[WT-support] WT & WAE

[Olivier F5MZN]

Hi-,

Matthias Jelen wrote:
> - QTC traffic: I once lost 10 QTCs because I unintentionally pressed "ALT -
> L" and confirmed. This was absolutely my fault! But is there any need to
> type in QTCs and close the window without saving them? How about: Open the
> window this ALT - L, type in whatever you like, and close it with "+" (as it
> is now) or "Alt-L", always saving the changes? This would be easier for me
> after several hours of operating...

Sorry but we cannot make everybody happy with this. I guess that most 
users will prefer to have this confirmation window opening that way.

> - CW: It would be really neat if you could connect a paddle to the LPT port
> so you had always the same speed as set in SW (or maybee even a programmable
> offset). Maybee for a future version?

I don't think so, because win-test is supposed to work on old computers, 
which is not compatible with this feature. In addition, the LPT port has 
no futur! So, my suggestion is rather to get a $28 K1EL kit!... ;)

> - Spots in the Bandmap: On Sunday I did a lot of S&P, looking for stations
> which didn´t give QTCs to us, even if they were dupes. Maybee you could
> display the number of missing QTCs in the bandmap in brackets, like A61AJ
> (10) ?

Did you added this on our bugtracking board?

> - I had some trouble setting up LPT keying on on computer. It didn´t help to
> change the hex - address of the LPT - port in WT, I had to change it in the
> windows hardware settings. I´ll try this again and report, maybee I made a
> mistake.

OK.

> - 2.19.2 also not working with my Icom and TenTec :-(

Please recall me which ones?

> - License: For single operator activities the license connected to the
> hardware works fine. I can prepare my PC and take it with me to the contest.
> However, for multi - op activities this can be difficult. At ALL multi - op
> activities I participated in lots of people brought their laptops. Often
> they decided only hours before the contest which PC to bring. Or they
> quickly reinstalled the OS to achieve a stable  system. And there are still
> a lot of QTHs without internet access. And it will be very hard to convince
> people to buy a WinTest license for the use in a M/* contest if they prefer
> any other SW for their private activities. 
> So: I think it would be great to add a kind of floating network license. You
> could install this on one PC, every participant could install the demo
> version on his PC and get familiar with the software, connect it to the
> "license server" during the contest, and have again his demo version after
> the contest. Even if you would sell this version at  a higher price it would
> be a *great* option.

we already thought of that but we must also take care on possible 
hacking problems. Anyway you can add this in the bugtracking board as 
well, jut to keep this up in our minds!

73,
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Olivier / f5mzn