[UK-CONTEST] Software for IOTA - problems

[Robin Thompson]

In message <001101c456a7$ac5204c0$029137d2 at christran>, Chris Tran ZL1CT 
<zl1ct at gm7v.com> writes
>Sunday 20th June 2004
>
>Hello all
>
>I've been playing with software for our ZL1V/P IOTA DXpedition, and hit 2
>problems - any advice or pointers to archived info would be greatly
>appreciated. I'm using a Compaq Evo lap-top running XP Pro. All tests are
>with CW mode selected, the transceiver CAT control on COM1, and CW keying on
>LPT1.
Hi Chris - I've had all those problems over a period of a year - even 
creating a partition with W2K (to get away from XP) and just installing 
W/log doesn't FULLY solve the keying problem. I've given up using LPT1 
for keying - with my laptop (Compaq Presario/W2k/Wlog 10.47). It is NOT 
RF related by the way.
A pcmcia to serial interface solves (98%!) ERRATIC keying in my case 
(the main problem here)  - I've just ordered a microHam USB unit that 
MAY sort it completely ? ....... hopefully also by IOTA !! (EJ2MT)
>
>1.  SDI - there *appears* to be a problem - SDI sends 000 for the serial
>number, and does not increment this ?
>
>2. Writelog (10.47E) - I still cannot get WL to drive the LPT1 port for CW
>Keying. Originally I followed N1EU's instructions, downloaded and installed
>Userport, and it worked. Then I made the mistake of connecting a printer to
>the same LPT1 and printing a document, and LPT1 has been unavailable to WL
>ever since. I've uninstalled the printer, reinstalled WL, deleted and
>reinstalled the writelog.ini file, renamed the port LPT2, etc etc with no
>success. I've tried the other driver software (DLPortio) recommended by
>N1EU, and now WL cannot 'see' any of the LPT ports !  (With Userport at
>least it allowed you to check the LPT2 box under 'Setup - Ports')
>
>(Incidentally, for those new to Writelog, and wanting to transfer info.
>between PCs or between networked PCs, if you want the same window layout,
>etc., you have to copy the (usually initially blank) .wl log-file onto the
>other PC, not just the writelog.ini file - Writelog seems to need both
>files, not just one, to store all the necessary information about a
>log-file)
>
>I'm guessing that the problem is not a WL problem, but an XP Pro registry
>problem or similar ?
>
>73
>Chris
>ZL1CT
>
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73
Robin
G3TKF