[WriteLog] Comport problem

[Gary AL9A]

WriteLog only "recognizes" comports 1 through 4.  It can work with up to 15 
different comports, but only 4 at any time.   You need to make an entry in 
your writelog.ini file, in the [PORTS] section to designate the comports you 
want WL to use.

>From the [PORTS] section of the WL Help manual:

There are 4 "slots" available for WriteLog rig interfacing. By default, 
CommSlot1 is COM1:, but you can change that by changing the number on the 
right of the equal sign. These settings are not used for RTTY or for packet

CommSlot1=1
CommSlot2=2

In this example, the third and fourth slots are on COM7 and COM8. COM15 is 
as high as is supported.

CommSlot3=7
CommSlot4=8

73,
Gary AL9A


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dave Earnest" <k7jj at hotmail.com>
To: <writelog at contesting.com>
Sent: March 10, 2008 2:44 PM
Subject: [WriteLog] Comport problem


> My faithful 7 year old HP finally died.  I moved my VSComm PCI card with 2 
> serial comports to a slightly newer HP. When the system detected the new 
> hardware, it merrily led me through the install process.  I thought all 
> was well.  When I went to the Device Manager, I found the system had 
> assigned comport 14 and 15 to these two serial ports.
>
> Writelog only will recognize comports 1 through 8, right? Anyone got an 
> idea for a work around on this?  In the old computer, these usually came 
> up as ports 4 and 5. Any suggestions would be appreciated.
>
> 73,
>
> Dave Earnest, K7JJ
> k7jj at arrl.net
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