[WriteLog] pk232 problem with clone window

[Ted Boerkamp]

Hi Steve....I opened my 232 up and it has the lithium battery not the 3 AA
type batteries....my lithium battery is only reading 3 volts dc...any idea
if this is the right value??? The lithium is soldered onto the board on its
edge, its not directly replaceable without some work involved.
I don't know what writelog needs to see in order for it to successfully
initialize the unit.
Any other suggestions?? Keep them coming!!
Thanks

Ted VE3SS


-----Original Message-----
From: Stephen R. Veader [mailto:n4dxs at verizon.net] 
Sent: October 12, 2012 8:34 PM
To: Ted Boerkamp
Subject: Re: [WriteLog] pk232 problem with clone window

Hey Ted...

Since this has come up all of a sudden, have you checked to see if the 
battery backup has died and not holding the PK in host mode when it is 
turned off..

Not sure that this will help but if it had been working in the recent 
past and now has just stopped it's worth checking out...

Steve, N4DXS


On 10/12/2012 9:47 PM, Ted Boerkamp wrote:
> Hi Don.....I tried what you said but no go.....it still cant seem to get
the
> pk232 into host mode for some reason....it fails to initialize!
> This setup has been working for me now for years and all of a sudden when
> the cqww rtty test was on, I couldn't get the clone to work and I actually
> had a hyperterminal window open instead just to receive on.
> I also noticed the other day, trying to do the similar thing with N1MM and
> its clone receive window, that the configurator there says my com1 port is
> already used by something and it wont let me open that window either.
> I have tried to check for phantom use of com1 and the result was nothing
> seen/found....dont know if the two probs are related. Why can
hyperterminal
> work with com1 and the two logging programs not?? Is there a manual way to
> put the pk232 into host mode?? I have pulled the jumper and reset the
pk232
> to no avail as well. Hopefully someone has a solution.
> Thanks again for the help
> 73
> Ted VE3SS
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Don Hill AA5AU [mailto:aa5au at bellsouth.net]
> Sent: October 12, 2012 6:55 PM
> To: 'Ted Boerkamp'; 'Writelog Reflector'
> Subject: RE: [WriteLog] pk232 problem with clone window
>
> When using a PK232, you have to edit the writelog.ini file. I found this
in
> the reflector archives which might help:
>
> http://lists.contesting.com/archives//html/WriteLog/2003-09/msg00034.html
>
> If your writelog.ini file does not have a [PORTS] section, you may need to
> create one. Open writelog.ini in notepad. Anywhere in the
> file, add these lines EXACTLY AS THEY ARE TYPED HERE:
>
> [PORTS]
> Com1=9600,n,8,1,
>
> If you have a [PORTS] section, make the appropriate changes to the Com1
> entry if there is a Com1 entry. It's possible there is an
> "x" at the end of the entry. If so, delete the "x", but leave the comma at
> the end.
>
> Let us know if this works or not. This was from previous versions of WL. I
> don't know if anything has changed as far as a [PORTS]
> section is concerned.
>
> 73, Don AA5AU
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: WriteLog [mailto:writelog-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Ted
> Boerkamp
> Sent: Friday, October 12, 2012 6:24 PM
> To: Writelog Reflector
> Subject: [WriteLog] pk232 problem with clone window
>
> Hello..I am trying to use a pk232 in a receive only situation in a clone
> window but
>
> when I try to pick the comport and tnc type I get a message that  its
trying
> to initialize host mode
>
> but then errors out saying "pk232 initialization failed.try again??"
>
> I don't know why this is happening..I can copy rtty no probs using
> hyperterminal with comport 1
>
> set to 9600 baud 8,n,1 but now it wont work within writelog.
>
> As a side note..this configuration has worked before for a long time so
> something has changed
>
> but I cant figure it out.  Any help is most appreciated.
>
> Thanks
>
>   
>
> Ted VE3SS
>
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