[WriteLog] 3 soundboards and WlSbControl problem

[Dick Green]

Jerry,

This sounds similar to the problems I'm having running two soundboards under
W2K, though not identical. WL works through the second card, but can't
control it. For example, the mic is echoed whether or not I set that
parameter in WL. WlSbControl can't operate it, either, regardless of the
index setting in the ini file. But I can't get any mixer to work with the
second card. There seems to be a problem indexing to it, and that's not
restricted to WL.

The order of the cards on your system should be identical in the
volume/mixer applet and the Control Panel applet. Looks like the OS is a
little confused about all the soundboards, which is what I think is
happening in W2K.

One thing you could try is to disable the motherboard soundboard from the
BIOS. I can do that from the BIOS on my Dell Dimension T600. Press DEL to
enter SETUP during the boot sequence. My audio chips were listed under
Peripheral Configuration. Although permanetly disabling the motherboard
sound might not be a good solution for you, it may shed some light on the
situation.

73, Dick WC1M


> 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