Hi, Steve. Will do, and thanks.--Matt, N1IBB.
At 08:22 AM 7/18/2015 -0400, you wrote:
>Yes that is the power button. Push it in. It draws power from the USB
>connection, so no other power source needed.
>
>OK, the wav file played. Now you know what RTTY sounds like. It's just
>a test message. As it plays, the text should display in the receive
>window of the program. Now you need to make your software read that
>text out to you.
>
>I know you use WE. I use JAWS. In JAWS, there a few options that may
>have some equivalent in WE. Set so that screen text is echoed, use
>various cursors to read the text in the window, or set a frame around
>the rx window to speak received text with a hot key combo.
>
>Are you connected to the radio yet?
>
>We are starting to get down to some nuts and bolts stuff, feel free to
>continue this off list if you want.
>
>(my call)@snip.net
>
>73, Steve KW3A
>
>
>
>
>
>On 7/18/2015 7:59 AM, Matthew Chao wrote:
> > Hi, Steve. Connected the SignalLink to the PC and followed the
> > instructions on the miniCD that came with the unit. Went into MMTTY,
> > tried to "play" one of the files, and got nothing but the sound of
> > RTTY over my PC's speakers. HMMMM. Also, assume the button on lower
> > left is the power switch for the board? Thanks.--Matt, N1IBB.
> >
> > At 05:51 PM 7/17/2015 -0400, you wrote:
> >> Nice to have a friend. I may get one one of these days.
> >>
> >> Really doesn't matter which way is up I guess. Mine doesn't have
> >> any sort of tag, but I always used it with the button on the left side.
> >> They recommend setting knobs at mid point for starters. If the
> >> button is on the left, the knobs all point at 12 o'clock when at mid
> >> point. At least on mine, the knobs and their pointers seem more
> >> intuitive with the button to the left. .
> >>
> >> With the jumper installed, you should probably connect to the pc and
> >> see if anything blows up.
> >>
> >> 73, Steve KW3A
> >> On 7/17/2015 5:24 PM, Matthew Chao wrote:
> >>> Hey, Steve. The jumper block's already installed; a friend at HRO
> >>> whom I've known for years did it for me, bless him.
> >>>
> >>> So, which is right-side up: the side with the tag, or the side
> >>> without?--Matt, N1IBB.
> >>>
> >>> At 05:04 PM 7/17/2015 -0400, you wrote:
> >>>> Matt,
> >>>>
> >>>> The extra audio cable isn't needed. It's only for use if your radio
> >>>> doesn't have another way of getting audio to the unit.
> >>>>
> >>>> Be sure you are holding it right side up. Just from memory, I thought
> >>>> the push button was in the lower left corner and not the upper right
> >>>> corner.
> >>>>
> >>>> you will need to install the jumper block on the header
> before you do
> >>>> anything else.
> >>>>
> >>>> 73, Steve KW3A
> >>>>
> >>>> On 7/17/2015 4:40 PM, Matthew Chao wrote:
> >>>>> Hey, Steve. the toy has arrived. It's a Signal USB 6PM. It came
> >>>>> with three cables: a USB, A DIN TO RJ45 cable, and a 3.5mm patch
> >>>>> cord. The rear panel has the two connectors, plus a few female
> >>>>> connections. The front panel has a pushbutton in the upper
> >>>>> righthand corner, and three knobs in a row with pointers. Understand
> >>>>> where the two thicker cables go, but what about the patch cord?
> >>>>> Also, are the installation instructions on the CD? Would like to do
> >>>>> as much of the install as possible, as my YL is technically
> >>>>> challlenged, hi, hi. Thanks in advance.--Matt, N1IBB.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> At 10:13 AM 7/17/2015 -0400, you wrote:
> >>>>>> OK Matt,
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Since you don't have enough to read, be sure to read about the
> >>>>>> data mode selection of the 480 and how to set the DSP filtering
> >>>>>> for data mode. There is similar filtering in the 590, but I
> >>>>>> don't do it this way so I'm not familiar with it's use.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> You would want to toggle your mode selection until you hear "L D"
> >>>>>> meaning lsb data. Menu 45 toggles data filtering on and off, but
> >>>>>> you will have to read up on this to figure it all out.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> 73, Steve KW3A
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> On 7/17/2015 9:32 AM, Matthew Chao wrote:
> >>>>>>> Hi, Steve. Thanks much. The main page is a bit daunting,
> >>>>>>> indeed. However, I will follow your suggestion and review these
> >>>>>>> articles. The new toy is scheduled to arrive sometime
> >>>>>>> today.--Matt, N1IBB.
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> At 08:13 AM 7/17/2015 -0400, you wrote:
> >>>>>>>> Matt,
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> A couple of days ago you said you couldn't make anything out of
> >>>>>>>> the hamradioandvision.com site I had suggested. Since MMTTY
> >>>>>>>> is one of the programs you seem interested in, I've cherry
> >>>>>>>> picked 2 articles on that software from the site:
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> http://www.hamradioandvision.com/mmtty-accessibility-vision/
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> http://www.hamradioandvision.com/mmtty-text-to-speech/
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> I'm not sure there is anything particular to Digipan on the
> >>>>>>>> site, but maybe if you dig deep enough you will find something.
> >>>>>>>> There is a lot of good info on the site for blind hams, but I
> >>>>>>>> think the main page can be confusing. You will also find
> >>>>>>>> references to software that will give options other than
> >>>>>>>> MMTTY and Digipan.
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> Once you get your feet wet, go back to the site and poke
> >>>>>>>> around. Things that seem odd today may make sense later on.
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> 73, Steve KW3A
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >
> >
> >
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