Greetings!
Success at last! Hallelujah!
One other thing I needed to do was make some changes to the jumpers on my
RIGblaster Plus. The jumper pattern I wound up with is NOT one that West
Mountain Radio suggests in the manual, so it was helpful to know that I
wanted the PTT on RTS (already knew that keying was on TXD). Curiously, with
these settings I can no longer do "Sound Board FSK" with RittyRite, although
I might be overlooking something there.
One thing that may have been leading me astray as I tried various
configurations is that clicking the TX button on the MMTTY plug-in window
does NOT put the transceiver into transmit as it does with the MMTTY
standalone program. I had to hit one of the F keys to play back a stored
message in order to trip the PTT and send data. This is something worth
pointing out to others, I believe.
I checked CW via the LPT using DirectIO for a shim, and that works fine too.
I'm going to grab Userport and see how that does, since it's free and
DirectIO isn't (unless one wants to download the trial version every month).
OK, so I spent another $18 for a third USB - > RS-232 adapter. I've done a
lot worse things. It may come in handy some day.
Now, can someone tell me why WriteLog displays the FIRST QSO in the log
instead of the most recent one? I have to scroll down each time I start the
program to get the log where I want it (my DXCC log has contacts going back
to 1996, when I got this call sign). CT, Log-EQF and pretty much any other
logging program I've ever seen default to the most recent contact(s) in the
log window. Can this be changed?
I sincerely appreciate all the generous help and especially all the time
Charlie spent with me on the telephone yesterday, trying to sort this out.
I may be ready to roll now!
73, Rick, N1RL
-----Original Message-----
From: writelog-bounces@contesting.com
[mailto:writelog-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of Joe Subich, W4TV
Sent: Monday, March 03, 2008 6:00 PM
To: 'Rick Lindquist'; 'Don Hill AA5AU'; writelog@contesting.com
Subject: Re: [WriteLog] Using MMTTY with WriteLog
Rick,
> Thanks again. Yes, I'm aware that the MMTTY engine does not
> use EXTFSK, and the rest of what you say makes sense.
Don is correct. It appears that the "Software generated FSK"
settings do work with MMTTY at least it does with both a FTDI
chip based USB -> serial converter and microHAM USB Interface
II.
If you have MMTTY running with EXTFSK:
1) note which lines you are using for data and PTT (data
should be TxD or DTR and PTT should be RTS).
2) Install the MMTTY Plug-in if you have not done so.
3) Start WriteLog
4) Select FSK on the radio (or manually in the entry
window)
5) Open a RTTY Window
6) On the Ports menu, select the port you were using for
EXTFSK. Select either of the "Software Generated
FSK" choices depending on the line you used for data
and answer "Yes"
This should get you running with the plug-in and a USB port.
73,
... Joe, W4TV
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Rick Lindquist [mailto:n1rl@earthlink.net]
> Sent: Monday, March 03, 2008 3:30 PM
> To: 'Joe Subich, W4TV'; 'Don Hill AA5AU'; writelog@contesting.com
> Subject: RE: [WriteLog] Using MMTTY with WriteLog
>
>
> Hi, Joe & Don
>
> Thanks again. Yes, I'm aware that the MMTTY engine does not
> use EXTFSK, and
> the rest of what you say makes sense. The USB - >serial
> adapter I'm using
> (which has a Prolific driver; the hardware has no mfr ID on
> it) came with my
> RIGblaster Plus. West Mountain Radio's info is what
> ultimately pointed me to
> EXTFSK, since I couldn't get MMTTY to work as a standalone at
> that point.
>
> So, could the issue be that I need yet another USB - >serial
> adapter that
> will handle 5 bit codes? Can you recommend one? (I have
> another one here,
> but I have not tried it; however, it did not work when I was
> trying to get
> MMTTY to work as a standalone either.)
>
> 73, Rick
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Joe Subich, W4TV [mailto:lists@microham-usa.com]
> Sent: Monday, March 03, 2008 2:43 PM
> To: 'Don Hill AA5AU'; 'Rick Lindquist'; writelog@contesting.com
> Subject: RE: [WriteLog] Using MMTTY with WriteLog
>
>
> Don,
>
> The MMTTY plug-in initializes the MMTTY engine with the COM Port
> passed by WriteLog at start-up. WriteLog has no "EXTFSK" option
> in the Ports menu.
>
> When started as a DLL (which is what the plug in does), MMTTY
> does not use the (PTT/FSK) port information stored in MMTTY.INI
> ... it uses the configuration options passed at the start up.
> When MMTTY receives a port (even if EXTFSK has been configured
> for that port) it will not start EXTFSK. Prior to the addition
> of "Software FSK on DTR," I spent dozens of hours looking for
> a configuration option that would allow the MMTTY plug-in to
> call/use EXTFSK with no success.
>
> 73,
>
> ... Joe, W4TV
>
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Don Hill AA5AU [mailto:aa5au@bellsouth.net]
> > Sent: Monday, March 03, 2008 8:21 AM
> > To: 'Joe Subich, W4TV'; 'Rick Lindquist'; writelog@contesting.com
> > Subject: RE: [WriteLog] Using MMTTY with WriteLog
> >
> >
> > This is incorrect.
> >
> > Software generated FSK will work for USB-to-serial adapters
> > with the MMTTY plug-in. I'm doing it on one computer/radio
> now. The
> > key is to go to MMTTY stand-alone and change EXTFSK to the
> > port number of the adapter on the TX tab and then on the
> MISC tab, USB
> > Port, select C: Limiting Speed. In WL, select the port of
> > the adapter in the Rttyrite menu along with Software generated FSK.
> >
> > Rick's having a similar issue but the suggestions we have
> > been giving him aren't working for some reason.
> >
> >
> > 73, Don AA5AU
> > http://www.aa5au.com
> > http://www.rttycontesting.com
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: writelog-bounces@contesting.com
> > [mailto:writelog-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of Joe
> Subich, W4TV
> > Sent: Sunday, March 02, 2008 8:53 PM
> > To: 'Rick Lindquist'; writelog@contesting.com
> > Subject: Re: [WriteLog] Using MMTTY with WriteLog
> >
> >
> > If your USB to serial adapter does not support 5bit codes at
> > 45.45 baud (e.g., if you must use EXTFSK for MMTTY in stand alone
> > mode), the MMTTY plug-in will not work.
> >
> > The MMTTY plug-is does not permit the use of EXTFSK and
> > WriteLog's "Software generated FSK (TxD)" is only valid for
> > RTTYrite (the
> > native RTTY support with Sound Board FSK or Stereo Sound
> Board FSK).
> >
> > 73,
> >
> > ... Joe, W4TV
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: writelog-bounces@contesting.com
> > > [mailto:writelog-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of
> Rick Lindquist
> > > Sent: Saturday, March 01, 2008 7:21 PM
> > > To: writelog@contesting.com
> > > Subject: [WriteLog] Using MMTTY with WriteLog
> > >
> > >
> > > Well, I'm stumped again. Even after reviewing (and
> > reviewing) the fine
> > > tutorials by Don, AA5AU, I still cannot get the MMTTY module to
> > > transmit FSK RTTY with WriteLog. MMTTY works fine as a standalone
> > > program from its currently assigned COM port (7), and I can
> > even get
> > > Rittyrite to transmit FSK (from the type-ahead buffer;
> there don't
> > > appear to be any memories - just a funky little tuning
> > screen with a
> > > very slow response time).
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > After selecting the COM 7 under Rittyrite's Ports menu,
> > then "Software
> > > generated FSK TXD," the "COM-TxD(FSK)" choice in the MMTTY
> > Setup MISC
> > > screen is grayed out. At one point, I got MMTTY/WriteLog
> to key the
> > > radio, but it just transmitted a carrier, not RTTY.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > I'm using a RIGblaster Plus on COM 7 via a USB - >RS-232
> > > adapter. The radio
> > > is an ICOM IC-756PROIII. I had been using the general DXCC
> > > tracker logging
> > > module, but it still would not work after I loaded an RTTY
> > > RoundUp contest
> > > module.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Any ideas or suggestions? Many thanks! 73, Rick, N1RL
>
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