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

[Garry Shapiro]

Have you guys communicated with the Elecraft brain trust? They are quite 
responsive!

Garry, NI6T

KD3TB wrote:
> I have now completed the preliminary tests under a Vista 64 bit environment.
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> 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. 
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> 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.
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> Regards, Irwin
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> 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
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> Today I was able to get Writelog and the Elecraft K3 working together on my
> Vista 32 bit operating system.
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> 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)
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> .         Writelog communicates both receive (frequency and mode) to sending
> commands (spots, etc) with the K3
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> .         Both RTTY and CW works
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> Here is my CW set up
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> In Writelog
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> .         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
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> .         CW keying is on the same Com port as the K3
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> .         DVK = Windows Sound Board and CW Keyer = PC Generates
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> .         I checked "All Mode PTT on RTS
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> .         I have the CW PTT to  Command Rig on Com Port
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> .         I have following additional lines in  my Writelog.ini (my K3 is on
> Com 5)
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> o   [RIGS]
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> o   COM5_DTR_INIT=-1
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> o   COM5_RTS_INIT=-2 (this turns off the RTS when Writelog starts)
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> .         Remember to "Save this Configuration" in Writelog.
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> In the K3 Set up
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> .         In the Config settings, I have set Key-PTT to RTS-DTS
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> .         K3 is in  CW mode
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> .         It does not seem to make a difference if VOX is on or off.
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> Here is my RTTY set up
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> In Writelog
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> .         I am using  MMTTY (MMTTY Plug-in for Writelog)  
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> .         Same Writelog Port settings as above with the CW mode
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> .         In the Writelog RTTY Window - I have the port set to Com 5 (the
> same in CW)
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> .         In the Writelog Bands menu, I have LSB is really FSK - 
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> 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.
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> In the K3 setup
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> .         Same as in the CW settings
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> .         K3 is in the LSB mode
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> I will be testing the setting in a Vista 64 bit operating system later and
> report the results.
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> Irwin Darack - KD3TB
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