How to connect a key/keyer to Mac or iPad

W3US

Newbie here. I will be controlling my 6600 from a MAC using one of the Mac O/S paid software programs. How do I connect my WinKeyer (or straight key) to my Mac? I've skimmed the SDR and hardware documents and don't see it.

George KF2T

Section 7.1 of the on-line documentation.

Enjoy!

W3US

Sorry, not getting it. I see "licensing" in one document, and "power connections" in the other. Would you mind sending the link, please? Again, I want to connect a key to my Mac (or even a Windows machine for that matter) then remote to the 6600.

W3US

Ah-ha. I found this in section 21.5 of the SmartSDR Software User Guide. I believe it answers my question.
"At present, there is no feature to attach a key or paddles to the PC to operate CW remotely."

davenelson

It would be great if there was a way to CW remotely without a Maestro

KD0RC

Take a look at the Remote Keyer Interface group. I built one for windows and it works great. I think someone has figured out how to make it work for Mac as well.

RemoteKeyerInterface@groups.io | Topics

John WA7UAR

I found this informative thread on the Remote Keyer Interface thread on Groups:

https://groups.io/g/RemoteKeyerInterface/topic/83032709#492