[WriteLog] RE: Recording a new message on-the-fly

[Bruce Meier]

Wayne,

First - Thanks for addressing the numerous messages over the past days.

The ONLY difference that I can see (on my station set up - config below) is
that in earlier versions of WL (I am using 10.45 on one system and 10.47 on
two others) is this:

> When I used to start recording WL would keep the FT1000MP in transmit
until Esc was depressed.
>> Key sequence:
        1. Shift - F1
        2. Start talking (recording)
        3. Stop talking (recording completed) - Rig would stay in TX
        4. Depress ESC (recording stopped - rig dropped out of TX)

> The current observations are as follows:
>> Key sequence:
        1. Shift - F1
        2. Start talking (recording) - Rig will drop out of TX based on VOX
setup
        3. Stop talking (recording completed) - Rig drops out of TX based on
VOX setup
        4. Depress ESC (recording stopped - Rig already out of TX)

I have a prerecorded message in all keys - F1 - F10 and they work fine.  The
above is the ONLY difference that I have noticed - again,..... ON MY
STATION.

Config:

(3) Compaq DeskPros - 500 mhz
WL 10.45 or 10.47 (as stated above)
FT1000MP (2)
FT1000D (1)
Heil ProSets - fed directly into sound board MIC inputs
Soundboard LineOut - through a RadShack isolation xfmr to Phone Patch inputs
of FT1000s.

Sorry that I can not provide any 10.49 comments, but my personal software
release mgmt process will NOT allow me to change revs before a contest.
This weekend is the Texas QSO Party and I will be running Multi-Multi and as
good as WriteLog is - I NEVER UPGRADE this close to a contest.

Monday - - - different story !

73 from Montgomery County Texas

Bruce - N1LN ( K5PTC - Pesky Texan Contesters )

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----- Original Message -----
From: "Wayne Wright" <w5xd at alum.mit.edu>
To: <writelog at contesting.com>
Sent: Friday, September 24, 2004 23:08
Subject: [WriteLog] RE: Recording a new message on-the-fly


> All,
> Thanks for all the reports. I don't normally use my personal life for
> excuses, but after being mentioned personally in this thread I find it
> necessary to say that I have a day job (I manage a team of programmers
> building software for oil industry) and that I have been traveling on
> business for a week. WriteLog doesn't pay nearly well enough for me to
quit
> my day job and provide software support in real time.
>
> Many seemed to have taken the conclusion that on-the-fly recording was
> broken or purposely removed by the addition of SSB messages. Publishing
such
> unjustified conclusions on the reflector accomplishes only more discussion
> about false information and takes no one in the direction of a fix, and I
> for one gained no information about exactly what anyone was doing or
> troubleshooting they had performed from reading that dicussion on the
> reflector (did you actually get a WAV file on your disk? what was in it?
how
> did you program your message keys to try to play them back?). For the
> benefit of anyone reading the reflector looking for accurate information:
> the feature was not purposely removed.
>
> Anyone interested in actually making the feature work can start by doing
> "Tools Keyboard Shortcuts" and examine what SHIFT+F1 through SHIFT+F10 are
> assigned to. The record-on-the-fly feature is bound to the
"MessageShift02"
> through "MessageShift11" binding. (No, that was not changed in 10.49. Yes,
> those names are not mnemonic, but that is what they are and if you want
this
> feature to work, those are the names you have to use. They are what you
get
> when you install WL or click the "Reset Defaults" in Keyboard Shortcuts.
Mea
> culpa. They are named that way for "historical reasons" and can't easily
be
> changed without breaking people's INI files. This is not new in 10.49)
>
> The next thing to be aware of is that when the MessageShift02 through
> MessageShift11 functions are invoked (which by default is bound to the
> keyboard on SHIFT+F2 through SHIFT+F11), WL's behavior depends on what
mode
> your rig is in. This is not a new behavior, it has been this way since
about
> version 8.0 when we added voice keying, and is documented in the help
file.
> If your rig is in a voice mode, it starts the recording. If your rig is in
> CW mode or digital, those functions transmit a message. If you are not
> connected to your rig, then WL uses the mode you have set with the "Radio"
> button on the Entry window. You terminate the recording by pressing
ESCAPE.
> At this point, you should have a new .WAV file on your disk. It will be
> located in the directory you set in WL under Setup Ports using the "Wave
> File Locate" button. It will be named MSG2.WAV through MSG11.WAV.
>
> Wayne
>
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