[DXLog.net - Support] Testing 2.0.18
9A5K
9a5k at 9a5k.com
Tue Oct 8 22:19:48 CEST 2013
Hi.
I've added this note when testing it..
However, comments should be ignored by the software loader, so it's fixed
now.
Thanks.
73,
Chris - 9A5K
On Tue, Oct 8, 2013 at 10:17 PM, Dave Zeph <zephd at indy.rr.com> wrote:
> Don't know where "Created by Dave" came from because it was NOT in the
> Database I sent to Chris.
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> What WAS in the file:
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> #
> # CQP database
> # For California QSO Party contest
> #
> AA6DB=LANG
> ----
> ----
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> ---- Dave
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: support-bounces at dxlog.net [mailto:support-bounces at dxlog.net] On
> Behalf
> Of Bob Wilson, N6TV
> Sent: Tuesday, 08 October, 2013 09:12
> To: DXLog.net Reflector
> Subject: [DXLog.net - Support] Testing 2.0.18
>
> From my notes made during the CQP. You already have my CQP13.DXN and
> DXlog.net.config files that I was using.
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> Testing 2.0.18 07-Oct-2013 19:46 (trying not to duplicate things already
> reported by me or others)
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> 1. With
> - Advanced SO2R "Pileup" scenario
> - CTSPACE, NOLZ and NOABBREV in effect
> - "Add spacing when stacking messages" enabled
> - LPT port keying
> - INSERT message programmed as $LOGGEDCALL $QSOB4 $F2
> - F2 programmed as $SERIAL $EXCHANGE
> Bug: no word space is sent between logged call and serial no, for early
> QSOs (1-9)?
> Had to add leading space before $SERIAL in F2 message to fix it.
> 2. [*] or [Down] followed by Ctrl+Tab is broken again. It should toggle
> RUN/S&P mode of active radio. Ctrl+Shift+Tab works OK.
> 3. Couldn't understand how to use ESM in S&P mode. Switch to S&P mode,
> enter callsign for dupe check, looks good, hit Enter to make call, Enter
> should send F1 S&P message "DE N6TV", but instead it sends the F2
> message.
> 4. Had ancient spots file DXCSpotHistory.txt in %AppData%. Turned
> cluster OFF for contest. Ver olld spot data showed up in band map.
> When
> do spots time out?
> Right Click, Clear Bandmap clears window, but REOPENNOW or restart, and
> the old spot data is back in the band map.
> Ctrl+DoubleClick deletes a spot from the band map, but it returns after
> REOPENNOW
> 5. Feature Request: In Alt+K, the [Backspace] key should remove any
> unsent characters from keying queue, LIFO. Sent characters could be
> highlighted when they ae sent, like Win-Test does, so that you can see
> what
> was sent before Escape cancels any sending.
> 6. Feature Request: In Alt+K, with Options, CW, Remap keys in Keyboard
> Mode enabled, sending the PLUS message (mapped to [']) works OK, but it
> does *not* the log the QSO.
> Win-Test logs the QSO if you have a $CR in a message and you hit that
> key in Keyboard mode.
> 7. (Already fixed?) Beam headings in check mult were not properly
> calculated from grid square CM97cf entered in Contest Configuration
> page.
> Beaam heading seem to be based on center of country (W)? Saw that on
> XP
> system in shack, now using Windows 7 and looks OK.
> 8. Check Callsign window doesn't update until you hit spacebar. It
> should update as soon as there is a match, just like Check Mult Window
> does, when Tools, Data, Exchange Guessing, is Automatically is selected
> 9. After you log a QSO with PLUS, that callsign should immediately show
> up in the Check Mult window on the just-logged band, like Win-Test does
> it,
> so you can tell when you've worked a guy on 5 bands immediately. Same
> with
> Check Call window.
> 10. (Already fixed?) Time ON / OFF all messed up.
> Note: minimum off time (if off time required) should be a parameter in
> contest.txt file.
> CQP uses 15 minutes with no QSOs as minimum off time.
> ARRL Sweepstakes and NAQP contests use 30 minutes as min. off time.
> Note: if you log a QSO at 05:00 and the next one at 05:30, contest
> rules interpret that as only 29 minutes OFF time since Cabrillo file
> only
> has 1-minute resolution, and you could have logged one at 05:00:59 and
> the
> second at 05:30:01, which is 58 seconds less than the minimum 30 minutes
> off, so ARRL interprets all those minutes as "TIME ON" (!). You have to
> log next QSO at 05:31. DXLog.net should use same logic.
> 11. Feature request: Ctrl+P launches HamCAP propagation prediction
> against current callsign, like Win-Test does (if installed). Second
> press
> of Ctrl+P just updates HamCap display (http://www.dxatlas.com/hamcap)
> 12. Feature request (dupe): Auto-Refocus to DXLog.net every 5 or 10
> seconds in case you click on another window like HamCap, WinRad, Web
> Browser, etc.
> 13. Hitting [Plus] when a QSO line is completely empty should
> *not*display red error message "Callsign needs at least one number".
> I should
> just resend the PLUS message.
> 14. (Already fixed?) Red dupe info msg wasn't displaying (QSO no. /
> exchange received) for dupe consistently. It worked for a little while,
> then stopped and only displayed *my* QSO no. and the time? Fortunately
> data was visible in Check Mult window ("Your QSO no. was xxx")
> 15. F7 (sending a question mark) should *immediately* halt a repeating
> CQ. Right now it cancels the "REPEAT" but doesn't halt the CQ
> 16. Feature request: "Cut" numbers "A" "N" "T" "E" should be
> *allowed*in serial no. field, and automatically translated to 1, 9, 0,
> and 5 like
> Win-Test does, *if* Tools, Data Entry, *Enable CW Cut Number
> Translation*,
> is enabled (Don't do it like Win-Test with an option to "enable"
> "Disable
> CW Cut Number Translation"; use positive logic, not double-negatives)
> 17. Feature request: Some type of visual indicator showing the TX and
> RX radios or Stereo RX, like Win-Test does in Secondary Radio Window.
> N1MM
> uses little red and green TX and RX icons. The lone red cursor
> DXLog.net
> has now cannot indicate both RX and TX well enough. The Win-Test
> Symbols
> S
> A and T are very cryptic and buried in the rate window.
> 18. (Already fixed?) Repatint CQ active on radio 1, down arrow, F4,
> CWstops, but sometimes *nothing* is sent on second radio.
> And *once* when repeating CQ on Radio 2, up arrow, F4, *Radio 1 locked
> key down*, and DXlog.net *crashed* and closed with no trace message.
> Had to power off the radio then restart DXLog.net to clear the locked
> key
> down situation. Only happened once.
> 19. For CQP, *Pts* colum is not properly centered under the heading. *
> Stn* column also off by 1.
> 20. Using CQP_DB.txt file, enter W9P and *Created by Dave* shows up in
> the Check Partial windows. :-) Loader should ignore comment lines
> prefixed
> by # in DB files.
> 21. Repeating CQ delay set to 2.7 seconds, but it was not remembered
> after restart, has to be reprogrammed every time.
> 22. Exit and restart, with two OmniRig radios, only one works OK (Radio
> 2). Radio 1 is not showing frequency properly. Had to type SETUP
> [Enter],
> [Enter] to get OmniRig to display frequency of Radio1 properly after
> restart.
> 23. Feature request: Rate meter (Alt+R) doesn't recalculate
> minute-by-minute rates if you scroll back in log, like Win-Test does
> 24. (Already fixed?) Rate meter "Last hour" line was showing rate for
> QSOs since top of hour, instead of rate for last 60 minutes?
> 25. (Already fixed?) Local sunrise sunset times in Clock window was not
> based on grid square, but on country prefix.
> 26. Options, Log, Fonts, Large or Extra Large. Now put cursor over the
> letter B or E. Doesn't look good. Cursor width needs to match
> character
> width. After font change, cursor temporarily displays as a thin
> vertical
> line instead of a block, until you move it
> 27. QUIT [Enter], then press [Escape] to cancle, pop-up dialog doesn't
> close. Escape should always cancel the active modal dialog, like
> hitting
> the "X" in the top right.
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> Thanks for your patience Chris.
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> 73,
> Bob, N6TV
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