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

[Bob Wilson, N6TV]

Win-Test can display a band change timer in the rate window (Alt+R).

Right Click -> Display -> Band changes elapsed times

See

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


For Multi-2, the timer displays "Run 1" & "Run 2" band change timers
instead of "Radio 1" & "Radio 2" as shown in the Wiki screen shot.

73,
Bob, N6TV

On Tue, Jun 17, 2014 at 2:03 AM, Manu Tel <tel.manu07 at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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