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CW Key quit working with V4

WA5YOM
WA5YOM Member ✭✭
in SmartSDR for Windows

My bug quit working with V4, checked the settings and everything looks ok…Is there a new setting with V4?

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  • KD0RC
    KD0RC Member, Super Elmer Moderator

    No new CW settings. You might try exporting your profiles, then do a factory reset. If that doesn't help, post a screenshot of SmartSDR here so that we can see your settings.

  • Al K0VM
    Al K0VM Member ✭✭✭

    What CW keying method are you trying to use ?? Paddles to radio? Straight key? External keyer? CW macros ?

    Al, K0VM

  • WA5YOM
    WA5YOM Member ✭✭

    As I mentioned in the original post, using a bug….always worked before, suddenly quit.

  • WA5YOM
    WA5YOM Member ✭✭
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  • WA5YOM
    WA5YOM Member ✭✭

    FYI, cable has been checked and is OK…

  • KD0RC
    KD0RC Member, Super Elmer Moderator

    Did you try the factory reset?

  • WA5YOM
    WA5YOM Member ✭✭

    Yes, did complete factory reset…

  • WA5YOM
    WA5YOM Member ✭✭

    I am thinking there is a 8600 hardware failure….but no way to check the hardware

  • WA5YOM
    WA5YOM Member ✭✭

    I have a help desk request, but no response yet…..been a few days…

  • KD0RC
    KD0RC Member, Super Elmer Moderator

    Yep, that is the right thing to do. Hopefully they will get through the backlog soon.

  • Unbalanced
    Unbalanced Member ✭✭
    edited December 2025

    I've seen the same. Note that you've got Iambic disabled (me too). If I enable Iambic, and hit the straight key, it'll make dits (so it's getting the input - just not acting on it when not Iambic). Then for some unknown reason, upon switching back to Iambic disabled it then seems to work. Sometimes I'd have to hit the key a few times to 'wake it up'… Give that a whirl and see how it plays.

  • Gord-VA7GP
    Gord-VA7GP Member ✭✭✭

    @WA5YOM I use a bug too, and have the same settings that you do… and for me, it works as it always has. I get dits and dahs as always, from the Vibroplex bug.

    I know it's not helpful to you 😞 but it's a data-point that does rule out the software…

    Best wishes for a speedy and complete resolution

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