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Re: [WriteLog] Winkey USB CW keyer and WL?

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Subject: Re: [WriteLog] Winkey USB CW keyer and WL?
From: Jerry Flanders <jeflanders@comcast.net>
Date: Wed, 10 Sep 2008 15:45:12 -0400
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An aside: I installed it within N1MM and all is OK, so all my 
software interconnects appear OK. I hate to have to learn another 
program interface, though, and would much prefer to get it working with WL.

Still looking for help.

Jerry

At 01:46 PM 9/10/2008, Jerry Flanders wrote:
>Thanks to all who helped, both privately and here.
>
>My Commslot commands work OK. Someone mentioned using a "winkey 2"
>selection in setup - I only have a winkey type available. You guys
>that have it working - is it Winkey, or Winkey 2?
>
>I have tried setting it up on 3 different computers, with two
>different versions of WL (latest 10.62H, Jan 2007), and still no joy.
>Since the revision history at the WL site does not mention any
>changes to Winkey support (other than a PTT enhancement) since my
>version, I assume my version should be OK for this.
>
>Jerry W4UK
>
>At 01:15 PM 9/10/2008, Alan Maenchen wrote:
> >Jerry,
> >
> >I'm using a laptop with WL and WinKey working just fine.  Here I'm running
> >V1067B .. I always keep one or two releases behind and let the others find
> >the bugs first.  :-)
> >
> >Anyway, due to the USB dongle I use for rig control I've set the COM ports
> >to be 5, 6, 7, and 8.  The dongle comes up on COM5 and the WinKey comes up
> >on COM7 just naturally.
> >
> >I set the following in writelog.ini
> >
> >[PORTS]
> >CommSlot1=5
> >CommSlot2=6
> >CommSlot3=7
> >CommSlot4=8
> >
> >It all seems to work fine .. and no more CW stuttering !!
> >I dont know if there is a limit for WL in terms of CommSlot=37 or
> >whatever...  I didn't have to face that issue.
> >
> >
> >73, Al  AD6E
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > >
> > > Message: 1
> > > Date: Tue, 09 Sep 2008 13:55:50 -0400
> > > From: Jerry Flanders <jeflanders@comcast.net>
> > > Subject: [WriteLog] Winkey USB CW keyer and WL?
> > > To: writelog@contesting.com
> > > Message-ID: <6.2.5.6.0.20080909115408.0418d480@comcast.net>
> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed
> > >
> > > I am trying to get my new K1EL WKUSB working with V10.61E Writelog.
> > >
> > > I had serial port 3 unused, so set the WKUSB to use that, and then
> > > set WL to key on comm 3 with Winkey specified as the key type. No joy.
> > >
> > > All the manager and test programs that came with WKUSB control the
> > > keyer FB through this comm 3 address.
> > >
> > > I see Winkey listed in WL as a CW keying option, but I see no
> > > reference to the USB version of winkey.
> > >
> > > Do I need a newer version of WL to support WKUSB (there is no mention
> > > of changed WKUSB support in the current WL revision history)?
> > >
> > > Anybody?
> > >
> > > Jerry W4UK
> > >
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