[WT-support] Version 3.8.0 release

[G3SJJ]

Olivier, thank you. here are my observations so far :

Good

1 - Sending on external paddle prevents F Key message - now fixed.
2 - Erratic speed changes - now fixed.
3 - Left and right numbers changing between internal and Winkey speeds - 
now fixed
3a - Left = Internal, right = Winkey

Not so good

4 - Alt F9/10 varies internal keyer speed but now sends   '   also,  
.----.   New
5 - Speed range for Winkey still 20 to 60wpm. This means for 99.999% of 
its uses only the first half of the travel of the pot is usable and 
therefore variations between that range ie 20-40 wpm, are not very 
controllable.
6 - The +/- characters are sending    nu   in the message. Doesn't 
really bother me as I take them out anyway. (I really do hate speeded up 
characters!! They are of no benefit for most contests and operators. 
Many recipients of speeded up messages find them irritating. I would 
prefer them as optional rather than default)

Chris G3SJJ



Olivier F5MZN wrote:
> Hi -
>
> Win-Test version 3.8.0 is now available:
>
> http://download.win-test.com/wt-3.8.0.exe [Full version, 3.9 MB]
> http://download.win-test.com/wt-3.8.0-update.exe [Update only, 2.2 MB]
>
> We will probably make another version before the ARRL CW contest, so 
> feel free to report any bugs you can detect with this version. I'm 
> working on rotators support (with the EA4TX interface supported for 
> the first test) in the backgroung and for this reason I won't 
> implement any new features in Win-Test until the rotator is working.
>
> Release 3.8.0 (Jan 18, 2007)
> ----------------------------
>
> - Radio wnd / Bandmap tab : New CQ and QSY cursors to display the last
>   CQ freq and the QSY freq of the band. These cursors can be displayed
>   or not, according to the contextual menu settings (Display options).
>
> - NAQP contest : When entering a NA QSO, WT now ensures all field are
>   filled. Tnx K8BB.
>
> - Summary columns re-order for:
>     - the ARRL DX to BAND/QSO/MULTS/DXCC/DUPES
>     - the CQWW DX to BAND/QSO/CQ/DXCC/DUPES/POINTS/AVG
>   which is the usually used order. Tks K3LR.
>
> - MicroHAM MK2R SO2R Protocol is now fully supported. To enable it:
>
>   - in microHAM USB Device Router, check "microHAM SO2R protocol on
>     COM port" in the "SO2R" tab. You can also specify "SO2R protocol
>     controled" for RADIO 1 and/or RADIO 2 in the "ACC" tab if you
>     want to let Win-Test control the ACC outputs to switch the
>     antennas.
>
>   - in Win-Test: select "MicroHAM MK2R" on the COM port the USB
>     Device Router is attached to for SO2R control. As it is a
>     virtual COM port, the COM port configuration (bauds, parity...)
>     has no effect: you can choose anything.
>
>   The new macro $MK2R=<cmd> has been added in order to send any
>   protocol to the MK2R from a scenario. This can be usefull to set
>   a specific audio configuration which is not a standard R1R1, R1R2
>   or R2R2. For example, $MK2R=FRD100000010000 will configure
>   the headphones audio to "Left=RADIO1,MAIN VFO and
>   Right=Radio1,SUB VFO". Please report to the SO2R protocol
>   specification of the MK2R to get details on the FRDxxxxxxxxxx
>   command as well as on other ones.
>
>   Note that WinKey and PTT/CW events of the Win-Test integrated
>   keyers are not handled by the protocol. It means that if you
>   want to use Win-Key or the WT integrated keyers you must
>   configure then separately. The PTT/CW signals can share the
>   COM port used for the SO2R control. WinKey will required a
>   different COM port in any case.
>
> - In RTTY Configuration Window: Added two options:
>
>     - MMTTY window stays on top: when enable, the MMTTY window will
>       be always visible
>
>     - Only show FFT spectrum, waterfall and XY scope: when enable,
>       the MMTTY window is minimized, and does not show the Menu nor
>       the Command Buttons.
>
> - Added a new "RTTY" entry in menu "Options" to allow modifying the
>   standard and additionnal messages. Also allowed to access the
>   messages entry in the menu "Command".
>
> - Bugfix: Internal keyer + Winkey. Tks G3SJJ.
>
> - Bugfix: the "Copy-Paste the previous QSO" function is now available
>   only when the cursor is on the last line of the log. Tks DL6RAI.
>
> - Bugfix: TXing in RTTY was not canceled anymore pressing the ESC Key.
>   Fixed. Tks F2JD.
>
> - Bugfix: Focus problem with MMTTY is fixed. Tks DL6RAI.
>
> - Bugfix: using a SO2R interface based on LPT port, in a message like
>   "$F1 $TR2 $MSG1", the $TR2 macro had no effect. Fixed. Tks S51TA.
>
> - Bugfix: Using WinKey, the CW speed of the paddle was changing
>   under certain circonstances. Fixed. Tks DJ3WE and G3SJJ.
>
> - Bugfix : NAQP contest : Under some circonstances, the SPC field was
>   cleared while editing the QSO. Tnx K8BB.
>
> - Bugfix : PACC contest : From PA side, working PA stns gave credit for
>   province. Now, it only gives credit for PA DXCC country. Tnx PC2A.
>
> Vy 73,