[WriteLog] LPT CW problems that appeared in 10.29. fix posted.

[W. Wright, W5XD]

Several people have reported problems with LPT port CW in
version 10.29E. All of these so far have been tracked down
to hardware setups that require the "old" behavior on LPT
port pin #1. 

We don't normally post beta versions of WriteLog, but at 
least 4 people have found that reverting to the old 
pin 1 behavior fixes their problem, so WL 10.30A beta
is now on the WriteLog downloads page:

http://www.writelog.com/downloads.htm

Please read the instructions before downloading/installing
this beta. Very few installations will benefit.

On the "unsupported operation" problem, I recommend this:
1. in WriteLog's \programs folder, there is a program named
comreg.exe.
2. find that program and run it. It works silently. It 
fixes up WriteLog's Windows registry entries.
3. Now try running WriteLog

Wayne, W5XD


> -----Original Message-----
> From: writelog-admin@contesting.com
> [mailto:writelog-admin@contesting.com]On Behalf Of Lin Titus
> Sent: Monday, December 31, 2001 21:48
> To: Writelog@Contesting. Com
> Subject: [WriteLog] 10.28D / 10.29 Problems
> 
> 
> Hopefully, some of you will be able to offer me some 
> suggestions on how to
> overcome a couple of problems I seem to have created for 
> myself over the
> past weekend.
> 
> My setup is a 500Mhz computer with 256 Mb of RAM connected to an Icom
> 756Pro.
> 
> Just prior to participating in the Canada Winter Contest this 
> past Saturday,
> I upgraded to Version 10.29E. When I tried to operate cw I 
> found that the cw
> was distorted to the point it was unreadable.
> 
> Since I wanted to use cw, I uninstalled 10.29E and 
> reinstalled 10.28D which
> had worked perfectly on both ssb and cw previously. When I 
> booted up 10.28D,
> I got a message saying "An unsupported operation was 
> attempted". I clicked
> on the OK button and the RAC Winter Contest form came up as it should.
> However, while it worked ok for logging contacts, it would 
> not give me the
> country or the bearing when I entered a callsign. I ran cw and ssb
> successfully for the rest of the contest with these two deficiencies.
> 
> After the contest was over I reinstalled 10.29E and when I 
> booted it up, it
> also gave me the "An unsupported operation was attempted" 
> message. Clicking
> on the OK button again allowed the contest form to come up. 
> However, it now
> also does not give either the country or bearing when a 
> callsign is entered.
> And the cw is still distorted.
> 
> At this point I would like to go back to 10.28D so the cw will be ok.
> 
> Can anyone tell me what I need to do to...
> 
> 1. Avoid receiving the "An unsupported operation was attempted"
> 2. Get the COUNTRY and BEARING functions active again when a 
> callsign has
> been entered (I do have the BEAM HEADING menu choice already checked).
> 
> Also, any thoughts on how to overcome the distorted cw 
> produced by 10.29E
> would be much appreciated.
> 
> Thanks for any possible comments.
> 
> Happy New Year.
> 
> Lin  VE9FX
> 
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