[WriteLog] V11.10G work arounds for EA test

[Don AA5AU]

Sorry this is so long, but it's a lot of information I feel needs to be communicated. I think it's well known now that there are several issues with V11.10G. Here are some work arounds if you plan on using 11.10G for the EA RTTY Contest this weekend.

1. MMTTY plug-in freezing Rttyrite when accessing the TU Type menu:
The initial work around for this would seem be to uninstall the MMTTY plug-in and use MMTTY via XMMT.ocx. However, that's broke too since when using MMTTY via XMMT.ocx causes AFC to be turned on automatically when the Entry Window is cleared. If you really want to use the MMTTY plug-in, the work around is to clear Rttyrite entries in writelog.ini, open WL, open Rttyrite, select MMTTY as TU type, then DO NOT TRY TO ACCESS TU TYPE MENU AGAIN. It will lock up but you can get out using Windows Task Manager to close Rttyrite.

Tutorial on how to clear writelog.ini:

http://rttycontesting.com/writelog/rttyrite/rttyrite-clear.html


2. Transmit characters are sent to Rttyrite all at once instead of one character at a time:
This problem exists using either hardware generated FSK or FSK via MMTTY regardless of whether you use the plug-in or XMMT.ocx. Same goes if you use 2Tone and hardware generated FSK. The work-around is to use software-generated FSK. Another workaround MAY be to use EXTFSK for MMTTY via XMMT.ocx. I'm not 100% sure if EXTFSK is available when using MMTTY via EXTFSK. Need to test it. But software generated FSK can be used even if you use a legacy COM port and transistor keying. Steve AI9T and I have confirmed this works and sends transmit characters to the Rttyrite screen correctly.

3. AFC turning on automatically when the Entry Window is cleared when using MMTTY via XMMT.ocx. There is no work around for this, only a suggestion. Try using 2Tone in the main Rttyrite window and MMTTY via XMMT.ocx in a clone window. Use software generated FSK. This is what I plan on doing. Just do whatever works for you but make sure you get into the contest!

If you want to uninstall the MMTTY plug-in for WriteLog, here's a tutorial on that:

http://rttycontesting.com/writelog/mmtty/plugin-uninstall.html


All tutorials are now on the Tutorials page of rttycontesting.com although I have yet to complete MMTTY and 2Tone setup pages. Most people already are familiar with MMTTY and new 2Tone users can gain enough information from the 2Tone help file 2Tone.PDF that comes with each version of 2Tone in the zipped file.

Another suggestion - if you are new to 2Tone and using 13.03a, try the latest version 13.04a. It has a faster AFC response time. I'm not sure what happened between 13.02b and 13.03a, but something changed. 13.02b is better than 13.03a. David sent me a special version which I tested in BARTG and it was very good. I have to believe it may be part of 13.04a even though I have yet to try 13.04a.

If you use AFSK, I don't believe there are any work arounds, but I may be wrong on this.

73, Don AA5AU