[WT-support] Spot/band map enhancements

[W1UE]

Andy

ESM is short for "Enter Sends Message", and is only in V4 or later.

When enabled, it allows one to use the Enter key to:
1. Call CQ (F1 key)
2. If a station call is on the logging line, pressing the Enter key will 
send the exchange (F2 key)
3. If the exchange is already filled in, it will log the station and 
send the TU message (+ key)
4. If the exchange is not completely filled in, it will send "AGN AGN"
to the other station.

It makes CW/RTTY much easier, as you use one key for most of the 
operations instead of the various F keys.

Dennis W1UE


Andy Hewitt wrote:
> As a user of WinTest ver 3.22, could someone please enlighten me? What is
> ESM in this context? 
> 73 and Thanks
> Andy G3SVD
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: support-bounces at win-test.com [mailto:support-bounces at win-test.com] On
> Behalf Of Clive Whelan
> Sent: 20 September 2009 10:38
> To: support at win-test.com
> Subject: Re: [WT-support] Spot/band map enhancements
> 
> Bob
> 
> You're right of course, but remember that v4 was announced with ESM ( 
> finally) included, and is why I am here, as I wouldn't get out of bed 
> without it!
> 
> I doubt that $SPACEBAR can help as this can only be placed ( afaik) in 
> an F key macro, but I am open to correction of course. Equally I can't 
> see that editing esm.ets could help as it would need to know that the 
> call has been grabbed from the bandmap and I guess that this requires an 
> additional API call?. Again I am no programmer.btw I only use the 
> bandmap and " spots" from my own trawling.
> 
> I imagine that the base programme could address this. This would require 
> finite human resources of course which I understand are scarce, but 
> since the r'aison d'etre of V4 from my p.o.v. is ESM I believe it should 
> be addressed to make WT a serious player in the field.
> 
> 73
> 
> 
> Clive
> GW3NJW
> 
> Bob Wilson, N6TV wrote:
>> Please note that ESM mode is very new to Win-Test, therefore most 
>> readers of this reflector are not using ESM yet.  If you are using 
>> ESM, and the position of the cursor is important (I thought it was 
>> ignored by default), then perhaps you /would/ want the cursor to 
>> remain in the callsign field after clicking on a spot.
>>
>> But if you're not using ESM mode (e.g. NOESM), then you don't want the 
>> cursor to be there after clicking on a spot.
>>
>> Perhaps on CW, with creative use of the $SPACEBAR macro, you can get 
>> the same behavior.
>>
>> 73,
>> Bob, N6TV
>>
>> On Sat, Sep 19, 2009 at 4:33 PM, Clive Whelan 
>> <clive.whelan at btinternet.com <mailto:clive.whelan at btinternet.com>> wrote:
>>
>>     Of course it doesn't, the opposite is true!
>>
>>     If it's in the exchange field I have to shift to the callsign field to
>>     call in ESM otherwise garbage is sent. If WT is to be taken seriously
>>     for ESM this problem needs to be addressed imo. The other
>>     behaviour is a
>>     throw back to CT protocol
>>
>>     73
>>
>>
>>     Clive
>>     GW3NJW
>>
>>     Bob Wilson, N6TV wrote:
>>     > Why would you want the cursor in the callsign field if it is already
>>     > correctly entered from the spot data?  That forces an extra
>>     keystroke
>>     > every time.
>>     >
>>     > 73,
>>     > Bob, N6TV
>>     >
>>     > On Sat, Sep 19, 2009 at 6:06 AM, Clive Whelan
>>     > <clive.whelan at btinternet.com
>>     <mailto:clive.whelan at btinternet.com>
>>     <mailto:clive.whelan at btinternet.com
>>     <mailto:clive.whelan at btinternet.com>>> wrote:
>>     >
>>     >     Unless there is a way to accomplish this that I've missed, I
>>     >     suggest...
>>     >
>>     >
>>     >     When clicking on a spot the cursor should be in the callsign
>>     field and
>>     >     NOT the report field, or more preferably non dupe spots should
>>     >     automatically be brought into the log pane ready to call
>>     with ( as
>>     >     before) the cursor in the callsign field.
>>     >
>>     >     73
>>     >
>>     >
>>     >     Clive
>>     >     GW3NJW
>>
>>
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