[WT-support] Check multiplier problem fixed in wt_dev

[Bob Wilson, N6TV]

The check multiplier problem I reported below seems to have been fixed in
wt_dev Rev 437.  You can get it from

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

Be sure to run wt_dev.exe (not wt.exe).

73,
Bob, N6TV
On Sun, Oct 24, 2010 at 7:59 PM, Bob Wilson, N6TV <n6tv at arrl.net> wrote:

> I just noticed that the combination of ESM mode with S&P mode does not
> immediately update the Check Country window as you type in a prefix.  It
> happens with or without the new script.
>
> Task #296 <http://flyspray.win-test.com/index.php?do=details&id=296> has
> been opened.  Workaround:  press the spacebar to udpate the Check Mult
> window (but this should *not* be required, especially when you have
> selected Tools | Data Entry | Exchange Guessing | Automatically).
>
> The Check Mult window udpates OK if you switch to RUN mode or to NOESM
> mode.
>
> 73,
> Bob, N6TV
>
>
> On Sun, Oct 24, 2010 at 7:35 PM, Bob Wilson, N6TV <n6tv at arrl.net> wrote:
>
>> The built-in ESM script in Win-Test doesn't really work very well for a
>> contest like CQ WW Phone or CQ WW WPX, because it assumes that you will *
>> always* want Enter to send the exchange while you are running.  That's
>> fine on CW, but for a short exchange on phone, it doesn't make much sense.
>> It can really slow you down to wait for the DVR to send the exchange on
>> every QSO, which ESM practically forces you to do.
>>
>> I've updated the ESM script so that Enter simply sends the thank you
>> message (F3) and logs the QSO, once you have entered a callsign, rather than
>> sending the exchange.  That's if you are in RUN mode and on Phone.  When in
>> S&P mode, or on CW, it works exactly like the built-in ESM script.
>>
>> Remember while, using ESM and in RUN mode, if you want to *silently* log
>> a QSO rather than send the F3 message, you have to press Ctrl-Plus to do
>> it.  You might want to use the Win-Test DEFINEKEYS text command to program
>> Alt-Enter to do the same thing as Ctrl-Plus, especially if you're using a
>> notebook computer with no separate Plus key on the numeric keypad.
>>
>> You can download N6TVESM.zip from http://bit.ly/wtscripts .
>>
>> The Readme file explains more details.
>>
>> You can now use ESM mode with the K3 DVR too, using the K3 DVR as your
>> voice keyer.  See K3scripts.zip (also updated with some new scripts for VFO
>> and RIT tuning, as well as internal CW keyer speed sync with Win-Test).
>>
>> 73,
>> Bob, N6TV
>>
>
>
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