[WriteLog] WinKey USB won't work with WriteLog on my laptop

[Kelly Johnson]

Thanks for the suggestion, but I see no F Lock Key on my Dell Laptop
and I see nothing in the documentation suggesting that there IS one.
I may have to write a simple program to read the keyboard just to
verify that F keys are not locked, but I doubt it given that
<Fn><F-Key> is working fine.  In other words, the alternate F-Key
functions you get by holding down the Fn key at the same time as a
Function Key all work.



On Fri, Jul 3, 2009 at 9:01 PM, Gary AL9A<al9a at mtaonline.net> wrote:
> Check your keyboard keys on the F key row.  My Microsoft Natural keyboard
> has a F Lock key just to the right of the F12 key.  Every once in a while
> I'll fat finger that key when trying to hit the F12 key.  When I do all the
> other F keys go dead in WL.  When I hit the F Lock key again the all work
> normally.  Hope it's that simple!
>
> 73,
> Gary AL9A
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kelly Johnson" <n6kj.kelly at gmail.com>
> To: <writelog at contesting.com>; <k5dj at writelog.com>
> Sent: July 03, 2009 2:01 PM
> Subject: Re: [WriteLog] WinKey USB won't work with WriteLog on my laptop
>
>
> With the help of a serial port monitor I have narrowed down the
> problem a bit more.  I'm hoping someone can help me resolve it from
> here.
>
> The "CW Keyboard" in Writelog is working fine, but the function keys
> (which I have programmed with CW messages) do not work.  Clearly the
> connection between WriteLog and WinKey is working as is the connection
> from WinKey to my rig.  The "CW Keyboard" correctly keys the rig.  I
> see absolutely no serial port traffic going to the WinKey VCP when I
> use the function keys.  I can't say I've ever seen such behavior.   I
> think the function keys work.  At least the "Alt-Fn" keys work because
> I can use "Fn F8" to change the display mode.  Is there some
> configuration item in WriteLog.INI that would cause this OR does it
> think I'm in SSB mode or something and thus won't send CW in response
> to Function keys?
>
> Ideas?
>
>
> On Tue, Jun 30, 2009 at 11:12 AM, Kelly Johnson<n6kj.kelly at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> I've had this problem for over 1 year. I've tried everything to
>> resolve it, but so far nothing works.
>>
>> My WinKey USB works fine with WriteLog on my desktop, but will not
>> work with my Laptop.
>>
>> WinKey USB works with DX4WIN and WKTest on my laptop, but not with
>> WriteLog.
>>
>> I tried uninstalling all COM ports on my machine and reinstalling the
>> driver and even that did not work. The COM ports assigned to WinKey
>> USB are COM5 and COM6, so they're not "invalid" COM port numbers.
>>
>> The symptom is that as soon as I run WriteLog set up for WinKey on
>> COM5 or COM6, then WinKey goes quiet and it won't key the rig. The
>> paddle input doesn't work either. WinKey just won't key the rig.
>> Like I said, WKTest and DX4WIN work fine.
>>
>> Can someone tell me how to debug this problem? I could intercept the
>> RS232 traffic if this were an RS-232 port and look at it, but I have
>> no idea how to look at the traffic across a VCP over USB.
>>
>> I really need to get this working.
>>
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