[WT-support] Software review and advanced SO2R mode

[Pete Smith]

Thanks, Olivier.  Separately, I have heard directly from Jose' CT1BOH, and 
now understand things much better.  I hope that the documentation of this 
feature, and indeed a user manual and help file for the entire program, are 
in the pipeline, because right now, that strikes me as the largest single 
thing that is lacking.

73, Pete N4ZR

At 12:54 PM 4/14/2005, you wrote:

>Hi Pete,
>>I am now writing a review of Win-Test for the US National Contest Journal 
>>(NCJ).  I have the software fully operational on my SO2R setup, and am 
>>able to understand most aspects of it pretty well, but I would be glad to 
>>hear from users as to what they find the biggest strong points of the 
>>software (as well as any deficiencies that you feel need improvement).
>
>As a co-author, I am badly placed to speak about it openly. Nevertheless, 
>we thought WT to be a software close to the practices and the assets of 
>the well known MS-DOS softwares (CT, NA...) while adding to it the 
>impossible graphic features under MS-DOS.
>
>We also take care on the Ethernet network and interfaces settings 
>facilities, and tried to optimize as much as possible the code to get it 
>working fine also on old computers (say, P-166 and ~64 Mb of RAM).
>
>>I have one specific question, having to do with the Advanced SO2R mode, 
>>for which very little documentation seems to be available on either the 
>>Win-Test or Hamradiosolutions web sites.
>
>I cannot contradict you on this point. I tried to describe this as best as 
>possible in the release file, but it misses doubtless a specific manual on 
>this part. It is under writting but still not finished. CT1BOH also 
>described some of the possibilies though the Cq-contest list 
>(http://lists.contesting.com/pipermail/cq-contest/2005-February/060359.html).
>
>>Does this mode actually require the EZMaster, or can any or all aspects 
>>-- scenarios, etc. -- be implemented with another SO2R controller, such 
>>as the DXDoubler?
>
>Yes, in dead. Except one thing: the $R2R2 variable, which is used to (hot) 
>toggle the headphone to the "secondary radio" through the SO2R interface. 
>As fas as I know, only EZMaster does support this by software control. I 
>guess that some DXDoubler or ZS4TX owners will probably give more more 
>informations on this topic.
>
> > In
>>exploring this feature, I found that the modify scenarios dialog seems to 
>>provide a variety of different message configurations, with the idea that 
>>one can switch easily from a short CQ to a long CQ, for example, but I 
>>could find no explanation of the coding used in the various scenarios.
>
>There is some information there in the release file available on the 
>mailing list archive : 
>http://www.f5mzn.org/pipermail/support/2005-January/069583.html
>
>Hope this helps,
>
>Thanks and 73,
>--
>Olivier / f5mzn
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