== Enabling CW Skimmer to Track and Set your Transceiver's Frequency ==

[[http://www.dxatlas.com/CwSkimmer|CW Skimmer]] can work with

 1. a wideband receiver like an HPSDR Mercury, Perseus, QS1R, !SoftRock, SDR-IQ, or SDR-14 that is connected to an antenna

 1. a "3 KHz receiver" like those found in Elecraft, Icom, JST, Kenwood, Tentec, and Yaesu transceivers

 1. a wideband receiver connected to a receiver's IF

When using CW Skimmer with a wideband receiver that is connected to an antenna, enable it to track and set your transceiver's frequency by using Dick W3OA's [[http://dickwilliams.byethost17.com/SkimmerToCommander.html|Skimmer to Commander]] bridge.

When using CW Skimmer with a 3 KHz receiver or with a  a wideband receiver connected to a receiver's IF, enable it to track and set your transceiver's frequency as described below.

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Commander's Secondary CAT port can be configured to respond to CAT commands from [[http://www.dxatlas.com/CwSkimmer|CW Skimmer]], enabling CW Skimmer to track your transceiver's frequency and QSY your transceiver via selections in CW Skimmer:

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To configure Commander to interoperate with CW Skimmer as described above, 

 1. establish a [[ConnectedVirtualSerialPortPairs| connected pair of virtual serial ports]] using [[SetupConfigureVSPManager| VSP Manager]] or [[SetupConfigurecom0com| com0com]]; these instructions assume that connected virtual ports ''N'' and ''N+1'' are created (e.g. ''15'' and ''16'')

 1. in the '''Secondary CAT Serial Port''' panel on the '''Config''' window's '''Ports''' tab,

  a. set the '''CAT protocol''' selector to ''Elecraft''

  a. select '''Follow & Lead Primary'''

  a. set the '''Port#''' to ''N'', the '''Baud''' selector to ''9600'', the '''Word''' selector to ''8'', the '''Parity''' selector to ''None'', and the '''Stop''' selector to ''1''

  a. check the '''Enable''' box

 1. configure CW Skimmer

  a. open the '''Command''' menu and ensure that there is no ''check mark'' to the left of the '''Blind Mode''' entry

  a. select the '''View''' menu's '''Settings''' item to display the '''Settings''' window

  a. on the '''Settings''' window's '''CAT''' tab,

     i. select '''Use Radio 1'''

     i. click the '''Configure...''' button

     i. on the '''Omni-Rig Settings''' window's '''RIG 1''' tab

        * set the '''Rig type''' selector to ''Elecraft K3''

        * set the '''Port''' selector to ''N+1''

        * set the '''Baud rate''' selector to ''9600''

        * set the '''Data bits''' selector to ''8''

        * set the '''Parity''' selector to ''None''

        * set the '''Stop bits''' selector to ''1''

        * set the '''RTS''' and '''DTR''' selector to ''Low''

        * set the '''Poll int., ms''' and '''Timeout, ms''' selectors to ''100''

        * click the '''OK''' button to the '''Omni-Rig Settings''' window

     i. click the '''OK''' button to close the '''Settings''' window

Note that changes will be ignored until CW Skimmer's '''Settings''' window has been closed.

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