[WriteLog] COM Ports

[Roger Marrotte @ Mediaone]

Thanks Greg,

There sure is a lot to this program.  What a big .ini file.  I made the
changes you suggested and now have CW working on com5.  I getting there.

Thanks again,

Roger
----- Original Message -----
From: "Greg Clark" <k9ig@contesting.com>
To: "Roger Marrotte @ Mediaone" <marrotte@mediaone.net>
Sent: Thursday, September 07, 2000 6:15 PM
Subject: Re: [WriteLog] COM Ports


> Look in the manual under INI setting to configure for higher comm
> ports.  Yes, it only supports 4 ports but they can be 1 - 8.  I use comm
> 5 and 6 here at this QTH.  Here is a blurb from the manual:
>
> There are 4 "slots" available for WriteLog rig interfacing. By default,
> CommSlot1 is COM1:, but you can change that by changing the number on
> the right of the equal sign. These settings are not used for RTTY or for
> packet
>
> CommSlot1=1
> CommSlot2=2
>
> .In this example, the third and fourth slots are on COM7 and COM8
> CommSlot3=7
> CommSlot4=8
>
>
>
> "Roger Marrotte @ Mediaone" wrote:
> >
> > I'm new to writelog.  I bought it a few days ago.  My problem is that I
have
> > and use 6 com ports on my computer but writelog seems to support only
four
> > com ports.  How come?  I really really want to use com5 or com 6 with
> > writelog to send cw to my rig.  I can't use the parallel ports on my
> > computer because I'm running Windows 2000.  How come?  I read the blurb
in
> > the help file about why I can't use the parallel ports while running
Windows
> > 2000 but I'm not sure why there is this limitation in this fine program.
I
> > hope this is fixed soon.  I had a perfectly good parallel port circuit
made
> > up that I used with CT but now can't use it with writelog.  The good
news is
> > that I made up a serial port circuit today and it works (I tried it on
com2)
> > but I can't leave it there.  My next task will be to get writelog to
operate
> > my rig (TS-870S) in FSK mode.  I'm having fun with the new program and
have
> > high hopes for it in the contest coming up this fall and winter.
Hopefully
> > I'll get all the ports hooked up and all modes working.  One last thing,
> > while I was fooling around with CW mode and was trying to get the
settings
> > correct to have the program key my rig, the program died two or three
times
> > saying something about errors and a error log being generated.  Anyone
else
> > ever see this?
> >
> > 73, Roger, W1EM
> >
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