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

[Kelly Johnson]

This WAS it, but I don't know why I didn't see this before.
Yesterday, I tried using "Manual Entry" to set the mode, but it didn't
seem to work.  Last weekend I had the rig interface hooked up and it
wasn't working, but today with the rig interface hooked up it is
working.  There must have been multiple issues.  In fact, the one
thing I did since last weekend was I re-installed the VCP drive and
windows correctly assigned it to a low COM port number (COM5) instead
of the high port number (> 20) it set before.  In order to do this, I
had to uninstall a whole bunch BT VCP's set up on machine from the
factory.  Of course, I reassigned that high port number to a lower
one, but maybe there was still a conflict with something else.

The bottom line is that it is working now!  Awesome.  Thanks everyone.
 The Serial Port monitor software really helped.


On Sat, Jul 4, 2009 at 6:31 AM, Ron NØAT<n0at at comcast.net> wrote:
> Kelly,
>
> If the "CW keyboard" is working and the F keys are not, then I suspect the
> problem is Writelog doesn't know what mode your rig is set to.  Writelog
> probably thinks your rig is on SSB, and is trying to send the SSB messages.
>
> Make sure the rig interface is working, and the mode is correct.  You can
> also click on the frequency and a box will come up.  Make sure that info is
> correct, especially the mode.  If the computer interface is not working,
> then select "Manual entry" and enter the frequency and mode.
>
> 73 de Ron NØAT
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: writelog-bounces at contesting.com
> [mailto:writelog-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Kelly Johnson
> Sent: Friday, July 03, 2009 17:01
> To: writelog at contesting.com; k5dj at writelog.com
> 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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