[WriteLog] Problem with Rig Control using FT1000

[DENYS BROSNAN ZL2AWH]

I have recently purchased Writelog and there are a few things I have not been able to resolve.

Rig Control. I only wish to use the one rig, an FT1000, one of the early ones. I think it has a version 5 eprom as against the version 6 in the later models. Whether this makes any difference I do'nt know. 

The control partially works. I am able to change freq and band from the computer but the readout on the LH end of the Entry Field, if it changes at all goes back to reading 21217 and the mode seems to read anything but what I am using. I am also unable to manually tune the rig more than about 5 KHz and if I change bands or modes at the rig the computer disregards them. The interface between them is a new one from W1GEE. Rig control is centred on COM1.

COMM Ports. I have 6 COM Ports on the Computer which incidently uses XP Professional as an OS and I wish to use port 5 in place of port3 on the Port SetUp Window for the CW feed (My port three has the inbuilt modem on it.) but I cannot find anywhere that tells me how to do it except for "CommSlot1=1" and "CommSlot2=2" which appears in the manual. It does not say what to do with them and when I placed them in the ini file it took exception to it.

The interface for CW is a DIP printed circuit relay which has operated quite well on TR and Super Duper so should be OK with WL. (DTR line)

QRS Key. I can not find any reference to a key which when pressed will drop the CW speed down a set amount say 8 wpm. I find this asset extremely useful to help newcomers into contest work. Here in ZL ofcourse there is no requirement for CW to get a licence so for some of these chaps it is a shock to be hit with 25 to 35+ wpm in a contest and they just give up. I myself find anything above 22 wpm hard going these days, the trouble is there are not many ops about who are even willing to QRS.

Denys