[WriteLog] CW keying on LPT1 with XP

[Wayne]

Hi All,

I tried this with two different computers, one AMD 3200+, the other P4 
2.4G, and after 3 days of adjusting addresses, playing in writelog.ini, 
trying both of the free external programs, going through reading all the 
older post on this and any help files I could find, I failed to make it 
work. The only common factor was WL software and trying to get LPT port 
keying of CW which works fine without any add-ons with 2 other programs.

My bottom line is if the authors of the program call it a Windows program 
and have it working in Win9X, then it should be made to work in WinXP as 
this IS a Windows operating system. You shouldn't need to spend any more 
time or effort getting something to work that has been shown to be readily 
available in other programs. LPT port keying of CW is seamless in other 
programs with WinXP.

By the amount of posts on this subject, it is obvious that this "feature" 
of WL needs attention.

I also wonder if anyone else has noticed that after installing WL, if the 
radio, FT1000MP in my case, is on while the computer is booting up, the rig 
tries to transmit 2 or 3 times during the bootup process. This seems to be 
occurring after I tried to get MMTY integrated with WL. If I pull the 
comport attached to the interface for sound card RTTY the problems is not 
there.I now have to be sure the rig is off when booting the computer. 
Anyone else come across this? Is there something I've done wrong to cause this?

If nothing else, I've learned more about LPT port addresses than I ever 
wanted to know! <G>

73,

Wayne WA1PMA





At 09:23 AM 2/3/2005 -0600, you wrote:
>After reading there comments on the cw keying I decided to try it last 
>night.  I had recently upgraded to Win/XP from Win98SE and I had been 
>keying cw with WL on a comport.
>
>Looking at the Port setup on WL all the LPT ports where grayed out.  After 
>I ran the program Userport and re-booted I now have LPT1 and LPT3 open and 
>both work fine CW keying my rig.
>
>One note, the Writelog.ini file address for LPT1 ~ 3 need to be the same 
>as what Windows has listed.
>
>So bottomline is that it works fine.
>
>But my other problem is that in DXBase2005 I can't get it to send CW from 
>the LPT port, go figure??
>
>Joe K0BX