[ct-user] TSR Help needed for CT 10 user

[kd4d at comcast.net]

OOPS!  I screwed up.  LPT1INIT fixes the problem on parallel ports, not serial
ports.  I gotta read the e-mails more closely.

Sorry about the false alarm.  I wonder if it's the same bug...I could write
a program to clear the offending bit on a serial port I suppose...

Mark

 -------------- Original message ----------------------
From: kd4d at comcast.net
> Hi Andy:
> 
> Try lpt1init.exe, available from
> http://www.k1ea.com/utilities/
> 
> Run it before you start CT.  I wrote it to fix this problem.
> 
> In 2005, I had this problem with an external DVK (an SCK-II).  I wrote a tiny 
> program
> that you can run in autoexec.bat or somewhere called "lpt1init.exe" which clears 
> the
> offending bit before CT is started.  That solved it for us.
> 
> I believe newer versions of CT10 also fixed it.  See
> http://lists.contesting.com/_ct-user/2005-03/msg00026.html
> 
> for more than you ever wanted to know about the problem.  :-)
> 
> 73,
> 
> Mark, KD4D
> 
> 
>  -------------- Original message ----------------------
> From: "AK" <K4YKZ at ARRL.NET>
> > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > From: "Robert Naumann" <w5ov at w5ov.com>
> > To: "'AK'" <K4YKZ at ARRL.NET>; <ct-user at contesting.com>
> > Sent: Wednesday, January 23, 2008 7:08 AM
> > Subject: Re: [ct-user] TSR Help needed for CT 10 user
> > 
> > > Here's a note from N5IN back in Y2K:
> > >
> > >> Immediately
> > >> after COMTSR for COM1 starts the radio goes into key down mode.  And it
> > >> stays in key down mode until CT loads, starts, gets to the final
> > >> screen--then you must hit one of the CW function keys to send something.
> > >> Only then does the key down condition clear.
> > >
> > > So, it seems that you can wait until CT loads fully, then press an F-Key 
> > > and
> > > it should clear out.
> > >
> > > 73,
> > >
> > > Bob W5OV
> > 
> > RE: Serial port 1 DTR locks on after CT starts up.
> > 
> > Hello Bob - Indeed, the F-key operation stops turns off the start-up
> > CW key-on bug when I go into CW contest mode using CT10.
> > 
> > That little bug is only a problem if I have my amplifier on and my antenna
> > switch off at start-up CT. HI HI
> > (not so funny when the amp arc's and the shorting switch smokes)
> > 
> > I use serial port 2 for my CW keying, and port 1 for my CIV (radio) and
> > PTT control.
> > 
> > I don't use the PTT control (DTR signal) with CT, but I do use it with other
> > programs.
> > 
> > My radio PTT relay control (for DigiPan & MixW operation) works off of the
> > DTR signal that goes on and stays on when the CT program begins to run (SSB
> > or CW). I have a connector I can pull off when I go to the other programs,
> > but it's a nuisance.
> > 
> > The F keys in CT have no effect on this problem.  I have no idea why the CT
> > program would change the power-on setting of the DTR signal, which returns
> > to the off state when I exit the CT program.
> > 
> > It appears to be some CT initialization thing; I would think that the proper
> > TSR command could change that.
> > 
> > 73, Andy K4YKZ
> > 
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: AK [mailto:K4YKZ at ARRL.NET]
> > > Sent: Tuesday, January 22, 2008 11:00 AM
> > > To: ct-user at contesting.com
> > > Subject: [ct-user] TSR Help needed for CT 10 user
> > >
> > > I am running CT10 (CT8 upgrade) and use COM 1 as my interface to my 
> > > IC756P3
> > > for band settings and mode.
> > >
> > > The same cable is used with MixW for PSK & RTTY operation, and DTR is used
> > > to switch the interface relay between receive to transmit mode.
> > >
> > > CT10 sets the DTR signal on at all times. This keeps the transmitter in
> > > transmit mode, unless I unplug the DTR signal to my RIGblaster interface
> > > relay.
> > >
> > > It sure would be nice if my initialization TSR for the CT contest logging
> > > would just keep DTR turned off.
> > >
> > > I have played with "-DTR" for comtsr1 in my CT initialization batch file,
> > > but have had no luck in turning DTR off.
> > >
> > > Any suggestions??   Andy K4YKZ
> > > -------------------------------------------
> > > My present batch-file serial communications port TSR command is:
> > > comtsr1 -b1200 -P1 -I4 -A3f8
> > 
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