[Dx4win] Radio via USB port?

2005-12-24 Thread J. F. Samuels 
Todd wrote:

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Hi group,

A friend of mine has a laptop, CT-17,  756 Pro with a serial to USB cable
converter (and DX4Windows of course).  Does anyone know how to setup the
radio interface with a USB port, or determine what port you are on?  Is this
even possible?  He doesn't have a serial port available on the laptop, hence
the USB cable.  I use a serial port so I've not run into this before so I
thought I'd poll the experience of the group.
Thanks!

Todd
WM8C's Ham Links
www.wm8c.com

--

I think what you may need to know is the following (used with a single USB 
to RS-232 cable):

(for Windows XP, anyway):

Right click on My Computer and select Properties.  On the Hardware tab 
select Device Manager.  Scroll down to Ports and expand by left clicking on 
the + sign.  Right click on the new COM port and select Properties.  On the 
Settings tab there should be a box which indicates the current COM port, and 
will allow you to set a different port, if desired.  You may have to click 
on Advanced to see this box.  Make whatever changes are necessary and use OK 
for each box to save the changes.

John, K2CIB

[Dx4win] SyncBack_DX4WIN_BACKUPS

2005-12-24 Thread Pete Smith 
I notice that the Syncback web page says that only the paid version will back 
up open files.  I presume this means the Freeware version won't.  At best this 
makes for an issue of timing, to make sure that you get the absolutely last 
version of the DX4WIN log.

Actually, barring a hard drive failure, DX4WIN's built-in backup process is 
about as good as I have seen - in over 80,000 QSOs logged, I have never lost 
one, and believe me, I've tried (;^))

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to Everyone.

73, Pete N4ZR

At 08:14 AM 12/23/2005, George K wrote:
Anyone have an idea of how to use SyncBack the free backup program to backup 
DX4WIN logging files at 2 or 3 min intervals to my Kingston512MB USB flash 
drive???
I just can't make SyncBack work and I don't know what DX4WIN file changes as 
the upper part of DX4WIN screen says in red, MODIFIED (count down numbers), 
to black, Modified, to backup on a regular basis.
Anyone, help.
Thanks.
George
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[Dx4win] SyncBack_DX4WIN_BACKUPS

2005-12-24 Thread Larry Gauthier (K8UT) 
George,

I'm afraid I might have mis-marketed SyncBack when I talked about its 
benefits here on the reflector. SyncBack is a great backup program for doing 
daily (or less frequent) backups, but it is NOT the right tool for mirroring 
two drives in real-time or at short intervals. There are some software 
programs out there that will do this -- as well as some hardware-only 
solutions -- but I don't use them and have no recommendations.

I simply back-up my DX4WIN \SAVE directory daily, and my entire collection 
of \HAM RADIO programs weekly. I figure that's good enough for me... stuff 
doesn't change that often here!

-larry
K8UT
- Original Message - 
From: George K [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: dx4win@mailman.qth.net
Sent: Friday, December 23, 2005 08:14
Subject: [Dx4win] SyncBack_DX4WIN_BACKUPS


Anyone have an idea of how to use SyncBack the free backup program to backup 
DX4WIN logging files at 2 or 3 min intervals to my Kingston512MB USB flash 
drive???
I just can't make SyncBack work and I don't know what DX4WIN file changes as 
the upper part of DX4WIN screen says in red, MODIFIED (count down 
numbers), to black, Modified, to backup on a regular basis.
Anyone, help.
Thanks.
George
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From [EMAIL PROTECTED]  Sat Dec 24 11:13:53 2005
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Gary Bartlett VE1RGB)
Date: Sat Dec 24 11:14:55 2005
Subject: [Dx4win] SyncBack_DX4WIN_BACKUPS
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I have SyncBack (free version) set up to back up the DX4WIN Save file 
every ten minutes and I have determined empirically that indeed it will back 
up an open file.  I just watched SyncBack light up the memory stick that I'm 
using for backup, so I opened ve1rgb.dxl off my F-drive (Kingston) and, lo 
and behold, it reflects the latest Q I made a few minutes before.  It helps 
to periodically use the Ctl-S feature so that the file that gets copied is 
right up to date.

73,
Gary, VE1RGB


- Original Message - 
From: Pete Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: George K [EMAIL PROTECTED]; dx4win@mailman.qth.net
Sent: Saturday, December 24, 2005 8:43 AM
Subject: Re: [Dx4win] SyncBack_DX4WIN_BACKUPS


I notice that the Syncback web page says that only the paid version will 
back up open files.  I presume this means the Freeware version won't.  At 
best this makes for an issue of timing, to make sure that you get the 
absolutely last version of the DX4WIN log.

 Actually, barring a hard drive failure, DX4WIN's built-in backup process 
 is about as good as I have seen - in over 80,000 QSOs logged, I have never 
 lost one, and believe me, I've tried (;^))

 Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to Everyone.

 73, Pete N4ZR

 At 08:14 AM 12/23/2005, George K wrote:
Anyone have an idea of how to use SyncBack the free backup program to 
backup DX4WIN logging files at 2 or 3 min intervals to my Kingston512MB 
USB flash drive???
I just can't make SyncBack work and I don't know what DX4WIN file changes 
as the upper part of DX4WIN screen says in red, MODIFIED (count down 
numbers), to black, Modified, to backup on a regular basis.
Anyone, help.
Thanks.
George
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From [EMAIL PROTECTED]  Sat Dec 24 11:36:07 2005
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Gary Bartlett VE1RGB)
Date: Sat Dec 24 11:37:04 2005
Subject: Fw: [Dx4win] SyncBack_DX4WIN_BACKUPS
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Sorry - that should read Alt-S for save.

Gary, VE1RGB

- Original Message - 
From: Gary Bartlett VE1RGB [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: dx4win@mailman.qth.net
Sent: Saturday, December 24, 2005 12:13 PM
Subject: Re: [Dx4win] SyncBack_DX4WIN_BACKUPS


I have SyncBack (free version) set up to back up the DX4WIN Save file 
every ten minutes and I have determined empirically that indeed it will 
back up an open file.  I just watched SyncBack light up the memory stick 
that I'm using for backup, so I opened ve1rgb.dxl off my F-drive (Kingston) 
and, lo and behold, it reflects the latest Q I made a few minutes before. 
It helps to periodically use the Ctl-S feature so that the file that gets 
copied is right up to date.

73,
Gary, VE1RGB


 - Original Message - 
 From: Pete Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 To: George K [EMAIL PROTECTED]; dx4win@mailman.qth.net
 Sent: Saturday, December 24, 2005 8:43 AM
 Subject: Re: [Dx4win] SyncBack_DX4WIN_BACKUPS


I notice that the Syncback web page says that only the paid version will 
back up open files.  I presume this means the Freeware version won't.  At 
best this makes for an issue of timing, to make sure that you get the 
absolutely last version of the DX4WIN log.