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

[Bruce Meier]

One more config item.........  running Win98SE on all three systems.

Bruce


----- Original Message -----
From: "Bruce Meier" <n1ln at consolidated.net>
To: <w5xd at alum.mit.edu>; <writelog at contesting.com>
Sent: Saturday, September 25, 2004 6:11
Subject: Re: [WriteLog] RE: Recording a new message on-the-fly


> 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 )
>
> *********************************************************************
>
> ----- 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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