[WriteLog] Writelog and the Elecraft K3 in a Vista 32 Operating Environment

[KD3TB]

I have now completed the preliminary tests under a Vista 64 bit environment.


 

I am able to get Writelog to communicate to the K3 - receive (frequency and
mode) and send (send K3 to spot frequencies and mode) using the same
settings as below. 

 

I was not able to get Writelog to key CW, it would lock up the K3 Radio in
transmit mode and I had to turn the K3 off to get it to reset. I will
continue to do additional tests.

 

Regards, Irwin

 

 

From: KD3TB [mailto:idarack at gmail.com] 
Sent: Friday, October 09, 2009 9:36 AM
To: 'writelog at contesting.com'
Cc: 'Andy Vavra'; 'Ken Nicely'; 'Bill Ballantine'
Subject: Writelog and the Elecraft K3 in a Vista 32 Operating Environment

 

Today I was able to get Writelog and the Elecraft K3 working together on my
Vista 32 bit operating system.

 

I changed the Serial to USB connector from one with a Prolific chip set
(sold by Elecraft) to one with a FTDI chip set I purchased from
Byterunner.com (part number USB-COM-CBL)

 

.         Writelog communicates both receive (frequency and mode) to sending
commands (spots, etc) with the K3

.         Both RTTY and CW works

 

Here is my CW set up

 

In Writelog

.         In the Set up menu - under Ports - I set up Writelog Rig as K3
(com port of K3), Auto Baud (can be set to 38400), PTT yes and Poll checked

.         CW keying is on the same Com port as the K3

.         DVK = Windows Sound Board and CW Keyer = PC Generates

.         I checked "All Mode PTT on RTS

.         I have the CW PTT to  Command Rig on Com Port

.         I have following additional lines in  my Writelog.ini (my K3 is on
Com 5)

o   [RIGS]

o   COM5_DTR_INIT=-1

o   COM5_RTS_INIT=-2 (this turns off the RTS when Writelog starts)

.         Remember to "Save this Configuration" in Writelog.

 

In the K3 Set up

.         In the Config settings, I have set Key-PTT to RTS-DTS

.         K3 is in  CW mode

.         It does not seem to make a difference if VOX is on or off.

 

Here is my RTTY set up

 

In Writelog

.         I am using  MMTTY (MMTTY Plug-in for Writelog)  

.         Same Writelog Port settings as above with the CW mode

.         In the Writelog RTTY Window - I have the port set to Com 5 (the
same in CW)

.         In the Writelog Bands menu, I have LSB is really FSK - 

o   When the K3 is in Tx Data mode, Writelog will key the K3, but not data
is sent and I am not sure why at this time.

 

In the K3 setup

.         Same as in the CW settings

.         K3 is in the LSB mode

 

I will be testing the setting in a Vista 64 bit operating system later and
report the results.

 

Irwin Darack - KD3TB