[WriteLog] 3 soundboards and WlSbControl problem

[Jerry Pixton]

Bill,

Ah the plot thickens.  I just went thru a similar experience yesterday.

Running Win2000 on Dell 530 Workstation. I had mother board sound card 
(Analog Devices SoundMAX Integrated Digital Audio AC97) and Sound Blaster 
16PCI card. The 16PCI was put in because Writelog could not correctly 
control the playback side - picks a channel called PC Beep. The 16PCI 
worked well in my old computer and it works correctly and well in the new 
one. But interestingly it installs as Index 0. But I found that I could not 
correctly decode AO40 telemetry using the AC97 card and AO40Rcv software. 
And since I am always trying to listen to RTTY and AO40 at same time, I did 
not want to be constantly switching audio cables.

So yesterday I put in a third audio card, an older Soundblaster PCI128 
(which never quite worked right with Writelog) to use for AO40 telemetry.

So with three cards in computer, I try to figure out which card for 
Writelog to use. Opening the Volume Control and Mixer Device pull-down list 
I get "Creative SB AudioPCI", "Creative Sound Blaster PCI" and "SoundMAX 
Digital Audio". Ok so which is the 16PCI and which the PCI128? Going to the 
Control Panel, Sounds and Multimedia the list I see has "Creative Sound 
Blaster PCI", then "Creative SB AudioPCI" and then "SoundMAX Digital 
Audio". So who is index 0 and who is index 1 for Writelog to use???????

So I make a test. My normal audio for RTTY is hooked physically to the 
16PCI. Open Writelog, turn on the FT1000mp and listen to the contest. When 
I set SoundBoardIndex=1 in Configuration section of writelog.ini I get 
signals to the rtty windows and I can transmit afsk. But I have to manually 
control the volumes to make it work. Howcome??? I open WlSbControl. It is 
controlling the other card. In spite of the SoundBoardIndex=1, the 
WlSbControl is using index=0

But I don't see any other place to put a SoundBoardIndex= parameter. Only 
in Configuration and AudioReview. So for the moment I have a functional 
RTTY setup using the 16PCI card at index=1 but the mixer control is using 
the other card at index=0

What now???? I am sure this will all break down when I try SSB and have to 
find the Microphone as well a play a wave file.

How do I tell WlSbControl to use the proper card??????

Oh, by the way the PCI128 does decode AO40 telemetry using AO40Rcv correctly.

Jerry, W6IHG


At 07:14 PM 11/9/2001 -0800, William Hein, AA6TT wrote:
>I'm looking for tips on using two soundboards with WriteLog.  I just 
>installed two brand new SB16s in my Dell Pentium II computer running 
>Windows 2000 Pro.
>
>Windows plug and play aparently installed both soundcards.  How do I 
>distinguish between the two soundcards in the software to put AudioReview 
>and Windows functions on one and WriteLog's transmit and receive functions 
>on the other?  Also, how do I control the volume and levels on each 
>individual card?  The WriteLog manual does not go into enough detail for 
>me to figure this out on my own.
>
>Thanks,
>Bill AA6TT

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Dr. Jerry R. Pixton, PIXOS Designs LLC
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