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TCPIP command to turn CW sidetone on or off

I'm playing around with Node-RED and looking for TCPIP commands that will turn the CW sidetone on and off.
transmit set mon_gain_cw=6 (from https://github.com/flexradio/smartsdr-api-docs/wiki/TCPIP-transmit) will set the CW monitor to a level of 6, for example, but if the sidetone has previously been turned off it this command will not turn it on. It appears that sidetone level and sidetone on/off require 2 different commands.
Suggestions appreciated.
Tim K9WX
Answers
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Hi Tim, the commands are:
"CD95 | cw sidetone on" "CD95 | cw sidetone off"
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Len
I Wire Sharked it and found:
"cw sidetone 1"
"cw sidetone 0"
Perhaps the same as "on/off"
Alan. WA9WUD
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Hi Alan, The documentation says "on" and "off", but "0" and "1" works just as well.
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Where might I find this documentation? Is there a resource other than https://github.com/flexradio/smartsdr-api-docs/wiki/TCPIP-transmit
Tim K9WX
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Hi Tim, that GitHub wiki is the only source of the API documentation that I am aware of.
Home · flexradio/smartsdr-api-docs Wiki (github.com)
Scroll down and see all the categories of commands:
Click on the command name to get all the variants. For example, Click on CW and there you can find the sidetone on/off commands. Sometimes the commands are not where you expect them, so some poking around is usually required to find what you are looking for.
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Thanks, Alan and Len. That works. And Len, yes, I am learning that the commands are not always where I expect to find them.
Tim K9WX
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I guess that it is not too surprising, given the complexity of the 6000 radios and the enormous number of commands they support. It is a bit like learning a new language - at first the grammar and syntax doesn't make much sense, but then as you get to know it, you start to use it without much struggle.
My biggest epiphany came when I discovered binding my non-GUI Client application to a GUI Client. All kinds of things became available after that!
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