Paul thanks Indeed, all I had to do was to read the manual. I have updated the Portmap file and 2 seconds latter LPT was working.
Paul, should I expect any char delay or whatever when keying using LPT under windows XP ??? I have sent a message to DX4WIN support. Paul, please ignore it. I would like to thank everyone who responded to my e-mails. Regards > Fred, > > Starting with version 6.04, you can specify different addresses for > the LPT port. The file save\portmap.ini contains these settings. > When the entry is blank, DX4WIN follows the DOS standard of > finding the hardware address for the port. > > There is a rather complete description in the on-line help about this. > (in the index, look for portmap file) > > --Paul > > > At 07:53 PM 4/23/2005, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >>Mike and Jim >> >>Thanks for the tip. However it didn't work. I have full installed DX4WIN >>6.04 and the problem remains. LPT1 is not recognized. As this computer >> has >>no serial ports, I am not able to test the transceiver keying thru a >>serial port. >> >>I would say that there is some kind of issue with DX4WIN and windows XP >>related to LPT keying. I am wondering if I am the only one having this >>problem. >> >>regards >> >>Fred PY2XB >> >>--------------------------- Mensagem Original >> ---------------------------- >>Assunto: Re: [Dx4win] CW Interface - Problem detected >>De: "VA3MW - Port Credit" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>Data: Sab, Abril 23, 2005 7:49 pm >>Para: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>-------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >>Instead of copying the files, why don't you do a proper install? That >>should solve the problem. >> >>Mike VA3MW >> >>----- Original Message ----- >>From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>To: <[email protected]> >>Sent: Saturday, April 23, 2005 6:21 PM >>Subject: [Dx4win] CW Interface - Problem detected >> >> >>> >>> Hello. I would appreciate a help on this : >>> >>> >>> I am using DX4WIN 6.03 in a desktop Pentium computer under windows 98. >>> I >>use the CW keyer interface thru LPT1 port without any problem in this >>computer. >>> >>> I am preparing myself for a Dxpedition next month. I have copied the >>whole DX4WIN directory to a Toshiba notebook (Pentium 4 under windows >>XP, no serial ports but has LPT1). So far so good. Everything works >>fine. However when I attempt to use the Keyer by configuring LPT1 in >>Preferences|Control . I receive a message: Cannot find LPT1 for keying, >>when leaving he preferences program. >>> >>> However LPT1 is there and works with other software installed in the >>notebook computer. >>> BTW the only program running in the notebook is the DX4WIN. >>> >>> Also, I have tried the following: I have not configured the CW >>> interface >>(none on the port). I have configured the Band Encoder instead. I have >>assigned LPT1 for the band dencoder. No message is printed when leaving >>the preferences program. >>> >>> Any help is welcome. Thanks >>> >>> >>> FRED CARVALHO - PY2XB >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Dx4win mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win >>> >>> >> >> >> >> >> >>_______________________________________________ >>Dx4win mailing list >>[email protected] >>http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Paul van der Eijk (KK4HD) > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.dx4win.com > >
