Switching Among Multiple Radios

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Commander can switch among four primary transceivers. WinWarbler's MultiRadio window provides tabs that enable you to specify PTT, soundcard, startup macro, PSK, RTTY, CW, and Phone settings to be used for each primary transceiver that can be selected in Commander.

To do display WinWarbler's MultiRadio Configuration window, click the MultiRadio button at the bottom of the Configuration window's General tab.

The MultiRadio Configuration window's General tab provides an Enabled option that governs whether WinWarbler's MultiRadio support is enabled. When enabled, when Commander reports the selection of a new primary transceiver, WinWarbler updates its PTT settings, Soundcard settings, Startup Macros, PSK settings, RTTY settings, CW settings, and Phone settings as specified on their respective MultiRadio Configuration window tabs:

• PTT tab

  • Mode

  • Port

• Soundcard tab

  • PSK & RTTY Reception: for each primary transceiver, specifies the soundcard used for PSK & RTTY reception

  • 2Tone Reception: for each primary transceiver, specifies the soundcard used by 2Tone for RTTY reception; to select the soundcard for 2Tone to use for a primary transceiver,

    1.	on WinWarbler's Main window, set the Operating Mode panel to RTTY
    2.	on the Configuration window's RTTY tab, check the 2Tone panel's enabled box
    3.	in the 2Tone window, click the Setup button
    4.	in the 2Tone Settings window,
    	- in the Receive Settings panel, select the soundcard to be used with the primary transceiver
    	- click the OK button along the bottom of the window
    5.	on WinWarbler's MultiConfiguration window's Soundcard tab, click the appropriate radio's Set button
    	repeat steps 3 through 5 for each primary transceiver

     

• PSK & RTTY Transmission: for each primary transceiver, specifies the soundcard used for PSK & RTTY transmission

• Phone Transmission: for each primary transceiver, specifies the soundcard used for Phone transmission

• Startup Macros tab

  • PSK startup macro

  • RTTY startup macro

  • CW startup macro

  • Phone startup macro

• PSK  tab

  • Xcvr Mode

• RTTY  tab

  • Modulation

  • Xcvr Mode

  • Mark Offset

  • Optimal Offset

  • FSK Control

  • Update

• CW  tab

  • Mode

  • Serial Port

  • WinKey Output Port 1

  • WinKey Output Port 2

• Phone  tab

  • Xcvr Mode

  • Assert PTT

If the Enabled box is checked on the MultiRadio window's General tab, then when Commander switches top a new primary transceiver, WinWarbler will automatically update its settings and startup macros to reflect those specified in the MultiRadio window's tabs for that new transceiver.

To display WinWarbler's MultiRadio window, click the MultiRadio button on the Configuration window's General tab.