[WT-support] GetScores etc

[Bob Wilson, N6TV]

The WRITELOG command, which can be run from a Lua Script, writes out the
.SUM file (as well as other information).  More LUA code could read the .sum
file and transform it to XML, but I don't think this is the most efficient
approach.

The UDP summary information broadcast packets are well documented here:

http://download.win-test.com/utils/SummaryBroadcastingSpecs.txt

If that spec. is still accurate, I think a Python program could monitor
these UDP packets and transform them into the format required by GetScores.

If someone can point me to what is required by GetScores, I can give it a
try.

73,
Bob, N6TV

On Thu, Jan 13, 2011 at 4:27 AM, Stefan Pfeiffer <stefan at fam-pfeiffer.de>wrote:

> Hi!
>
> I am not proficient in LUA and the API Win-Test exposes, but I know others
> are:
> Is there any possibility to access the information needed by GetScores via
> LUA Script and to write them to disk (if not send them to getScores
> directly), and call that script periodically?
>
> Just an idea...
>
> Vy 73 es 55 de Stefan, DL1ELY
>
>
> 2011/1/13 Hans Johansson <sm0imj at gmail.com>
>
> Hi all,
>> Have listened to one of my ham friends who has been looking into this
>> issue.
>> It would be very difficult to develop a GetScores update utility without
>> changing the possibility to access the Win-Test summary information in a
>> more easy way. It should not be that difficult to implement a small hack
>> that write/update the summary information in an easily accessible format,
>> e.g. XML.
>>
>> cheers
>> Hans - SMØIMJ
>>
>>
>> On Sat, Jan 8, 2011 at 8:15 PM, G3WVG <g3wvg at btinternet.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Hello Marios and Happy New Year
>>>
>>> Your suggestion sounds a good one to even though I don't really
>>> understand it!  Sadly computer programming is not my ( very limited) skill
>>> set. It would certainly seem to be worthwhile having WT users represented on
>>> the GetScores site .  I completely understand that you have more pressing
>>> work, I am amazed at the massive effort you guys manage to devote to the
>>> hobby, and the majority of us simply benefit from your work. So thanks!
>>> 73 Ian G3WVG
>>>
>>> Sent from my mobile
>>>
>>>
>>> On 8 Jan 2011, at 12:24, Marios Nicolaou <drmarios at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> > Hi all
>>> >
>>> > HNY.
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > I know there has been some interest regarding the getscores conduit
>>> recently. Unfortunately, due to computer crash, I ve lost the source code so
>>> I cannot update the code in order to  make it compatible with the current
>>> getscores specs. Most of the code was based on trying to listen to UDP
>>> packets, work out qsos, mults and score, decoding the type of mults
>>> depending on the contest type before reformatting them for the getscores
>>> protocol. It was mostly IF statements etc This was very prone to bugs and
>>> vulnerable to protocol changes.
>>> >
>>> > My suggestion was for this information which was readily available in
>>> the summary window to be dumped in an xml format onto the hard drive every
>>> minute. It then becomes very easy for anyone to read this information and
>>> upload it to the getscores website! Unfortunately, I dont have the time to
>>> re-write the initial code [too many other projects etc] although I would
>>> consider implementing the 2nd approach I suggested above if the developers
>>> feel is a viable option.
>>> >
>>> > 73s
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > --
>>> > Marios
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