[WT-support] Sprint Logic feature

[Marko Derganc, S51DS]

Hi Larry,

thanks for your prompt replay. I already found $SPACEBAR variable soon after
I posted my mail in which I mentioned cursor movement problem. Yes, I've
read the manual more carefully.

My radio club purchased WT last week and I registered a WT on one PC at
club's contest location S59ABC last Friday. Registration process was very
fast, well done.

I used WT for the first time during the last EU SPRINT CW contest. I worked
with WT internal CW keyer, FT-2000 was controlled via CAT interface. PC is
very old with Win98SE but WT run without any problem. I loaded my version of
EUSPRINT.DTB and XDF file plus HF.DTB, I was using check partial and N+1
windows with display exchange enabled, so a lot of simultaneous tasks
for WT, but software worked very fast even on slow PC, you made a really
nice piece of software, congratulations.

I have one remark only. I had some problems during S/P mode. Why? When
I find the station calling CQ, I enter station's call sign in the call sign
field, then I press a SPACEBAR key to check for dupe and if it is not dupe,
than I have to press correct F key to send $MYCALL. Is there any way to set
up the WT to send $MYCALL just in case the called station is not dupe?

Above mentioned procedure is time consuming and you can lost a contact just
because $MYCALL is sent to late. And the worst case: $MYCALL is sent to late
with inadequate CW speed setting - I can not find any current CW speed
indicator on the screen.

S59ABC is not a "big gun" and S/P mode is almost so important for us as RUN
mode. So we would like to be as much as possible efficient in S/P mode too.

73
Marko
S51DS








2007/10/12, Laurent HAAS - F6FVY <f6fvy at free.fr>:
>
> Hi Marko
>
> marko derganc a écrit :
>
> > I have standard INSERT messages configured as follows:
> >
> > RUN: $LOGGEDCALL $GUESSEXCH $MYCALL $SERIAL $ZONE
> >
> > S&P: $LOGGEDCALL $SERIAL $ZONE DE $MYCALL
> >
> > Sprint exchange logic for the Ins key is enabled.
> >
> > Menu: Tools->Data entry->Enable Run/S&P switching is checked on
> >
> > Problems:
> > - RUN insert message is sent always
>
> See my other post.
>
> > - $GUESSEXCH does not move cursor from "callsing" field to "Rcvd QSO
> > number" field
>
> Actually, there was an error in the documentation :
>
> $GUESSEXCH (or $GUESSEXCHANGE) acts as a spacebar hit (filling the
> exchange field(s) if possible), *BUT* the cursor remains in the current
> entry field.
>
> If you also want the cursor to move, use the $SPACEBAR variable, which
> really acts as a space bar hit.
>
> It was correctly described in the release file when these variables were
> created :
>
> > - New variables in the CW messages : $SPACEBAR and $TAB which mimic
> >   a space bar or a tab key hit while playing. And $GUESSEXCH (or
> >   $GUESSEXCHANGE) also mimics a space bar hit (filling exchange field(s)
> >   if possible), but the cursor remains in the same edit field. This way,
>
> >   you can easily save a spacebar hit by using the following Ins key msg
> :
> >
> >   $LOGGED $QSOB4 $GUESSEXCH $F2  (the cursor will not move)
> >
> >   or
> >
> >   $LOGGED $QSOB4 $SPACEBAR $F2  (the cursor will move to the next field)
>
> >
> >   (assuming the F2 msg contains the exchange message to send).
>
> 73
>
> Larry - F6FVY
>
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