Wave recording functions
FT100-SuperControl� can be used to record and archive QSO's or other important af-signals as wave-files to your harddisk. To use this feature, you'll need an additional cable with 3.5mm phone-plugs connected between your FT-100 transceiver and your soundcard. Another possibility is to connect a simple computer-microphone to your soundcard and position it in the near of your FT-100 speaker.
If you want to use one of these possibilities, you must configure your recording device in your windows system. You can use only one input of the soundcard at the same time ! So you have to configure your system, whether you want to use the "line-in" or the "mic-in" jack on your soundcard. Please take a look at your soundcard manual to read more about how to do that.
Please note: It is not possible to use the existing serial interface cable CT-62 for the recording functions.
To make sure that everthing is well configured, you can test the connection of your soundcard and your FT-100 transceiver. With this test you can see a spectrum display of the af (audio frequency) in a small window in FT100-SuperControl�.
Please push the "AF-OSC ON" button to start the af-spectrum display. When correctly configured, you can see a spectrum of your af (audio frequency) in this window. You can turn off this feature by pushing the button "AF-OSC OFF". (refer to picture 1.1).
(Picture 1.1 af-spectrum display)
If you only get a simple pulsating line without a spectrum in this window, then something went wrong. Please check your cable, your computer microphone, or the configuration of your soundcard.
If you got it to work and if you can see the af-spectrum, you can go on (turn off the spectrum display first) and start the wave-recorder by pushing the "WAV REC" button. You'll get the following picture (refer to picture 1.2).
(Picture 1.2 wave-recorder)
Manual recording of wave files:
If you turn on the checkbox "turn on manual recording functions", you are able to use the "hifi"-style toolbar (record, play, stop, rewind, forward and pause).
If you wish to record a wave-file, please push the button with the circle on it. You can see the complete path and filename of the new wave-file in the status bar at the bottom of the recording window. Also you should be able to see a changing textbox on the bottom right with numbers in it, when recording a wave-file. These numbers will tell you the actual recording length of the wave-file. Please remember, that you can use the "hifi"-style toolbar to stop and rewind the wave-file, so the small textbox will change to the starting and ending numbers (playtime in seconds), divided by a slash. If you play a previously recorded wave-file, you can watch the playtime there.
Automatic recording of wave files:
Also it is possible to start an automatic recording when the squelch opens. For this function you should turn on the checkbox "recording when squelch opens". Then you can start the timer, by pushing the button "Start timer". This timer will identify the activated checkboxes in this window, and will turn on the recording, when a signal is found. Please note, that the recording is turned on, as long as the busy indicator is turned on in the root window. You can extend this routine by turning on the button "recording when transmitting". With this checkbox turned on, the recorder will also record when the transmit indicator (TX) is turned on in the root window. Unfortuneately this function does not work with the normal phone-plug connection cable, because no tx-audio from the transceivers microphone will be sent from the rig via this cable. So if you are using a simple computer microphone this function will work. Maybe someone can find a solution for recording tx-audio via the rig. It would be great to share the info with us.
To save and stop the automatic recording, please use the button "Save / Stop". All the wave-files will be saved to a directory called "Voicerecorder". You can find that drawer in your FT100-SuperControl� application path. The filenames of these wave-files are generated automatically from the program and you can find the frequency, date and time of the recording, in the name of these files. So easy searching of previously recorded wave-files should be possible.
You can close the recording window by using the button "exit".