[WriteLog] RITTYRite Crashes

[Robert Carroll]

I went to a third machine, the one I had used before buying this one.  Due
to a crash Writelog was not installed on it, but the file for 10.30B was
there.  The machine is XP SP2.  As an experiment I loaded the new version of
Writelog and got the same RTTYRite behavior I have seen on the other two
machines.  I uninstalled it and installed 10.30B and got the RTTYRite
weirdness.  I couldn't initialized sound board software--but RITTY seemed to
work--but I could not change TTU modes.  If I did I got one of the crashes
or exits.

Bob W2WG

-----Original Message-----
From: writelog-bounces at contesting.com
[mailto:writelog-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Juergen Krumm
Sent: Thursday, September 30, 2004 11:57 AM
To: Robert Carroll
Cc: WriteLog at contesting.com
Subject: Re: [WriteLog] RITTYRite Crashes

Hi Bob & all,

I observed the same over here on different PCs running
Windows XP SP2 and WriteLog V 10.49D. Finally I removed
WriteLog completely, installed 10.44B, upgraded to 10.48F
and everything works fine again. Must be a WriteLog bug.

73 de Joe, DJ5JK

"Robert Carroll" <rlcarroll at patmedia.net> wrote:
> Reflectorites-
> 
>  
> 
> I have been struggling with a problem I am experiencing with Writelog for
> several weeks.  I am using the latest full download on a 3 month old Dell
> 8400 running Windows XP SP2.  Thinking there might be something amiss or
> peculiar to that machine, I installed the program on an older Dell 8100,
> also running XP SP2.  Initially I suspected the problem might be linked to
> the fact that I have a Creative Audigy board in the 8400 for audio
> applications and a Creative SoundBlaster, which I bought for use with
> Writelog.  In the 8100 I have only a single Turtle Beach Santa Cruz.  On
> board checks the Audigy is a 7b, the SoundBlaster is a 7f, and the Turtle
> Beach a 7b.  Several years ago I ran an earlier edition of Writelog on the
> 8100 with no problems.  I can run other somewhat similar programs such as
> MixW, Logic, Digipan, MTTY etc successfully on both machines.
> 
>  
> 
> Here is the scenario.  I set up Writelog, find I have rig control, etc,
and
> open a RTTY window.  I select a TTU.  I get a message that Writelog can't
> initialize sound card software. But RTTYRite seems to work anyway.  The
> "can't initialize" message usually comes up only the first time I run
> RTTYRite, either after a resinstallation or, as Ron suggested, deleting
the
> RITTY part of the ini file.  Then the fun begins.  If I try to change from
> whatever TTU mode I originally selected the program pauses and then issues
a
> "run time error" and RITTYRite exits, or I get a "RTTYRite MFC has
> encountered an error and must exit" message and the program closes.  So I
am
> "stuck" in the first selected mode.
> 
>  
> 
> Along the way after I could not solve the problem I installed MTTY and the
> Writelog MTTY plug in.  MTTY works fine on its on, and I can switch to it
> within Writelog where sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't.  On
> occasion I see no signal on the display and find I have to switch to use
the
> other sound card channel.  On occasion I can see a trace of a signal, like
> it is super weak, but MTTY is decoding.  Switching audio channels and
> switching back often makes things run and appear normally.
> 
>  
> 
> But if I switch out of MTTY by selecting a RTTYRIte TTU, unless I select
> exactly the one I selected on initial set up (where the sound card did not
> initialize), RTTYRite will crash,
> 
>  
> 
> Having posted a call for help last week I got a nice response from ly2ij
who
> had run into the same problem just before the contest and after a
stressful
> period got things running by deselecting the Enable Recording Loop and
Echo
> Microphone selections on the soundboard options panel.  I can "fiddle"
with
> those selections and sometimes get RTTYRIte into a "limp along" mode after
> it has gone through a period of refusing to run, but the cure is only
> partial.  (Actually I have seen some info that enable recording loop
should
> be ON for soundcard RTTY).
> 
>  
> 
> What I am looking for is feedback from anyone else who is experiencing a
> similar problem or suggestions from anyone on how to fix or track down the
> problem.  I keep suspecting pilot error but have not found the mistake so
> far.  
> 
>  
> 
> Bob W2WG
> 
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