In the PowerSDR menu bar, navigate to Setup -> General -> Options and select a Process Priority of High.That is insuring smooth CW transmission.Īssuming on contest day there will be several programs running on your machine, application priorities must be set appropriately. Terminate N1MM Logger and activate your normal CAT program.Select " None" in the Keyer Secondary Port box.In the PowerSDR menu bar, navigate to PowerSDR S etup -> DSP -> Keyer To restore control to your normal CAT program for PowerSDR:
In the PowerSDR menu bar, navigate to PowerSDR Setup -> DSP -> Keyer.Assuming basic CAT communications has been established enable PowerSDR to process "paddle closures" from N1MM Logger. Verify communications by selecting various frequencies in PowerSDR's VFO A window and verifying the same change in Logger's blue Title bar.If still open, click Apply and OK as appropriate to close N1MM Configurer and PowerSDR Setup windows.Now verify communication between Logger and PowerSDR by performing the following test: After clicking the Set button and configure the following com port parameters:Ĭlick on OK when complete.
Setup the com port settings for the Kenwood radio
In the PowerSDR menu bar, navigate to PowerSDR Setup -> CAT Control and perform the following:.Setup PowerSDR's end of the PTT Serial port connection. Any other valid vCom pair may be substituted. For this example PowerSDR uses COM6 and N1MM uses COM7 for the virtual port pair.Using the vCom Configurator, establish a virtual com port pair to serve as the PTT and CAT virtual serial port between N1MM and PowerSDR It works on a Pentium 3D PC with 1Gbyte of RAM and Windows XP Professional box. This procedure has only been tested with N1MM Logger v7.0.0, PowerSDR v1.10.1 and N8VB vCom v1.0.0.4.
How to Setup the N1MM Logger v7.0.0 with PowerSDR 1.x