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

[KD3TB]

You will find in a later post on the Writelog user group that I  now have
everything working, including CW and RTTY.  

 

Irwin

 

From: Garry Shapiro [mailto:garry.shapiro at gmail.com] On Behalf Of Garry
Shapiro
Sent: Friday, October 09, 2009 3:00 PM
To: KD3TB
Cc: writelog at contesting.com; 'Bill Ballantine'; 'Ken Nicely'; 'Andy Vavra'
Subject: Re: [WriteLog] Writelog and the Elecraft K3 in a Vista 32 Operating
Environment

 

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.
 
 
 
 
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
 
 
 
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