[WriteLog] byterunner card and WL?

[RCARIELLO]

Steve,
Just installed the PCI-400HS Serial Card and the PCI-1284-P2 Parallel Card
both from Byterunner. The computer is a PII-400 MHz running Windows98.  Had
a little trouble getting both cards to install. Called the company and after
trouble shooting found Windows98 did not see the drivers on the 3.5 disk.
Have to go into DOS and run the driver install program. That worked and both
the serial and parallel ports and installed.

Some additional information if you plan on installing more parallel ports:
I had to go into the computer BIOS and change the Parallel port address to
3BC.
Then install the drivers from DOS.


The information to get Writelog to recognize the new parallel ports is part
of a message I saved off the reflector.

Rich AA2MF


++++++++++++++ SAVE MESSAGE +++++++++++++++++

There is a program in WriteLog's \programs folder called FPORT16.EXE
that is probably causing the problem. It reads the BIOS for the LPT
port address assignments and sets the entries in WRITELOG.INI.

If you rename FPORT16.EXE to anything else (or delete it) it won't
do this anymore. Another possibility is to figure out why the BIOS
is reporting something different than what you have installed.

Wayne

> -----Original Message-----
> From: writelog-admin@contesting.com
> [mailto:writelog-admin@contesting.com]On Behalf Of Roger E. Marrotte
> Sent: Monday, December 03, 2001 16:26
> To: WriteLog@contesting.com
> Subject: [WriteLog] LPT Ports
>
>
> I have 2 LPT ports on my system. I can get both to work fine with
> writelog(latest version).  My problem/question is this:
> Writelog insists on
> making the port addresses:
>
> LPT1=0x3bc (cut and pasted right from the ini file)
> LPT2=0x378
> LPT3=0x278
>
> My port numbers are actually LPT1: 378 and LPT2: FFE8.  I can use
> LPT2(0x378) but not my second parallel port. If I edit the
> .INI file and put
> these values in, all I have to do is run Writelog, open a
> log, new or old,
> exit Writelog, and the values in the .INI file get changed
> back to the three
> shown above.  If I edit the file changing the values to 378
> and FFE8 and
> then make the file read-only, I can then run Writelog, open a
> log, go to
> Setup/Ports and see and use both parallel ports.
>
> My question is this, how do I get the port values to stay
> changed in the
> .INI file without having to make the file read-only?  Is this a known
> problem?  Has anyone else had this happen?
>
> 73, Roger, W1EM
>
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Steve Forst" <kw3a@snip.net>
To: <writelog@contesting.com>
Sent: Tuesday, December 11, 2001 5:04 PM
Subject: [WriteLog] byterunner card and WL?


> I need to add a couple of serial ports to my 200 mhz pc running Win ME.
>
> Anyone had problems with the Byterunner serial cards and Writelog?  I was
> thinking of the PCI-200H.   No money for a new computer now.  If there are
> problems with this card, I'll save my $46 and  keep chugging along as is.
>
> Steve KW3A
>
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