[WriteLog] WriteLog issues after Windows 10 2004 update

[Don Hill AA5AU]

I've found another issue but I'm not sure it's related to the Windows 10
update. My RTL-SDR is no longer showing signals on the bandmap. The SDR
appears to be working as it shows on the bandmap but there are no signals. I
went through the SDR setup again in WriteLog but it does not show any
signals. It does not appear that any settings have changed. It worked in
IARU.

Not sure how to troubleshoot it other than check the cabling between the IF
output of the TS-870 and the input to the SDR which appears fine. The SDR is
acting as if it's not getting a signal.

Any suggestions?

Don AA5AU

-----Original Message-----
From: WriteLog [mailto:writelog-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Don
Hill AA5AU
Sent: Saturday, July 18, 2020 7:34 AM
To: writelog at contesting.com
Subject: [WriteLog] WriteLog issues after Windows 10 2004 update

I just completed a massive Windows 10 update this morning on both my Windows
10 Home and Windows 10 Pro machines and immediately had issues within
WriteLog but they were easily corrected.

 

When I tried to run WriteLog on the Home machine, I got a WriteLog Sound
Error "WriteLog Sound Initialization Error Audio thread exception: GetDevice
failed". After clicking OK a couple of times, WriteLog opened. The two
issues I noticed were that MMTTY had the wrong sound card selected in
settings and that the bandmap was showing only a gray window (this is a
known issue after a Windows 10 update). I closed WriteLog. I then ran the
WriteLog > Sound board mixer control program and it showed "Device missing"
for the sound board. I selected the appropriate sound board and when I
restarted WriteLog, all was well again except the bandmap. To fix the
bandmap, I closed WriteLog reinstalled the last WriteLog update I had.

 

On the Pro machine, I didn't have a Sound error (maybe because there is only
one sound card in this PC) but I did have the bandmap issue. Reinstalling
the latest update fixed that issue.

 

All is well.

 

This Windows 10 2004 update took a couple of hours to complete. I started it
last night, waiting an hour and it was not complete on either machine so
went to bed. This morning both machines were asking for a restart and after
a restart, it took another hour to complete.

 

I would not update Windows just before the NAQP RTTY contest today. You may
miss the start!

 

73, Don AA5AU

 

 

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