LPT ports are for printers. That they were used by DOS mode logging programs
for keying was a hack.
Serial is the prefered mode for general purpose use and works fine for
keying.
As has been discussed many times on this list, if you need more ports, PCI
serial cards are cheap and easy to install.
With the advent of USB, both serial and LPT support is going away anyhow.
Steve, W1SRD
-----Original Message-----
From: writelog-admin@contesting.com
[mailto:writelog-admin@contesting.com]On Behalf Of Gil Baron
Sent: Sunday, June 16, 2002 2:33 PM
To: W3YY@aol.com; writelog@contesting.com
Subject: RE: [WriteLog] Can't Select LPT Ports
None of the NT class (NT, WIN2000, XP) are allowed to access the LPT port
directly and that is required. There is no API in windows for that either.
The only solution is a driver. Driver code can access anything and I mean
anything and that means it could use LPT.
The author of WriteLog has not written a driver for this and therefore you
are out of luck unless you get (BUY) a third party driver. That will work if
you set it up correctly. I think there is a free driver available, saw it
once, don't know how good it is, don't remember the name. Search for it if
interested.
The easiest and cheapest solution is to forget about LPT and get extra com
ports, or wait until WriteLog realizes that a driver for the LPT is really
necessary since soon everyone will be on XP.
Good luck.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: writelog-admin@contesting.com
> [mailto:writelog-admin@contesting.com]On Behalf Of W3YY@aol.com
> Sent: Sunday, June 16, 2002 10:26 AM
> To: writelog@contesting.com
> Subject: [WriteLog] Can't Select LPT Ports
>
>
> I'm installing WriteLog on a new computer running XP
> Professional. I have
> been successfully using LPT1 on my old computer for CW keying.
> On the new
> computer I cannot select LPT1 for use with CW. In fact, I can't
> check ANY of
> the boxes associated with the LPT ports for anything (CW, rig
> control, etc.).
>
> Device Manager indicates I have one working LPT port (LPT1 at 0378h).
>
> A look a WriteLog.ini shows a listing for 3 LPT ports (LPT 1 through 3 at
> 3BCh, 378h, and 278h respectively. Does this mean WriteLog thinks it
> detected 3 LPT ports? I changed this to just a single listing
> for LPT1 at
> 378h, but that didn't solve the problem.
>
> Any ideas as to what is wrong?
>
> 73, Bob - W3YY
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