[WT-support] IOTA

[Bob Wilson, N6TV]

On Thu, Jul 28, 2016 at 12:25 PM, <contest at oz0j.dk> wrote:

> I have created an IOTA2016 XDT file to be used in Win-Test. Maybe N6TV has
> the time to create a DBT file?


Thanks Joe.

I've added all that data to an iota.dtb file that can be used for *both*
pre-fill and super-check partial.  It includes all callsigns from the
latest MASTER.SCP file as well as all those listed in iota2016.xdt.

Anyone can download both files here:

http://www.kkn.net/~n6tv/iota.zip


Open the iota.zip file and extract iota2016.xdt to the /extras directory.
Extract iota.dtb to the /databases directory (you can locate these
directories by using File | Explore in the Win-Test menu).

Start Win-Test and open an IOTA contest file.  Right click on the Check
Partial window and select "Used files...".  You should see iota.dtb listed.

(Optional) Press Alt-X to view the Extra Data Window, right click, select
"Extra data files...", click [Add...], select iota2016.xdt, click OK.

Test:  Enter a callsign like 9Q0D and you will see it show up in the check
partial window and the Alt-X window.  The IOTA number will be pre-filled
when you type the last letter.

Note:  IOTA numbers and country names for KH6 and other standard island
prefixes is obtained from the CTY_IOTA.DAT and IOTA.DAT files (in the
/countryFiles directory).  Download new (2015) versions of both files from
http://download.win-test.com/files/country/ to your local Win-Test
/countryFiles folder, then restart Win-Test.

73,
Bob, N6TV

I've converted it to a .dtb file and updated the zip file:

http://www.kkn.net/~n6tv/iota.zip

These files combine callsigns from MASTER.SCP (Release 2016.07.02.00) with
IOTA
data files compiled by OZ0J.

IOTA data files:

  http://www.ei5di.com/iota.lst (tnx OZ8SW)
  http://www.cqcontest.eu/call-history.php IOTA2016.txt downloaded from the
page of PG7V
  IOTA_2016_VE2FK_020.txt (from N1MM+) tnx to SM3CER and WT2P

On Windows 7 and later:

1. Extract iota2016.xdt to C:\ProgramData\Win-Test\Extras\
2. Extract iota.dtb to C:\ProgramData\Win-Test\Databases\
3. Make sure C:\ProgramData\Win-Test\CountryFiles contains IOTA.DAT
   (download latest from http://download.win-test.com/files/country/IOTA.DAT
)
4. From the Win-Test menu, select Tools | Data Entry | Exchange Guessing |
Automatically
5. Press Alt-X to view the "Extra information" window
   Right click on the window, select "Extra data files..."
   Click [Add...], select iota2016.xdt, click OK
5. Enter a callsign like 9Q0D to test prefill

For the IOTA contest, Win-Test will use iota.dtb for BOTH check partial and
pre-fill.
You can verify this by right clicking on the Check Partial window and
selecting
   "Used files list..."

Win-Test will also use IOTA.DAT to prefill based on known prefixes.

73,
Bob, N6TV
28 July 2016 20:00 UTC
n6tv at arrl.net


73,
Bob, N6TV
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