Mike,

Here are a few things to get you going in the right direction.   You 
don't have to do this all at one time, and I've broken it up with "***" 
so you can  do it a step at a time.

All of these are done under the drop down menus.

Under File menu, arrow down to "create new log" and give your log a 
name.  your call sign is as good as anything.
  **
Under Options, go to  "log fields, fonts, default file" and enter the 
name of your new log under the default file.   There are also options 
to select date and time format.  I don't remember what the default 
settings are, but I would guess "use UTC" is checked.  If not, check it 
  and tab down to "save".  This will make your new log  open each time 
you start the program and time will show in UTC.
***
Under "edit" menu, make sure "use defaults for new entries" is checked 
Go back to the edit menu and  down to "edit defaults for new entries". 
.  On this page tab down a bunch of times until you get to the check 
boxes.  Make sure these are checked:

Set time to current time
Set date to current date
Get frequency from rig
Get mode from rig.

Then save page

***
Final thing, "Options"menu go to "HF rig port select".,.

A lot of this stuff you won't have to mess with.  Shift-tab once and 
select the comm port you will use on the pc.  Tab down  a couple of 
times till you see a list of radios and use arrow keys to select 
"kenwood".  Continue tabbing and confirm the following and make changes 
if needed

Baud rate 9600
parity none
data bits 8
stop bits 2
flow control  cts rts

The above may set automaticly when you select "kenwood", but it won't 
hurt to check.    This stuff should all match  what is set inside the 
radio, unless someone changed radio menus.

You don't have to worry about the other settings on this page.  Tab to 
"save" and save the page

The software will now get date and time from the pc, and with the radio 
connected via a straight through serial cable (no null modem cable) , it 
will get freq and mode from the radio.

I know this was a lot of junk, but it's the basic set up that needs to 
be done so everything works right.

73, good luck, Steve KW3A







On 1/6/2013 7:16 PM, Mike Barnard wrote:
> First, the time I didn't check where the email went it went to Lloyd, sorry.
> I have the computer hooked up to the Kenwood, but I didn't know it
> would find the radio.  I am running window-eyes.
> I will try to poke around and be more spaciffic about the program.
> I just got the computer and the radio working about a day ago.
> I will try to do more experimenting with it before I ask again.
> On another topic, I am on 3.9622 Sunday nights with KC2RJR, and
> W2ZZA.  who got me in to ham radio, if anyone wants to say hi.
> 73.
> KD2CDUAt 03:28 PM 1/6/2013, you wrote:
>> Mike,
>>
>> A few of us use XMlog.   It's not my main logger, I mostly use it as a
>> catch all to dump my other logs into.
>>
>> What problems are you having?   Have you connected to the PC?  If so,
>> and when set up correctly, it will grab freq and mode from the radio.
>>
>> It works pretty well with JAWS, and I would guess the same with other
>> screen readers.  I do find some of the menu screens need some help with
>> the JAWS cursor.
>>
>>
>> 73, Steve KW3A
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