[Fourlanders] URGENT...Writelog problem discovered

[Kos]

This was the behavior I was experiencing with WriteLog 10.x in June but NOT
in September with 11.11. In both cases I had the latest XP updates
installed.I will re-test the setup tonight to confirm that I can still
record WAV files.

I am also going to load WL on Win 7 on another system and test that as
well. I hammered the hell out of my computer this weekend on the RTTY
roundup on my XP computer, and quite frankly there were times where it was
exhibiting latency between talking to the radio, decoding signals, and
automatic logging of QSOs. Time for a 64-bit OS on a i3 or i5 processor
with lots of RAM. I expect to have this in place for the June contest
provided I can successfully test WL, the WSJT suite, and successfully
configure the external soundcard I use.

XP has had a great run, but I think it's time to move on. The WL
documentation copiously references Win 7, and presumably future development
and enhances will be be in that direction rather than on perpetually fixing
bugs for an OS that will no longer be supported.

Kos


On Sun, Jan 5, 2014 at 7:55 PM, Ron Rogers <ww8rr at charter.net> wrote:

>  To all W4NH band captains and users of Writelog >>
>
>
>
> An anomaly was discovered late last night and confirmed today during
> station setup at W4ZST’s house. It appears to be linked to a recent (not
> identified yet) MicroSoft update and NOT an issue caused by any particular
> version of WL. However, it DOES appear to affect ALL versions of Writelog
> we have used….including V11.11.
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> IF YOU HAVE NOT ALLOWED YOUR WRITELOG  PC TO PERFORM A MS UPDATE WITHIN
> THE PAST MONTH, DISABLE ALL FURTHER UPDATES IMMEDIATELY UNTIL WE HAVE MORE
> INFO ON THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM !
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> *Failure mode > Recording .wav files *
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>
>
> *Writelog appears to function normally except when attempting to record a
> new .wav file now. WL will play previously recorded and saved .wav files as
> normal. But when a new .wav file is recorded the mic is muted during record
> even though a .wav file is stored in the proper folder.  *
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>
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> It was confirmed during multiple experimentation and debug today that this
> is NOT an issue with .wav file playback or recorded .wav files being stored
> in different folder locations (as we have experienced in the past during
> simple WL version upgrades)
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>
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> To confirm, a suspect recorded file was copied to another PC and Windows
> media player was used to confirm it contained no digital voice. Then a
> known good file was transferred from a functioning WL machine, and placed
> in the WL  .wav file folder of the machine in question. That .wav file
> played normally when F2 was pressed. So playback set up is fine.
>
>
>
> All audio setup screens, soundcard parameters, and various audio mixer
> screens of BOTH Windows XP and Writelog have been explored with no success.
> The only hint visibly seen is a window within the WL audio mixer screen
> that shows the mic being muted. Un-Checking the Mute box lasts only until a
> Shift-F2 is performed to record a message. At that point, the mic appears
> to go muted again !!
>
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> This has now been observed on 3 different WL computers recently allowed to
> do a MS update, including a computer running WL 10.65 used successfully for
> the past 7 W4NH VHF contests. It too, is now “broken” !
>
>
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> Even when a computer is “rolled back” to a previous version of Windows XP
> the situation is not corrected. It just appears that some recent MS update
> has modified something in a WL initialization file.
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>
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> My next step the next few days is to uninstall my WL 11.11, allow the PC
> to receive all MS updates once again, then attempt to re-install WL V 11.11
> to see if the problem is corrected.
>
>
>
> This particular PC was the one that I began with back in Oct. with a fresh
> hard drive, fresh install of XP, and full install of WL V 11.11. The box
> has been running flawlessly and everything in WL installed cleanly and
> worked well…..until last night when doing a final test before contest in 2
> weeks.
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> Stay tuned for more updates !
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>
> *Ron*
>
> *WW8RR*
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