[WriteLog] WKUSB and Writelog

John Musselman n6ep at arrl.net
Sun May 31 17:03:01 PDT 2009


Ron and Sid,

Thanks, but I did figure that one out.  So when I start Writelog it hasn't 
forgotten the set-up.

Hey, I also figured out how to open up my spam filter to anyone who 
responds, cool...

John



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ron Hall, Sr." <ronkp2n at earthlink.net>
To: "John Musselman" <n6ep at arrl.net>
Sent: Sunday, May 31, 2009 4:50 PM
Subject: Re: [WriteLog] Fw: WKUSB and Writelog


> John ... When you change the PORTS setup and when complete you click on 
> OK.
> Your very next step should be SAVE CONFIGERATION under SETUPS.
> After you have saved the configeration go to FILES and click on SAVE.
> I have had almost the same problem when changing from a CW setup to
> one for RTTY.  Any changes in the PORTS setup will revert back to what 
> ever
> is in the .INI file unless ou do the save commands.
>
> This may or may not be the problem but hope it helps.
>
> 73  Ron  KP2N
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "John Musselman" <n6ep at arrl.net>
> To: <writelog at contesting.com>
> Sent: Sunday, May 31, 2009 7:33 PM
> Subject: [WriteLog] Fw: WKUSB and Writelog
>
>
>> Dick,
>>
>> Thanks for your response and sorry about the challenge.  That's an
>> automatically generated message from my spam filter.  (It turns out it 
>> will
>> challenge everyone on the reflector.)
>>
>> Anyway, if you're still not too ticked off, here's what I have.  I'm 
>> using
>> Writelog 10.67B and a Winkeyer USB I built about three months ago.  The
>> Winkeyer works OK with the Winkey Test program.
>>
>> In Writelog, I opened Setup > Ports and selected "K1EL Winkeyer" for the 
>> CW
>> Keyer Type and then clicked on the correct COM Port under the "CW" 
>> column.
>> But when I type into the CW Keyboard window or hit the F keys, nothing
>> happens.  I don't know what else I may need to do.
>>
>> I tried setting up the COM port two different ways.  When I first 
>> connected
>> the WK, it installed on COM5, so I used the device manager to move it to
>> COM2.  I also moved it back to COM5 and used Commslot1=5 in the .ini 
>> file.
>> Either way, it didn't work but the Winkey Test program did.
>>
>> Twice, when I was fiddling trying to get it to work, as I clicked OK on 
>> the
>> Port Setup window the Winkeyer sent a Morse 'S'.  But whatever that may 
>> have
>> meant, it never worked after that.
>>
>> I also installed everything on a different computer with the same 
>> results.
>> The Winkey Test program worked but Writelog didn't.
>>
>> Anyway, if you can see something I'm obviously doing wrong, I'd 
>> appreciate
>> your comment and thanks in advance.  Don't worry, the spam filter won't
>> block you again...
>>
>> John
>> N6EP
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Dick-w0raa" <w0raa at comcast.net>
>> To: "John Musselman" <n6ep at arrl.net>
>> Sent: Saturday, May 30, 2009 10:13 PM
>> Subject: Re: [WriteLog] WKUSB and Writelog
>>
>>
>>>I use Writelog and the Winkeyer USB.  Using it right now in the WPX CW
>>>Contest.  No problem.
>>>
>>> Dick
>>> W0RAA
>>>
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>>> From: "John Musselman" <n6ep at arrl.net>
>>> To: <writelog at contesting.com>
>>> Sent: Saturday, May 30, 2009 10:36 PM
>>> Subject: [WriteLog] WKUSB and Writelog
>>>
>>>
>>>> Hi All,
>>>>
>>>> Anyone using Winkey USB with Writelog?  I can't get it to work.  If
>>>> there's
>>>> anyone who can help, I'll post what I've done.
>>>>
>>>> John N6EP
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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>>>
>>>
>>
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