with it - it works. Thanks again! Bret/N4SRN |
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In reply to this post by MaverickNH
I am having the same problem, with not being able to send audio to my K3S from WSJT-X. The transmitter is being keyed, but nothing is showing up on the ALC. I normally use WSJT-X with HRD, but have tried to bypass HRD to see if the will work by going direct, which did not work either. It has been working fine until this morning when it quit working. I am able to send the audio to the K3S using DM780, running PSK31.
I am running Windows 10 on a HP I5, 64 bit. The computer has two sound cards, one for digital and the other for YouTube, music and such. For digital I am setup in both HRD and WSJT-X, with the sound card settings "Speaker USB Audio CODEC". A few days ago I was able to have my default sound card set to "Speaker Envy24 Family Controller", but something happen and now the only way I was able to get the sound to the K3S was to change the default sound card to "Speaker USB Audio CODEC". However, I was able to work PSK on the HRD DM780 with the default sound card set to "Speaker Envy24 Family Controller", but not with WSJT-X. I did update my Firmware on my K3S this morning to 5.56, if I remember correctly the WSJT-X was working correctly after words. Uninstalled the WSJT-X and reinstalled with no change in the problem. I have been operating WSJT-X now for about 2+ years, so I am not a newbie. However, I sure am pulling my hair now........ Everett N4CY |
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In reply to this post by MaverickNH
I am having the same problem, with not being able to send audio to my K3S from WSJT-X. The transmitter is being keyed, but nothing is showing up on the ALC. I normally use WSJT-X with HRD, but have tried to bypass HRD to see if the will work by going direct, which did not work either. It has been working fine until this morning when it quit working. I am able to send the audio to the K3S using DM780, running PSK31.
I am running Windows 10 on a HP I5, 64 bit. The computer has two sound cards, one for digital and the other for YouTube, music and such. For digital I am setup in both HRD and WSJT-X, with the sound card settings "Speaker USB Audio CODEC". A few days ago I was able to have my default sound card set to "Speaker Envy24 Family Controller", but something happen and now the only way I was able to get the sound to the K3S was to change the default sound card to "Speaker USB Audio CODEC". However, I was able to work PSK on the HRD DM780 with the default sound card set to "Speaker Envy24 Family Controller", but not with WSJT-X. I did update my Firmware on my K3S this morning to 5.56, if I remember correctly the WSJT-X was working correctly after words. Uninstalled the WSJT-X and reinstalled with no change in the problem. I have been operating WSJT-X now for about 2+ years, so I am not a newbie. However, I sure am pulling my hair now........ Everett N4CY |
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In reply to this post by everettsharp
Hi!
I got the below advice which worked for me: For WSJT-X and the K3S use: Mode = DATA Data sub-mode = DATA A MENU:MIC SEL = Line IN Make sure nothing is plugged into the "LINE IN" jack. Set the PWR slider in WSJT-X to the top, click Tune and adjust the K3 MIC GAIN for *four bars* of ALC. Adjust the K3 PWR control for the desired power output. Best regards, Bret C. Bret Jessee
I am having the same problem, with not being able to send audio to my K3S from WSJT-X. The transmitter is being keyed, but nothing is showing up on the ALC. I normally use WSJT-X with HRD, but have tried to bypass HRD to see if the will work by going direct, which did not work either. It has been working fine until this morning when it quit working. I am able to send the audio to the K3S using DM780, running PSK31. |
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