[WriteLog] RE: WriteLog Digest V3 #338

[Ric Plummer]

The IC756, thru the CT-17 adapter or other, requires no control lines, only
Txd and Rxd.
Ric KV1W

----- Original Message -----
From: "Dick Green" <dick.green@valley.net>
To: <writelog@contesting.com>; <angelo.zambaiti@galactica.it>
Sent: Monday, December 04, 2000 07:07
Subject: [WriteLog] RE: WriteLog Digest V3 #338


>
> Gino,
>
> Are you able to get Writelog rig control on the ICOMs without using the
> W5XD+ keyer? In other words, if you plug com1  directly into one of the
> rigs, does the polling work? If not, the parameters in the Ports menu may
> not be not correct, or there's a cable problem. Make sure that the correct
> rig is selected for com1, and try using Auto for the baud rate. Also make
> sure the "Poll" box is checked. If that doesn't work, click the big button
> to the left of the entry window. Make sure that the pull-down menu is set
to
> "Rig on COMM1".
>
> If it still doesn't work, there could be a cable incompatibility -- the
Icom
> may want to see one of the RS232 signals such as CTS, RTS, DTR, DSR, CD,
> etc. Can anyone on the reflector with an Icom 756 shed any light on that?
Is
> a special cable needed for Writelog to run the 756?
>
> If you can get Writelog to talk to the rig directly, then connect it to
the
> W5XD+ keyer without powering up the keyer. It should still work. If not,
you
> may have a bad connector or a bad trace to it on the PCB. If rig polling
> works through the card without power, then power up the keyer. In the
> Setup...Ports menu, make sure the "CW" button is selected on com1, and
make
> sure "W5XD multi+" (not "W5XD keyer") is selected as the keyer type. When
> you first start Writelog, you may have to select the entry window with the
> mouse to get the keyer to activate. If you don't get CW, make sure that
the
> rig polling is working -- it won't send CW unless the big button to the
left
> of the entry window says "CW".
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> 73, Dick WC1M
>
> > Date: Sun, 3 Dec 2000 14:23:15 -0000
> > From: "IK2RZP Gino Zambaiti" <angelo.zambaiti@galactica.it>
> > Subject: [WriteLog] W5XD+ Keyer
> >
> > Dear friends,
> > I built a W5XD+ Keyer, but it doesn't work.
> > I hope that no IC is broken, but that it is only a setup problem.
> > My serial cables are ok and checked.
> > I use 2 Icom 765 on com1 and com2.
> > I tried to setup w5xd+ keyer on com1 but nothing works. WL
> > doesn't read the
> > frequency from the radio and does not set the radio on desired
> > frequency. If
> > I use my usual logger software, through the w5xd keyer it reads the
> > frequency and sets the radio.
> > I also have no cw output.
> > How must I setup baud rate (usually 1200 with Icom), poll, Comm
> > PTT and All
> > mode PTT on CW port RTS?
> > I have WL10.22b
> > Thanks
> > Gino Zambaiti IK2RZP
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>
>
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