[WriteLog] WriteLog Digest, Vol 53, Issue 11

[Mike]

Hello,

Have similar situation that I've reported on this reflector.  The LPT 
SO2R issue seems to be a common problem with WL especially with new 
computers that don't have a LPT on the mother board.   I've had to go 
to something less than optimal to use WL with SO2R.  Not holding my 
breath until this is fixed in WL.

At 08:18 PM 5/13/2007, Alan Maenchen wrote:
>Zoli hit a sore point for me.
>
>I can no longer use WL due to the SO2R (lack of) support.
>For some reason, LPT1 does not show up in WL and therefore I cannot use
>SO2R.
>
>N1MM works fine.  Although I don't particularly like N1MM, I have no choice.
>
>When WL picks up an intelligent SO2R support that does not get hung up on
>LPT, I'll come back.
>
>My particulars in case you're curious:
>W2000 Professional OS
>LPT1: appears to be working fine for all programs except WL.
>UserPort is installed and setup correctly.  WL used to find LPT1, but no
>longer.
>Within WL10.61E, LPT:2 appears, but all other LPTs are grayed out.
>This is odd since I have no LPT2 either physical or virtual...confirmed by
>Device Manager.
>I've tried numerous hints and kinks to no avail.
>
>My only clue is that LPT1 disappeared when I installed a new 200G HD as E:
>... but it only disappeared for WL.
>The new drive is only used for photos/videos/music.
>
>I have given up.
>
>73, Al  AD6E
>
>
> >What I also considered negative and made me stop using and subscribing WL
>at the end were certain policies like the lack of  integrated >LPT support
>  for XP and  the consequent lack of SO2R support (A/B bits on LPT ports only
>thus not under XP). If W5XD had said "guys, >I need to invest X hours and Y
>dollars to get it done, and it will come in version A which would cost you Z
>dollars and would be available >in Q - R  months" I would have been
>supportive even without knowing X and Y. Knowing that Writelog team left
>this problem to some >third party SW or HW really disappointed me.
> >
> >So I left WL and only use it for some QSO Parties in version 10.45 but for
>serious contesting I migrated to Win-Test. In some aspects it >is worse,
>less mature and less intuitive than Writelog but the two issues above are
>fully addressed and for me that was important.
> >
> >73, Zoli HA1AG
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         73,
         Mike, K4GMH