[WriteLog] FW: Belkin F5U409 Question.

[James M. Galm, W8WTS]

Here's a very interesting new result from tinkering with my Belkin F5U409
USB/serial converter.  
 
I posted earlier that it does not do rig control with my FT1KMP and it does
not send WriteLog generated DTR CW.  More testing showed that it DOES send
WriteLog generated DTR CW when sent from the Alt-k keyboard window.
Characters typed into the Alt-k keyboard window send correctly from the
Belkin F5U409 DTR signal.  Characters sent from the CW memories never cause
the Belkin F5U409 DTR to change state.  
 
Perhaps this fact could help those with more detailed knowledge of how
WriteLog interfaces with its serial ports to understand why the Belkin
F5U409s fail to do rig control or send CW from the memories.  
 
All insight is appreciated.  
 
73,
 
Jim, W8WTS.  

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From: GARY ELLIOT [mailto:k7ox at msn.com] 
Sent: Sunday, February 11, 2007 7:57 PM
To: James M. Galm, W8WTS
Subject: Re: [WriteLog] Belkin F5U409 Question.


Jim,
 
Let me know if you get it to work...I have a F5U409 and could not get it to
talk for rig control to a Icom 756 PRO. Installs just fine and the comm port
shows up in Device Manager as COM 3 but the radio will not talk to it.
About ready to give it up and look for a PCI serial card.
 
Gary