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CwType versions history

V1.36

A typo error in the “Key/PTT port pins” setup area was fixed - pin numbers of D6 and D7 outputs of LPT-port were wrote wrong.

V1.35

Documentation was updated.

Some minor changes were made.

V1.34

The “Setup” menu was fully rewritten.

RigExpert interface and control via OmniRig are supported now.

Some minor options were added.

Some minor bugs were fixed.

V1.32

Macrosequences for the CwGet software control were made :
   ~[rpNN] - to replay last NN seconds;
   ~[svNN] - to save last NN seconds to a wave file;
   ~[svpNN] - to save last NN seconds to a wave file and replay it.
These macrosequences work with CwGet 1.39 and later.

V1.31

CwType can generate sound via soundcard now. Soundcard generated signal has sine waveform and smooth edges of envelope, so it can be used to form CW signal by SSB transmitter.

V1.30

Manipulation stability at slow computers was improved.

V1.22

The “Tune” command was made. It sends a continuous key down to tune the transmitter.
Hotkey for this command is Alt-U.

V1.20

Macrosequences were made:
  ~[ce] or `[ce] - to clear edit fields;
  ~[csnt] or `[csnt] - to clear sent symbols window

Macrosequences for increment of numbers in the edit fields were made:
  ~[nic] or `[nic] - to increment a number in the "Call" field;
  ~[nir] or `[nir] - to increment a number in the "RST" field;
  ~[nin] or `[nin] - to increment a number in the "Name" field;
  ~[nio] or `[nio] - to increment a number in the "Other" field.

Macrosequences for logger control were made:
  ~[lgc] or `[lgc] - to clear all fields, except "Date", "Band" and "Mode" in the "New QSO" window of the AALog;
  ~[lgt] or `[lgt] - to set current time and date in the "New QSO" logger window;
  ~[lgs] or `[lgs] - to save QSO into the log;
  ~[lgts] or `[lgts] - to set current time and date and save QSO.

The “Setup >Use 'Other' Field As”  menu assigns alternative meaning to "Other" edit field. This meaning is used to catch words from CwGet and to transfer data to a logger.

V1.13

New macrosecuences were added:
  ~[su] or `[su] - to increase speed;
  ~[sd] or `[sd] - to decrease speed;
  ~[spNNN] or `[spNNN] - to set speed of NNN LPM;
  ~[ss] or `[ss] - to save current speed to memory;
  ~[sr] or `[sr] - to restore speed from memory.

Please, think twice before using this macrosequences! It is too hard to receive morse code with variable speed usually.

Logger can set speed and inter-letter space via special messages now.

V1.12

A bug was fixed. “OnTop” mode didn’t work correctly after “Edit Macros” command executing.

The “File > Open Capture File” command opens capture-file for transmitted symbols. If file exist, new symbols are appended to it.

The “File > Close Capture File” command closes capture-file. Capture-file state is shown in status-line. Hotkey for capture on/off commands is “Alt-L”. The command line argument “/c Filename” can be used to open capture file at the program startup.

V1.11

A bug was fixed. The DXSOFTEX.DLL was not included in the distributive.

V1.10

A bug was fixed. ~[rx] , `[rx] and `[pa] macrosequences didn’t work when “User-defined Charset” option was selected.

The “Setup > Beacon Off At Paddle Press” option was made.

CwType can get data from another software to transmit now. Data exchange can be made by DXSOFTEX.DLL library. See http://www.dxsoft.com/dxs-exch.zip for details.

V1.05

A minor bug was fixed. The program did not restored saved speed when inter-letter space was not equal three.

The “Setup > OnTop” menu item is used in place of “OnTop” button now.

The “Setup > Iambic Mode” menu item is used in place of “OnTop” button now.

New “Beacon” button switch on beacon mode now. In this mode “Alt-F12” macro is executed periodically. The period is defined by the regulator on the left of the “Beacon” button. The shortcuts for “Beacon” button are “Alt-B” and “Ctrl-B”. The macrosequences ~[bon] and `[bon] switch beacon mode on, the macrosequences ~[boff] and `[boff] switch beacon mode off.

The macrosequences ~[lsN] and `[lsN] can be used to select inter-letter space now. There N is desired space in dots.

V1.04

User can select charset of transmitted symbols now.

User-defined charset can be used also (“Setup > User-defined Charset”).

In this case charset is defined by simple text file. See example in SAMPLE.CWT file.

When the “TX On At Keyboard Press” MOX option is enabled, a transmitter is switched on if at least two symbols were entered.

V1.02

A bug in MOX option “TX Off At N Dots Silence” was fixed.

A bug in Edit Macros procedure was fixed.

A bug in driver installation procedure was fixed.

User can change number of macro buttons now. (“Setup > One Macro Buttons Row”,“Setup > Two Macro Buttons Row”, “Setup > Three Macro Buttons Row”.) Macro buttons labels are changed when “Ctrl” or “Alt” key is pressed now.

V1.0

The program works on Windows NT/2000 without limitations now.

Inter-letter space can be vary now.

Speed value in status line is calculated with dash/dot ratio and inter-letter space consideration.

“File > Send Text File” command was added.

Minor bug with speed regulator was fixed.

Hotkeys for speed regulator were made (“Alt-gray ‘+’” or “Ctrl-gray ‘+’” and “Alt-gray ‘-’” or “Ctrl-gray ‘-’”).

V0.30

More universal transceiver-interface control was made, so something parameters of INI-files were changed. Reread documentation, please!

You can use N6TR-interface now.

The program works on Windows NT/2000 now (with some limitations).

V0.26

“Esc”, “Ctrl-F1” … “Ctrl-F12”, “Alt-F1” … “Alt-F12” keystrokes are transferred to CwType now (for CwGet 1.10 and later).

V0.25

There are 37 keyboard macros now. User can  edit text on macros buttons via “Setup > Edit Macros” menu. Font parameters of that text can be changed via “Setup > Macro Buttons Font Setup” menu.

`[rx] macrosequence can be inserted by “Alt-]” or “Ctrl-]” keystroke now.

V0.20

Bug in ~[fFileName] macros was fixed.

Once more hotkey for TX/RX was made (“Scroll Lock”). So screen buttons “TX” and “Pause” were swapped to accord to keyboard.

Data transfer from CwType to AALog logger (v1.03 or later) was made.

Data are transferred from “Call”, “RST” or “Name” edit field after exiting from it.

Data transfer from CwGet program into “Call” and “Name” edit fields was made.

Font parameters and background color of input window and sent symbol window can be changed.

V0.15

Keyword “Weighting” in CWTYPE.INI file was implemented.

It is used to eliminate morse elements clipping by some transmitters with QSK.

V0.14

Not only serial (COM), but parallel (LPT) port may be used for transceiver control now. See CWT-LPT.GIF for details.

V0.13

User can vary speaker tone now (Keyword “SpeakerTone” in CWTYPE.INI file).

Keying speed can be varied in band of 1…6000 LPM.

MOX with a lot options was made (“Setup > MOX On”,“Setup > MOX Setup > …”).

Options “Setup > Pause On At Paddle Press” and “Setup > Pause Off At TX Off” were made.

Minor changes in program interface were made.

V0.12

Minor modifications were made to improve cooperation with programs AALog and CwGet.

V0.11

The option “to be in front of all windows” was made.

For they operators which don#146;t use good logger (as AALog) edit fields “Call”, “RST”, “Name”, “Other” and macrosequences for its using was made.

V0.10

More adequate behavior at windows resizing.

V0.09

Macrosequences for control of transmission process (“TX”, “RX”, “Pause”, “Clear the Buffer”) was added.

Sizes and coordinates of windows are saving on the command “Setup  > Save setup”.

Combined two-letter combinations “AS”, “AR”, “BK”, “KA”, “KN”, “SK” are adequately displayed in the window of the sent characters.

V0.08

The bug was corrected — complementarily of buttons “Yamb” and “Pause”.

V0.07

A possibility to disable iambic mode (memory of a unit of the char) was added. A regulated dash/dot relation was added.

V0.06

Further development of interaction with the AALog program was made.

V0.05

The messaging with AALog logger was realized.

V0.04

The macrosequences was realized.

The bug was corrected — “Save setup” command resulted that the installations of keyboard macros were lost sometimes.

V0.02

The first public version was released.

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