[WT-support] Win-Test v4.4.0 is available

Nigel G3TXF nigel at G3TXF.com
Mon Jan 18 13:04:57 CET 2010


Hello Olivier,

Thanks for another WT up-date. Boy, you sure have been busy!


Many thanks.

73 - Nigel G3TXF

-----Original Message-----
From: support-bounces at win-test.com
[mailto:support-bounces at win-test.com] On Behalf Of Olivier
F5MZN
Sent: 18 January 2010 08:35
To: WT
Subject: [WT-support] Win-Test v4.4.0 is available

Hi -

Win-test v4.4.0 is now available for download:

http://download.win-test.com/v4/bin/wt-4.4.0.exe [Full,
14MB]
http://download.win-test.com/v4/bin/wt-4.4.0-update.exe
[Update, 6MB]

We also provided DXPED, DEMO and REF CONTEST (DX Side Only)
versions.

Release Information v4.4.0:

- Bugfix (#255): K1EL WinKey USB CW timing becomes very poor
   (Farnsworth style) when PTT delay is default 50 ms. This
was caused
   by too low hardcoded value (80ms) of the PTT Tail delay.
This delay
   is now configurable in the Winkey Properties Dialog Box.
   Tks F5JSD, SM5AJV, KL7RA and N6TV.

- Added some new features of the WK2 (WKUSB) for the PTT
Tail.
   Tks F5JSD, K1EL.

- OmniRig supported as an alternative to the WT build-in
Radio Control.
   Right-click on the Radio Window then choose "OmniRig
Settings" in
   order to properly configure OmniRig for your Radio.

- Bugfix (#253): Input Wave Device was not properly selected
in the
   Contest Recorder Module. Tks N6TV, NR5M.

- IC-703 rig added.

- First attempt in OTRSP (Open Two Radio Switching Protocol)
protocol
   support. Tested with the YCCC SO2R Box but not in real
conditions.
   Tks K1XM.

- MP3 files information dialog : Under certain
circumstances, the
   displayed stop time and duration of the selected file was
wrong.
   Tnx N6TV.

- Log output : Progress bar implemented. Tnx TF3CW.

- Edit / Move in my log menu item has now text commands
equivalents :

   MOVEINMYLOG (or SCROLLMYLOG) and NOMOVEINMYLOG (or
NOSCROLLMYLOG)

   Tnx 5B4WN.

- Rate wnd (Alt-R) : Two methods are now available to
display the
   elapsed time since the last band changes. Tnx F1NGP and
TK5EP.

- Bugfix (#271) : Packet window (Alt-T) was losing focus
when the gab
   window was automatically closed. Tnx DL6RAI.

- Bugfix (#272) : Under certain circumstances, pattern
checking flags
   were not updated if an entered callsign was modified. Tnx
DL6RAI.

- DARC 10 : Leading zeros addition for serial received was
broken.
   Tnx DK1AX.

- MRU (Most Recently Used) file list added in the File menu.

- IC-7600 rig added.

- ICOM rigs : Radio list rearranged alphabetically in the
Interface
   Setup dialog.

- Bugfix : RTTY wnds : The invert function was also
inverting the
   character next to the selection.

- RTTY wnds : Mirror zone enlarged to allow 4-figures
serials.

- Bugfix : MP3 files recorded in 2009 couldn't be listened
to anymore
   in Win-Test in 2010 ;-) ! Tnx DL6RAI.

- RTTY wnds : Callsigns found in the database or in the log
are now
   displayed in bold.

- RTTY wnds : Colors management added.

- Grid Squares wnd : It can now be enlarged to the entire
world.
   Tnx F8BBL.

- Grid Squares wnd : New options in the contextual menu to
display
   fields only, and to center the map on a specific point
more
   easily (it requires the map is NOT centered on the Home
QTH in
   the properties dialog).

- Grid Squares wnd : The resolution (low or high) chosen in
the
   properties dialog wasn't properly saved.

- Bugfix : Stew Perry : Under certain circumstances, an
overflow
   error could happen in distance calculations for Q inside
the same
   GridSquare as the entrant. Tnx VE3TA.

- CQWW WPX Contests (Task #269) : Various updates to comply
with
   the new rules introduced in 2010. Tnx K5ZD, W0YK.

- ARRL Contests : Default Off-time period set to 30 mins.
Tnx CX6VM
   and DL6RAI.

- New "-n" or "--noautoload" switch allowed in the command
line to
   disable the autoload log feature. Tnx N6TV (The only
Win-Test user
   who runs it from the command line ;-) ).

- Startup time reduced.

- Bugfix (Task #270) : ARRL 10 : When running the contest
from the
   DX side, the serial sent was not editable. Tnx CX6VM.

- Bugfix : RTTY wnds : Left-click to activate (and
right-click to open
   the contextual menu) in the text area were broken. Also,
the
   possibility to Ctrl-Drag these windows has been added.

- Bugfix : ARI 40/80 contest in RTTY : The provinces can now
be
   grabbed in the RTTY wnd. Also fixed for the ARI
International
   Contest. Tnx IK0CHU.

- CSV and Text exports : HF logs can now export distance and
heading.
   CAUTION : To ensure consistency with the VHF logs exports
(and many
   geographical processing softwares or online apps), the
longitude
   is now positive for East, and negative for West.

- Bugfix : The Inventory and Score broadcast network frames
could
   have bad data. Tnx SV3SJ/F5VIH.

- Tools / Check log / Callsigns syntax check added. Uses the
pattern
   callsigns rules file (callsign.pat).

- LUA : wtArg can now be used to get the optional argument
set in the
   Script Manager or in a #SCRIPT(argument) call. To ensure
   compatibility, wtArgument remains usable.

- Bugfix : Under some circonstances, some key assignments to
scripts
   were not working properly. Tnx DJ0ZY.

- Script key assignment dialog : If no key is assigned, the
argument
   field is now automatically cleared and disabled.

- Bugfix : After opening a non-empty log, the first PgUp
press was
   not updating the child windows.

- Lua : New API to get the type and the manufactuer of the
radios :
   wtRadio*:GetTypeId() and wtRadio*:GetManufacturerId().

   Reminder : wtRadio* applies to wtRadio, wtRadioInactive,
   wtRadioPrimary, wtRadioSecondary, wtRadio1 or wtRadio2.

   New Lua WT constants are introduced for this purpose.

   A new directory on our download repository has been
created to
   gather the API and the constants lists :

   http://download.win-test.com/v4/lua/

- REF 160 : As non-domestic stations can send non-numeric
exchanges
   the CW cut numbers translation is now disabled. Tnx F5IN.

73 de Olivier / f5mzn
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