Okay! Now it's working. the problem was that Windows XP blocked the drivers from being installed. I copied them into my windows drivers directory and viola!
Thanks to everyone for their helpfull suggestions. Regards, Marty N9SE ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jack" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Marty Ray" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Tony Cash" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, November 27, 2002 9:03 PM Subject: Re: [DXBase] CW port still not working > Marty, > > Assuming you are using a standard serial port and you do not have any IRQ > conflicts, then the setup is straightforward. > > 1. Set user options for CW making sure you select the activate button for > internal CW. > 2. Make sure you have the required registry entries as described in the > help file. Pay attention to the address that was assigned by DXbase. On > some systems your actual address for your serial port may be different and > you would have to modify the registry entry we made to agree with your > actual hardware. > 3. If you are using XP, check our web for some additional info about the > drivers for that. > 4. Make sure you have constructed a circuit similar to the one pictured in > the help file. This is similar to the ones used with CT and Writelog. > > I can't think of nothing else. > > Regards, > Courtney > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Marty Ray" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Tony Cash" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, November 27, 2002 11:25 AM > Subject: Re: [DXBase] CW port still not working > > > > Thanks. Tony. I tried com1 and it does the same thing. Radio works, > "default > > DTR 'HIGH' " keys the radio, but no cw out. > > > > Anybody have any other suggestions? > > > > 73 de Marty > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Tony Cash" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: "Marty Ray" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Matt Finlayson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; > > <[email protected]> > > Sent: Wednesday, November 27, 2002 6:56 AM > > Subject: Re: [DXBase] CW port still not working > > > > > > > Is this com4 that you are trying to use, something other than a standard > > > windows com port. I know I have a USB to SERIAL adapter that I use > > > here and the com ports on it are com 3 thru com 6 and they will not work > > > with the CW keying of DXBase. If I use com 1 or 2 that are located on > the > > > mother board then it works fine. Have you tried using the same setup but > > > switching > > > it to com 1 or 2? > > > > > > I think Jack needs to fix this in the next version and make DXBase use > ANY > > > serial port that Windows recognizes, most programs already do but some > > > don't. > > > > > > 73 de Tony, KD4K > > > > > > My Weather Page > > > http://home.adelphia.net/~tonycash/ > > > My Ham Radio Page > > > http://home.adelphia.net/~tonycash/kd4k/radio.html > > > Sawnee Mountain (WB4GQX 147.15 +.600) Repeater Page > > > http://home.adelphia.net/~tonycash/sawnee/index.html > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "Marty Ray" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > To: "Matt Finlayson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[email protected]> > > > Sent: Wednesday, November 27, 2002 1:29 AM > > > Subject: Re: [DXBase] CW port still not working > > > > > > > > > > I know some of the guys are using third party drivers or something to > > use > > > > the parallel port with Windows XP, but I have heard that it doesn't > work > > > > very well. I just want to get it running per the help file, if I > can... > > > > > > > > Thanks for the tip, though. > > > > > > > > One other interesting fact is that someone pointed out that there is > no > > > > IRQ17. I went back and checked and sure enough it is IRQ17. I also > > checked > > > > the other port on the PCI card and it also says IRQ17, but there are > NO > > > > CONFLICTS listed! Everything on those ports works, too. I'm running my > > > radio > > > > on com4 and my rotor on com5, just no cw coming from the DTR...hmm.... > > : > > > ( > > > > > > > > 73 de Marty > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > > From: "Matt Finlayson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > To: "Marty Ray" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[email protected]> > > > > Sent: Wednesday, November 27, 2002 4:29 AM > > > > Subject: Re: [DXBase] CW port still not working > > > > > > > > > > > > > Hi Marty, > > > > > > > > > > I use a laptop to run DXBase and my rig. Since I only have one > serial > > > > port, > > > > > I use that to run the rig. I use the parallel port for CW. I paid > $25 > > > for > > > > a > > > > > CW-interface cable that goes from the parallel port to the key jack > on > > > my > > > > > radio. Works fine. > > > > > > > > > > 73, Matt K9KRY > > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > > > From: "Marty Ray" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > To: <[email protected]> > > > > > Sent: Monday, November 25, 2002 6:15 PM > > > > > Subject: [DXBase] CW port still not working > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I have been trying to get the cw port working for a couple of > weeks. > > I > > > > am > > > > > > running windows XP, so I am using DTR on my radio serial port. > (The > > > help > > > > > > file states "DXbase allows you to use the same serial port for CW > > that > > > > is > > > > > > used for your TNC or HF radio provided it does not use the DTR > > > leads.") > > > > > When > > > > > > I set "default DTR High" on the radio port settings, my radio keys > > up, > > > > > which > > > > > > is correct. However, whe I try to send CW, I get nothing. > > > > > > > > > > > > I have tried setting the com port address in the driver using > > > 'regedit' > > > > to > > > > > > no avail. When I look at my com port address in my > > > > system\hardware\device > > > > > > manger\com4\resources, it shows "I/O range C400-C407" and "IRQ17", > > so > > > I > > > > > set > > > > > > the com4 data in regedit as follows: > > > > > > "SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\DriverX\Parameters\Dxb98 COM4\ > > Port > > > > > Base > > > > > > 0x0000c400 (50176)" > > > > > > > > > > > > PortCount says "0x00000007 (7)" > > > > > > > > > > > > (Default) says "(value ot set)" > > > > > > > > > > > > and IgnoreConflicts says "0x00000001 (1)" > > > > > > > > > > > > Does anybody have any suggestions. I operate primarily CW, so this > > > > > > limitation may be enough for me to look at another logging > program. > > > > > > > > > > > > Thanks for any assistance! > > > > > > > > > > > > Regards, > > > > > > > > > > > > Marty Ray N9SE > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > > DXBase Reflector - Please visit us on the web at www.dxbase.com > > > > > > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - > > > > > > To UNSUBSCRIBE please visit: > > > > > > http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dxbase > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > DXBase Reflector - Please visit us on the web at www.dxbase.com > > > > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - > > > > To UNSUBSCRIBE please visit: > > > > http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dxbase > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > DXBase Reflector - Please visit us on the web at www.dxbase.com > > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - > > To UNSUBSCRIBE please visit: > > http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dxbase > > > > >
