[WT-support] Problems observed at LZ9W M/M with Win-Test

[Mario Lorenz]

Am 13. Dec 2008, um 18:11:18 schrieb wally:
> Hi Laurent,
> 
> That is Wally LZ2CJ from LZ9W M-M Contest Team.
> As you know we have purchased recently Win-Test and we have used it in M/M
> Category in last CQWW SSB and CW 2008 tests.

Hello Wally,

We (DF0HQ) have been running WinTest as well, on a mixture of WinXP,
Win2K, and Win98 machines, without the problems you mention. 
There is still the occasional crash of some machines after the
CLEARLOGNOW (Remote-)Command, but as that command is not used _during_
the contest it didnt matter.

> After reaching the QSO number of  say over 5000 QSOs a simultaneous blinking
> with appearance for a second or two of white blank screen on all monitors at
> each operating position. This was combined with unability to transmit
> normally on CW as a separate problem. After pushing the F1(or other) button
> for example, it was taking 2 seconds for transmission to start and this is
> not good when one has 2 - 3 stations calling. There was a delay
> in writing the calls in the log - similar delay of 2-3 seconds, too.

I have never seen a "simultaneous blinking white blank screen" on any,
let alone all, machines. It would be very interesting to learn what
happened here. Can you reproduce the exact time of this happening ?
Can you verify if this per chance coincides with some GAB message
someone might have sent, or some cluster spot ?
Do you have, per chance, a backup of the contest log shortly before the
problem happened, and if you activate your network, with this log, and
then re-enter the QSOs, can the problem be reproduced ?

What did you do for the problem to go away ?

73s,
Mario

-- 
Mario Lorenz                            Internet:    <ml at vdazone.org>
                                        Ham Radio:   DL5MLO at DB0ERF.#THR.DEU.EU
Trust the computer industry to shorten "Year 2000" to Y2K.  It was this kind
of thinking that caused the problem in the first place.