[WT-support] Last band change elapsed time in script

[Manu Tel]

Bob thank you for this clear and quick response.
 Contest Rules states that must remain at least 15 minutes on each band and
at night there are operators who think that time passes very quickly and it
changes before the deadline ....

That's why I'm looking how to make a visual temp per band.

Again thank you for all the work on the mailing list.

If someone has an idea ....

Manu F4FLQ


2014-06-17 8:45 GMT+02:00 Bob Wilson, N6TV <n6tv at arrl.net>:

> I meant to write "the background color still would NOT change."
>
> 73,
> Bob, N6TV
> On Jun 16, 2014 11:43 PM, "Bob Wilson, N6TV" <n6tv at arrl.net> wrote:
>
>> It's not really possible to do this (precisely) from a LUA script.  There
>> is no way to set an event timer.
>>
>> One could do it (approximately) by checking for a band change every time
>> a QSO is logged, saving the timestamp, and comparing with the last saved
>> timestamp value, but you would have to assign a different LUA script to
>> every possible way of logging a QSO, and if you spent 30 minutes on a band
>> without logging a QSO, the background color still would change.
>>
>> Perhaps one could try running the script every time the F1 message is
>> invoked,  but that only works for stations that spend most of their time
>> CQing.
>>
>> I think it might be easier to use an  external device, perhaps tapping a
>> chess clock or a smartphone's built-in countdown timer every time you
>> changed bands?
>>
>> Frankly, I don't really understand why this is needed for effective
>> contesting.  Most contesters change bands as conditions dictate, not by the
>> clock.
>>
>> 73,
>> Bob, N6TV
>> On Jun 16, 2014 11:16 PM, "Manu Tel" <tel.manu07 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Hello
>>>
>>> I like to know if it is possible to recover the value of last band
>>> change elapsed time in a LUA script to change the background color after 15
>>> minutes spent on this band.
>>>
>>> Thank you for your help
>>>
>>> friendly
>>> Manu F4FLQ
>>>
>>
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