[WriteLog] writelog remote

[Wayne, W5XD]

> I am trying to setup writelog remote. I have made tests with a friend
> (SV1DPJ) who uses also writelog and in my local network also. In my
> local computer I can not create the crt file! I make all the procedure
> in setup>remote, writelog says that crt file is created but nothing
> happens really as the crt file does not exist in my computer neither
> in default location or anywhere else! I can not understand what it
> happens. I use windows 7, Greek version and the last writelog version. 

Does "says that crt file is created" mean that it put up a DOS box on
your screen that prints out "this takes a long time"? If so, then it put
the crt files on your disk. It uses writelog.ini,
[configuration]datafiles to decide where to put them. Or did that DOS
box not appear? If it appears it takes many seconds or even several
minutes to generate a certificate.

Regarding Windows 7, I brought out an old machine to test WriteLog
Remote Control on Windows 7 and it worked OK. So Win7 is not the problem.

Regarding the failure when you click Start RX audio, the error messages
I admit are not helpful. However, they do tell me that (a) you have the
WriteLog Remote Control password and security certificate set up
correctly. That is the Control side machine is connected correctly to
the Remote and that is true for both the rig control and for audio.

(b)What is failing is specific to WriteLog's access to the Sound
Devices. In my Win7 testing where I tried to duplicate your errors, I
did not get the exact errors you got, but I did get the pair of error
messages when the two ends had incompatible sample rate setups. That is,
WriteLog's audio processing is affected very much by the settings in:
On either WIn7 or WIn10, there is a speaker icon on the task bar, by
default to the far right. CLick that speaker and then choose "Sounds".
In the tabbed dialog box that comes up, there is a "Playback" and a
"Recording" tab.

For your Remote side:
    Recording tab, find your RX audio device, go to Advanced and select
48000Hz for "shared rate"
    Playback tab, find your TX audio device, Advanced, 48000Hz

For your Control side,
    Recording tab, the device you have selected for Microphone, go to
Advanced, and set Shared rate 48000Hz
    Playback tab, device for your headphone audio, advanced tab, shared
rate, 48000

For all the above, the critical factor is setting them all the same.
44100 also works, as long as you use it everywhere. I also advise
turning WriteLog's "Exclusive" access check box OFF everywhere it
appears. This is on the control site audio setup page, and, on the
Remote site, its on the Sound Board Mixer control.

Once you get audio, you can try turning Exclusive back on to get better
performance, but that Exclusive button can run into permissions
problems. Your error messages might have to do with failing to get
exclusive access, or failing even to get shared access when some other
application has exclusive access already to the sound device.

Wayne