[WT-support] Secondary Window problem

[Yuri VE3XB]

Bob,

The CapsLock Binds... was checked. I know you won't believe it but I spent some time reading the manual :))
The way you described SO2R sequence WT works fine. My mistake was punching ( * ) instead of Caps Lock and maybe it should be mentioned somewhere in the Help.

Thank you very much for your advice and see you in the contests.

73 Yuri VE3XB (R33L)


----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Bob Wilson, N6TV 
  To: support at win-test.com 
  Sent: Thursday, October 28, 2010 1:42 AM
  Subject: Re: [WT-support] Secondary Window problem


  It sounds like you forgot to mark one or both of these options:


  Operating | Shift Binds to Secondary Radio
  Operating | CapsLock Binds to Secondary Radio



  If neither one is checked, it is not possible to use the secondary radio window as it was intended to be used, so the Run / S&P status of the secondary radio won't matter.  In effect, you are always using the primary radio, and selecting either Radio 1 or Radio 2 as your primary radio.


  Do you see the Secondary Radio window turn Yellow?  If not, the Secondary Radio window is not being used, and that is the problem.


  This is how it is supposed to work:
    1.. Primary radio window in Run mode (it says "RUN" in the Clock window)
    2.. Secondary radio window in S&P mode ("S&P" radio button is marked there)
    3.. Operating  | CapsLock binds to secondary Radio is checked 
    4.. Press F1.  RUN message (CQ) is sent on the primary radio
    5.. Press CapsLock.  Secondary Radio window turns yellow
    6.. Press F1.  S&P message (my call) is sent on secondary radio
    7.. Press CapsLock.  Secondary Radio window turns white 
    8.. Press F1.  CQ message is sent on the primary radio
  Remember, Radio 1 and Radio 2 don't matter.  Only the Primary and Secondary radio matter.  You can have Radio 1 be Primary or Secondary.  You can have Radio 2 be Primary or Secondary.  When you press [ * ],  Radio1 and Radio2 swap positions between the main logging window (always Primary) and the Secondary radio window, but the RUN / S&P status of the Primary and Secondary radio windows always stays the same until you explicitly change it via Ctrl-Tab or clicking on the little circles.


  If you always want Radio 1 to be in RUN mode and you always want Radio 2 to be in S&P mode, use CapsLock only, and never press the star key.  Keep Radio 1 in the Primary window and Radio 2 in the secondary radio window, at all times.


  In sum, there seems to be no bug here, just a misunderstanding about what "Primary", "Secondary", "Radio 1" and "Radio 2" mean.


  Things would be a lot easier to understand if there were simply a "Left radio" and a "Right radio", and two identical side-by-side logging windows dedicated to each, but that design was rejected or never considered, for reasons unknown.


  73,
  Bob, N6TV
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