[Trlog] Radio Control using USB serial port adapter / or new interface

[Juhan Poldvere]

Cal,

Can't help much with the laptop and USB adaptor. 
Try 
TR PORTS
to see what TRLog thinks about available ports.
Setting the COM ports from AUTO to MANUAL in BIOS Setup may help -
the port numbers get mapped around sometimes.
Maybe it is of help to know that you don't need two ports to
have both keying/PTT and radio control. These use different pins.
Setting 
KEYER RADIO ONE OUTPUT PORT = SERIAL 1
RADIO ONE CONTROL PORT = SERIAL 1
RADIO ONE TYPE = TSxxx     
works perfectly.
As for the interface, look at
http://www.k6xx.com/ikanrite.html#pctsinfc

P.S. Could not reply direct: 
Can't send to 'ckuter at ix.netcom.com'. The server gives this reason: '550.5.2.1 <ckuter at ix.netcom.com>... Mailbox disabled for this recipient'.
73 & GL
--
Juhan ES5QX

>I would like to use my Belkin F5U103 USB to serial adapter for radio
>control.  However, to use this for radio control, I need to reboot the
>laptop and hit F8 to get to a menu that allows me to boot in DOS.  Then the
>Belkin will function (via its DOS box setup)  and will handle radio control
>via TR log.  BUT, I have never been able to get TR log to set CW messages
>(via f keys) when I enter DOS in this way.  I can only send CW using the
>shortcut, and then the Belkin quits (lights go out) as the laptop goes into
>DOS.
>
>Does anyone have any suggestions on how I can transmit CW from serial port 1
>(non-Belkin) when I boot in DOS?  I looked for a schematic for a radio
>control but found none.  Any help will be appreciated.