Today I was able to get Writelog and the Elecraft K3 working together on my
Vista 32 bit operating system.
I changed the Serial to USB connector from one with a Prolific chip set
(sold by Elecraft) to one with a FTDI chip set I purchased from
Byterunner.com (part number USB-COM-CBL)
. Writelog communicates both receive (frequency and mode) to sending
commands (spots, etc) with the K3
. Both RTTY and CW works
Here is my CW set up
In Writelog
. In the Set up menu - under Ports - I set up Writelog Rig as K3
(com port of K3), Auto Baud (can be set to 38400), PTT yes and Poll checked
. CW keying is on the same Com port as the K3
. DVK = Windows Sound Board and CW Keyer = PC Generates
. I checked "All Mode PTT on RTS
. I have the CW PTT to Command Rig on Com Port
. I have following additional lines in my Writelog.ini (my K3 is on
Com 5)
o [RIGS]
o COM5_DTR_INIT=-1
o COM5_RTS_INIT=-2 (this turns off the RTS when Writelog starts)
. Remember to "Save this Configuration" in Writelog.
In the K3 Set up
. In the Config settings, I have set Key-PTT to RTS-DTS
. K3 is in CW mode
. It does not seem to make a difference if VOX is on or off.
Here is my RTTY set up
In Writelog
. I am using MMTTY (MMTTY Plug-in for Writelog)
. Same Writelog Port settings as above with the CW mode
. In the Writelog RTTY Window - I have the port set to Com 5 (the
same in CW)
. In the Writelog Bands menu, I have LSB is really FSK -
o When the K3 is in Tx Data mode, Writelog will key the K3, but not data
is sent and I am not sure why at this time.
In the K3 setup
. Same as in the CW settings
. K3 is in the LSB mode
I will be testing the setting in a Vista 64 bit operating system later and
report the results.
Irwin Darack - KD3TB
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