Ray,
You need a second com port. If you're using com1 for rig control it cannot
also be used for CW. Does your new computer have serial ports or are you
using a USB to serial converter?
Look in Windows Device Manager and see what other unused com ports, if any,
are available on your machine. WL only uses com ports numbered from 1 - 4
for rig control and CW keying. Since com1 is already in use you need to use
com2, com3 or com4 for CW. If your only available com ports are numbered
higher than com4 you must make an entry in the writelog.ini file to reassign
that port to a lower number. For example, if you have com6 available add
the following line in the [Ports] section of the ini file.
CommSlot2=6
Then use com2 for your CW port in WL.
73,
Gary AL9A
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ray Day" <rayday@cox.net>
To: <writelog@contesting.com>
Sent: August 14, 2009 9:05 AM
Subject: [WriteLog] CW keying of rig - help, please?
> Hi guys, Ray N6HE here....
>
> I'm a new WL user, still setting things up. Rig is a Ten-Tec Omni VII
> (happy me!) and computer is a fairly new Windows box running XP-Pro, Svc
> Pack 3. WL ver is 10.72E. Rig control is via COM1 and things are working
> between rig and computer for rig freq showing up in WL, WL setting rig
> freq
> whwn I want it to, etc. I've reviewed a lot of past posts and can't find a
> solution to my problem. So here I am...
>
> The problem is that trying to send CW from/through WL doesn't key the rig.
> In WL dropdown menu item "Radio ==> Tune" doesn't either (should it?). PTT
> when trying to send CW does, when I ask it to send PTT to rig during the
> CW
> I want to send.
>
> In the setup/ports menu I use:
> 1) com1
> 2) cw keyer type "pc generates"
> 3) cw ptt = none (QSK) [BTW, when I do set cw ptt = "command rig on com
> port," the rig keys fine for the duration of the key signal, but pushing a
> cw message button, while it shows characters in the CW Window, does not
> key
> the rig with CW] Hmmm.... the characters in the cw window just sit there
> after I push a Function/message button (don't scroll to the left as they
> are sent, as with all other cw buffers I've seen.
> 4) "All mode PTT on CW RTC port" is unchecked
> 5) Rig type for com1 set as Omni VII
>
> So how come WL "CWPTT" keys the rig and WL doesn't key the rig when
> sending
> from the keyboard/using canned cw messages? been at it for about 8-10
> hours
> so far...
>
> Any help for The Newbie would be greatly appreciated!
>
> Thanks!
> Ray N6HE
>
>
>
>
>
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>
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