I am using WriteLog and CW keying works fine. I am running XP for the OS but
that should not be the problem (unless you try to use LPT for CW) so I will
give you my setup. I would not try to use LPT for keying on any os and it
will not work at all on NT/WIN2000/XP in most cases without a driver.
I don't think you can use the same port for CW and rig control or least I
would not do it.
COM1 Rig Kenwood Auto Poll Yes But in the ini file I had to set the
COM1BAUD=38400 since Gui unexplainably does not support that? If you use a
lower then you do not have to do this.
COM2 CW TenTec Auto Poll Yes BUT NOTHING other than the CW button means
anything here and are don't cares.
Other don't cares (I THINK) are DVK Sound Board, Rotor Control on COM Port
WHATEVER is default.
You MUST set CW Keyer Type PC Generates.
You MUST set All Mode PTT on CW Port RTS.
You MUST use COM 2 RTS for PTT and DTR for keying . Anything else will not
work.
You MUST have the radio in CW and the program MUST know that. The rig
control should show CW as the mode. The box left of the entry MUST show CW
as the mode and if it does not and you do not use rig control then you must
set it here before CW will work.
No attachments allowed here but I will privately send you a screen shot of
my port setup.
Yes it can be a bear. This is one of the negatives of the program but once
it is going it works well.
One thing that can goof it up is if you change things or if somehow you save
the configuration when it is not working correctly. Your ini file is now
destroyed (set to the new not working or not wanted settings) and you have
to start over. That is why I save a copy of the ini and contest files once I
get it working the way I want it to so I can always recover at the start of
a contest and not go through this nightmare again.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: writelog-admin@contesting.com
> [mailto:writelog-admin@contesting.com]On Behalf Of Steve Sutterer
> Sent: Wednesday, November 27, 2002 8:23 PM
> To: writelog@contesting.com
> Subject: [WriteLog] Rig control and CW Keying won't work at same time
>
>
> I spent several frustrating hours prior to getting into CQ WW CW
> this weekend trying to get both rig control AND cw keying to work
> in Writelog. Finally had to give up and go back to using CT, but
> I really want to make Writelog work for next contest (ARRL 160m).
> Here are the details.
>
> Running Win98SE. Rig is a TS930 with a Piexx interface board
> (emulates a Kenwood TS-570) connected via COM1. CW keying is
> normally done via LPT1, but I also ended up trying COM2 as well
> during this attempt to make it work, both to no avail.
>
> I am relatively new to Writelog (Feb '02), but used it
> successfully in ARRL DX CW with both rig control and CW keying
> working. I do recall it took a long time back then to get both
> features running then also, but the eventual fix was finding out
> about the CW_ON_PIN1=1 entry needed in Writelog.ini to make the
> LPT work ok. I do recall it then still took a while of trying
> different port settings, etc, then shutting down and restarting,
> before Writelog would work with both the rig and CW keying. When
> it did start working, I couldn't explain why. The software was
> version v10.30.
>
> Fast forward to CQ WW CW. Same computer system and OS. Same rig
> and keyer. I noted a new version of WL (V10.36g) was available,
> so downloaded and installed the upgrade. Now rig control always
> works on COM1, but CW keying will only work if I disable all rig
> control, enable CW keying, close down the program, then restart.
> THEN CW keying works, but of course I now no longer have rig
> control. Go to the Ports menu, enable rig control on COM1, and
> now CW keying doesn't work again.
>
> I tried going back and reinstalling WL v10.30 with no success at
> resolving the issue at this point.
>
> Tonight I cleaned out all the old Writelog files and registry
> entries I could find, reinstalled a presumable "clean" v10.30,
> then downloaded and installed 10.37, but still the same problem.
>
> I cannot get CW keying to work with the COM2 port either.
>
> Suggestions? Please cc me direct as well in your replies.
>
> 73, Steve AK0M
> sjs@cfu.net
>
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