O P E R A T I N G F O R M S C H A P T E R 5
o Clicking Clear(F2) (see below) deactivates the keyboard, changes the KEYS ACTIVE
button to KEYS OFF and the indicator shows black. Clicking KEYS OFF reactivates the
keyboard, changing the label to KEYS ACTIVE again and the indicator to cyan.
Pause (F1): Clicking this button or the pressing the F1 key will cause keyboard buffer sending
to pause.
Clear (F2): Clicking this button or pressing the F2 key will clear the keyboard area, stop it
sending and deactivate the keyboard (KEYS ACTIVE button changes to KEYS OFF and
indicator changes to black). Of course, the Stop (Esc) button or the Esc key will do the same.
PTT Delay: This control allows you to set the time delay between switching the radio to
transmit and the first key closure.
Always On Top: Check to keep this form always on top of any other windows that may be
open.
Morse Definition Editor
The Morse definition editor allows you to define and even redefine almost all of the characters in the
sixty-four-character set. The combo box control to the right of the cyan indicator lets you view and
select any of the characters in the set. Each one is displayed as four fixed width fields separated by the
| character. There are five special control characters that you may not change and they have an * in
the element field.
Once you have selected the character that you wish to edit, left click to select and then right click to
bring up the editor dialog.
Figure 137: CW Definition Editor
The editor dialog example above shows the ‘]’ character being changed to send didahdidah which is the
German code for ä (umlaut a). When your definition appears to be correct, click the Save button and
the definition file will be resaved to the disk.
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