[WriteLog] RS232 CW PTT problem

[Don Hill AA5AU]

Detailed tutorial on how to change the commslot at:

http://www.rttycontesting.com/writelog/commslot.htm

73, Don AA5AU 

-----Original Message-----
From: writelog-bounces at contesting.com [mailto:writelog-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Mike McCarthy, W1NR
Sent: Thursday, March 01, 2007 9:24 AM
To: sv1cdn at hol.gr
Cc: writelog at contesting.com
Subject: Re: [WriteLog] RS232 CW PTT problem

Dennis Drakopoulos wrote:
> Hello to all!
> A Greek friend of mine is using writelog v10 and recently upgraded his 
> computer. The new computer has only one RS23 port to which he has 
> connected the control box of TS850 rig. He had made a simple PTT 
> trnasistor circuit for CW PTT using RTS pin of a second RS232 port in 
> the old computer. There was no other serial port in the new computer 
> so he bought a PCI to serial card and this gave him two more serial 
> ports COM7 and COM8, which work properly.
> The problem is that Writelog v10 doesn't see any RS232 port except 
> COM1, COM2, COM3, COM4 so there is no way to use his CW PTT circuit... 
> Working with LPT port is out of the question because it is occupied with printers.
> Is there a way to overcome his problem? What would you suggest?
> Thank you!
>
> Dennis Drakopoulos
> 73 de SV1CDN
>   
Edit the writelog.ini file.  In the [PORTS] section add:
CommSlot3=7
CommSlot4=8

Now COM7 and COM8 will show up in the ports setting menu instead of COM3 and COM4.

Mike, W1NR



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