[WT-support] CW transmision & monitoring with laptop usb

[Dave Zeph]

Hi Juan 

 the USB-to-Parallel Adapters only work with Printers.  The same
is true for the “Parallel” Port in USB Port Replicators.

 

The easiest thing for you would be to use Serial Port Keying in conjunction
with a USB-to-Serial Port Adapter.  Those do work and are readily available.

 

The only reliable way to add a true Parallel Port to a Laptop is to purchase
a PCMCIA Parallel Port Interface Card.  These are much more expensive than a
USB-to-Serial Adapter.

 

Look in the Win-Test “Quick Start” Guide at
http://www.win-test.com/rubrique.php3?id_rubrique=1630       for details of
the interfacing.

 

 

 

73 ---> Dave, W9ZRX

 

 

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From: support-bounces at win-test.com [mailto:support-bounces at win-test.com] On
Behalf Of EA5BM Juan Luis
Sent: Friday, 05 January, 2007 17:27
To: support at win-test.com
Subject: [WT-support] CW transmision & monitoring with laptop usb

 

Hi there guys

 I am Juan EA5BM new wintest user. For now I am playing with this soft and I
will test in proper contest. 

I have a few problems with this soft that I try to expose: I have installed
the registered version of WT into a new laptop running winXP but  without
serial and paralell ports (db9 and db25), all the conectors are USB :-(((((.

The first problem is how to transmit cw thorugh a usb port. DLPORTIO.SYS and
.DLL files have been installed to avoid the "DLPORTIO.SYS device driver not
loaded ...." windows mistake message. I have purchased an usb to db25
printer port adaptor, but wintest seems that do not recognize it as LPT 

This usb adapter is recognized by winXP in control panel/system/hardware as
a Universal Serial Bus controller/ USB printing Suport but not as LPT or
emulled LPT. 

¿What can I do? 

The second problem (not sure if consecuence of the first) is that I can not
hear de cw transmited running WT. The laptop speaker runs OK in all programs
but not in WT. (f.e. pushing F1, the CQ is not heard on laptop, of course in
a CW contest) 

¿ Any idea about what is happening? 

As you can deduce I am not computer techincal. 

Any answer and any help will be appreciated. Juan, EA5BM 

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