[WT-support] ESM script

Wed Mar 21 13:00:42 CET 2018

Thanks Bob,

for a very thorough and educational response. Much appreciated.

I actually got help from my old friend Ingo SM5AJV late last night which
got the S&P ENTER mechanics working also in the presence of exchange
guessing.

But this new script still does not address the other inconsistencies you
list in your email. If you work on solving them I'd love to try your
solution.

I think it would be a great thing if there was a script that made long time
N1MM users feel immediately "at home" with Win-Test.
Or just avoid the confusion when switching between the two (like I do).

In my case the fact that you cannot tie a macro to a mouse click is not a
big issue. I'm keyboard guy. Keyboard shortcuts are just immensely
faster and means you can keep your eye on the screen or the radio. (Or
close your eyes to hear better.)

I have downloaded your excellent suite of ICOM scripts and tested them with
my 7300. Great stuff.

Are you planning an updated version that also supports the 7610?
The 7610 has some new nice features, like the ability trigger the radio's
own saved voice messages via CI-V commands.

While on the topic of the ICOM scripts, have you been able to find a way to
get around the (silly) limitation that prosigns have
to be followed by a space stop the character-merging started with "^"? I
have not. It would be so great to be able to send
characters like å, ä, ö, ü, ч, я, ю, э, ш, ø, and é from within Win-Test
using the radio's built in keyer.
(The QSK is much better using the internal keyer).

73,

Björn

2018-03-21 0:58 GMT+01:00 Bob Wilson, N6TV <n6tv at arrl.net>:

> Welcome to Win-Test Björn.
>
> (For others who are curious, when using ESM mode, you should see RUN or
> S&P displayed in the Clock window.  If not, type RUNSP [Enter] in the
> logging window to enable it.  NORUNSP [Enter] disables it.  Ctrl-Tab
> toggles between RUN and S&P.)
>
> Yes, the problem is that clicking on a spot auto-fills the exchange and
> moves the cursor to the exchange field, which breaks the ESM logic for S&P
> mode.  Also, selecting a spot doesn't automatically switch you to S&P mode
> (which would be a nice enhancement).
>
> As you may know, Alt-F4 returns to your established RUN frequency (set by
> last F1, marked by "CQ" in band map), but it doesn't automatically switch
> you to RUN mode, which would be another nice enhancement.  But, I can make
> that happen with a new LUA script.  QRX.
>
> As you noted, Win-Test does *not* pre-fill the exchange when ESM is
> enabled *and* you are in S&P mode *if* you type in a callsign manually.
> Logically, it really should behave exactly the same whether you type or
> click:
>
> If ESM is enabled, and mode is S&P, do NOT autofill the exchange when spot
> clicked, or Ctrl-Up/Down/Ctrl-Space pressed
>
>
> I think this is a bug that should be fixed.  Though I can write a short
> LUA script that automatically clears the exchange field by simulating
> Ctrl-W after handling Ctrl-Up or Ctrl-Down, there's no way to call a LUA
> script when you click on a spot, only when you press a key.
>
> In the mean time, the sequence would be:
>
> Press Ctrl-Tab if necessary to toggle to S&P mode
> Grab Spot by clicking it or pressing Ctrl-Up/Down or Ctrl-Space
> Press Ctrl-W to clear the pre-filled exhange
> Press ENTER to send your call (as many times as needed)
> Once he comes back to you and sends and exchange, then press spacebar
> (twice) to auto-fill the exchange
> Press Enter to send your exchange and log the QSO
>
> You can avoid the need to press Enter twice by adding #CTRLPLUS to the end
> of the S&P F2 message, e.g.:
>
> $SETEXCHSENT $RST $ZONE #CTRLPLUS
>
> Where CtrlPlus.wts is from CtrlPlus.zip which you can download from
> https://bit.ly/wtscripts .  The Ctrl-Plus key, which this script
> emulates, silently logs a QSO.
>
> The built-in $CR macro also logs a QSO, but it happens immediately,
> instead of *after* the exchange is sent, which is why I prefer #CTRLPLUS.
>
> Anyway QRX for some new scripts that will mostly make S&P and ESM work
> smoother, but only when you press the standard keys instead of clicking.
>
> 73,
> Bob, N6TV
>
> On Tue, Mar 20, 2018 at 3:11 PM, Björn Ekelund <bjorn at ekelund.nu> wrote:
>
>> I am an N1MM convertite and one of the features I really enjoyed with
>> N1MM was the very intelligent ESM functionality.
>>
>> I have tried both the built-in mechanics as well as the two ESM scripts
>> listed in the Win-Test Wiki but they all suffer from the same issue in S&P.
>>
>> The "normal" case works well, you enter a call sign, hit Return and your
>> call is sent. Once you get a response you hit Space, enter the exchange,
>> Return sends your exchange and then an additional Return logs the QSO.
>> One unnecessary Return compared to N1MM, but ok.
>>
>> Also, when calling a spot, you hit ctrl-Arrow/ctrl-Space to grab the
>> spot, then the rest of the sequence is as above.
>>
>> However, the combination of calling a spot and automatic exchange
>> guessing does not work well.
>>
>> In this case you grab the spot with ctrl-Arrow/ctrl-Space (which also
>> triggers an exchange guess) and when you hit return, your exchange (!) is
>> transmitted instead of your call. A second Return will then log the
>> contact.
>>
>> So in this particular case, the sequence will be F4, Return instead of
>> Return, Return.
>>
>> I am no stranger to LUA (I have written macros for a major MMORPG online
>> game in my past) but before I start designing my own ESM script I just want
>> to find out if someone else have already written a script that handles also
>> this case.
>>
>> Any feedback is appreciated,
>>
>> Björn SM7IUN
>>
>>
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