[WriteLog] Voice keyer delay

[Gary AL9A]

Hi Don,

No real major problems under Vista, just some new stuff to get used to!  Be 
sure to create an administrator account for installing.  I also run all my 
ham related stuff as the administrator.  Once installed you'll need to find 
the writelog.ini file that is really used by WL.  Turns out there are two 
ini files.  The one at C:\Windows is like a dummy file and is never updated 
by WL.  The actual ini file will end up at

C:\Users\W9NGA\AppData\Local\VirtualStore\Windows\writelog.ini

The AppData folder is a hidden folder, so you should tell Vista to display 
hidden files and folders to make it easier to find.  The changes made by the 
WL program are stored by Vista in this writelog.ini file, not the C:\Windows 
one.  As noted above, you will need administrator permission to edit the ini 
file yourself.

If you use Sub-bands in the Band Map the WL Sub-band utility will create the 
files, but again it gets stored in the VirtualStore path at

C:\Users\W9NGA\AppData\Local\VirtualStore\Program Files\WriteLog

This same path is used by Vista to store updates to all the .dta files used 
by Super Check Partial, as well as the wl_cty.dat file.  It took me a while 
to figure this out due to a stupid mistake I made when installing WL.  Make 
sure you do a FULL install of the program first, then update to the latest 
version from there.  I didn't do that and had many problems with things not 
working right until I did an uninstall and then a reinstall of the FULL 
version.

Vista also stores other WL files in weird places.  I ended up with three 
folders under C:\Users\AL9A\Documents\WriteLog - AudioRecording, WaveFiles 
and Contest.  AudioRecording is where the files from recording a contest are 
placed.  WaveFiles contain various audio wav files for different contests. 
Contest contains folders for different contests, SSB, CW, etc., and 
different year folders.  Much of this came from file transfers from my old 
machine, but under that machine I had all this stuff under C:\Program 
Files\ham.  When it came over the Belkin file transfer utility I used and 
Vista put it else where and I had to go looking to find them!

Also, since my new machine has no serial ports, only USB ports, I had to 
purchase a USB to Serial adaptor.  I purchased a two port adaptor and use 
one port for rig control, the other one for PTT and CW keying.  Haven't 
gotten around to trying MMTTY and FSK for RTTY yet.  It was suggested by 
others on the reflector that MMTTY be installed in the C:\ root directory, 
instead of C:\Program Files due to the Vista VirtualStore thing.  So far, it 
all works!

73,
Gary AL9A




----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Don Berrgmark " <dbergmark1 at q.com>
To: "'Gary AL9A'" <al9a at mtaonline.net>
Cc: "'Gary AL9A'" <al9a at mtaonline.net>
Sent: March 02, 2008 8:36 AM
Subject: RE: [WriteLog] Voice keyer delay


> Hi Gary
>
> I am in the process of putting Writelog , the latest issue, onto a Vista
> machine.  Any other problems before I commit.
>
> Don
> W9NGA
>
> Don & Jean Bergmark
> 3939 W Calle Siete
> Green Valley, AZ 85614
> 520-399-3611
> www.w9nga.com
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: writelog-bounces at contesting.com
> [mailto:writelog-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Gary AL9A
> Sent: Friday, February 29, 2008 7:58 PM
> To: Writelog Reflector
> Subject: [WriteLog] Voice keyer delay
>
> I'm using my new Dell laptop with Vista in the ARRL DX contest and am
> experiencing a noticeable lag from the time I press an F key and the when
> the audio file starts playing.  It seems like it's almost a half second or
> so.  I never had this with my old Compaq running XP.  Is there a parameter 
> I
>
> can tweak somewhere to reduce or eliminate this delay?  An ini file 
> command?
>
> 73,
> Gary AL9A
>
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