[WT-support] Auot spotting

[SM6FUD]

Hi Bob!

That is a good one thing too of course Bob but in this case what I was putting my nose into was what Wes, W3SE also knocked his head on but had it put in fewer and clearer words than me (hi); after making a QSO and having it logged WT makes an automatic Alt-F3 spotting to the cluster (the mess center - hi).

And...
   to those of you beleiving this feature is a stupid thing:

N1MM has been around for ....how long? The majority of contest software users are going for ...hmm...N1MM? Yes. What many may allready be using this autospot function in that software? Anyone here thinking "no one would"? On the contrary. Those who do use it are not competing in the non-assisted class. Right?

As rules are the most important thing to us in this the most beautiful part of radioing why wouldn't it be even a useful thingy to have any contesting software set for autospotting by default if the user TURNS ON the cluster?! That way no one could compete in a non assisted class having cluster connected. It would show up! Nonetheless using DX Summit anonymously on a second screen.
Please don't go down the flush with this. Give it some serious thoughts!

Sorry for the extra bandwidth.

- Bengt SM6FUD


  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Bob Wilson, N6TV 
  To: support at win-test.com 
  Sent: Wednesday, May 30, 2012 12:19 AM
  Subject: Re: [WT-support] Auot spotting


  On Tue, May 29, 2012 at 12:48 PM, SM6FUD <sm6fud at telia.com> wrote:

    Intention is AUTO spotting in S&P mode. Not SELF spotting!



  Are you talking about automatically entering a callsign into the band map and clearing the data entry window when you turn the VFO A knob?  That can be enabled via the Bandmap Properties dialog, under "Search and Pounce" options:


  http://docs.win-test.com/wiki/Menu:Windows#Band_Map_properties 


  Note that you must have RUN/S&P switching enabled (not the default, text shortcut: RUNSP [Enter]), and you must press Ctrl-Tab to toggle to S&P mode to get it to work.  The current mode, RUN or S&P, is displayed on right side of the Clock window whenever RUN/S&P switching is enabled.


  N1MM Logger provides a way to automatically detect frequency changes, and automatically switch to S&P mode.  Win-Test does not, nor is there in any easy way to add this via a LUA script.


  You do have to be careful after enabling this S&P feature.  You still must press Enter to log the QSO while doing S&P.  It would be nice if Win-Test would do that automatically on VFO changes too, that is, if you work someone while S&P, and enter the exchange data, then turn the knob, it would be nice if Win-Test would log the QSO.  Currently the callsign can be wiped clean (added to the band map only), and the completed QSO will never be logged!  This can be a problem.  So you may not want to uncheck the "Wipe the QSO" box on the properties dialog if you find yourself in that situation a lot.


  73,
  Bob, N6TV


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