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From: kd4d@comcast.net
To: Bob Schreibmaier <k3ph@ptd.net>, ct-user@contesting.com
Subject: Re: [ct-user] CT-MFJ 434
Date: Tue, 22 Mar 2005 01:19:18 +0000
Hi Bob:
CT for DOS has the exact same LPT problem, where you have
to cycle through the buttons. Note that if you happen to have
an SCK-II (with six DVK control lines) even that won't help.
73,
Mark, KD4D
> Okay, gang. I guess I should have tried this first.
>
> I pulled out an old WinBook XL laptop running W98SE.
> I tend not to try anything on it, just because it
> is a laptop that won't run off the battery and the
> hard drive is beginning to fail (sometime laptop!).
> And it's only a 400 MHz AMD processor. But, I'm
> desperate!
>
> In any case, I tried running CTWin 10.02.03 from
> it and was able to get it to key the DVK. Thanks
> to K3CT for a heads-up: I needed to run through
> the F1 through F4 and ESC keys on the keyboard
> and THEN hook up the DVK. After that, it seemed
> to work.
>
> So, it appears there is something not set up
> properly with the LPT1 port on the shack computer.
> Guess I have some detective work to do there.
>
> It also looks like CTWin doesn't necessarily set
> up the LPT1 port properly. You shouldn't have
> to cycle through the function and escape keys
> and then hook up the DVK.
>
> An interesting data point is that, on the shack
> computer, hooking up LPT1 to the MFJ-434 causes
> the buttons on the MFJ-434 to not work, too!
> Apparently, the 434 is being put in some strange
> mode. Cycling through the function and escape
> keys doesn't seem to help there. Disconnecting
> from LPT1 and re-powering the 434 seems to be the
> only thing that fixes it.
>
> Time to scratch my head again. I have a few weeks
> to work this out before CQWW Phone. :-)
>
> On the other hand, I could always use CT-DOS in
> a DOS window and grab spots from DXTelnet.
>
> Thanks for all the help, gang!
>
> 73,
> Bob
>
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