<div><div><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Sep 22, 2011 at 3:07 AM, Peter <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:pc2a@pi4cc.nl">pc2a@pi4cc.nl</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
Is there a way to load messages into Win-test.?<br>
In a M/M setup every body has his own way to define messages.<br>
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I would be nice if you can download your own set from a location.<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>It would be nice if there were LUA APIs that could be used change CW messages, as then you could store them in a file and program them with a simple command instead of having to copy files around. It would be even better if there was a command to synchronize CW messages, window layouts, and options, on every computer in the LAN.</div>
<div><br></div><div>But until that exists, here is what you have to do today:</div><div><br></div><div>Create an empty .WT4 file with all the CW messages and window positions predefined, then copy it to every computer, using Windows networking commands or "sneaker net" (flash drives). On every computer, change the station name in the contest configuration window to make it unique (STN1, STN2, etc.), and then you are good to go.</div>
<div><br></div><div><div>Note that standard CW messages and window positions are stored in the .WT4 file, but Additional Messages (Alt-C), are stored in the wt.ini file. Therefore, standard CW messages change from contest to contest, but Additional Messages do not.</div>
</div><div><br></div><div>Useful Windows networking commands:</div><div><br></div><div>net use X: \\machineName\C$ /u:userid</div><div><br></div><div>Where machineName is the Computer Name displayed via My Computer (right click), Properties, Computer Name, and userid is an Administrator ID used to log on to that machine. This should prompt you to enter a password unless you use the same userid and password on all machines, in which case you may omit the /u: option entirely.</div>
<div><br></div><div>The NET USE command allows you to read and write to C: drive on the remote machine, accessing it as drive letter X:. It assumes NETBIOS is set up, and Windows 7 "simple networking" is NOT selected (getting this to work with Windows 7 is also possible, but too hard to explain here).</div>
<div><br></div><div>net use X: /d</div><div><br></div><div>Closes the network connection, allowing you to use drive letter X: again to link to another machine. Do this after copying the .WT4 file.</div><div><br></div><div>
conf</div><div><br></div><div>Starts up Windows NetMeeting so that you can remotely access another machine on the LAN, with full GUI access (CONF must be up and running on all machines that you wish to access, and it must be configured properly).</div>
<div><br></div><div>Some Win-Test commands that may help you:</div><div><br></div><div>COPYLOGCLEAR -- Saves a copy of the current log with a date stamp, then empties the log of all QSOs -- good to use before a contest starts, as all CW messages are preserved (unlike File | New, which resets all messages to defaults)</div>
<div><br></div><div>REOPEN -- Good to use when Options | Load contest at startup is Enabled. It puts you back on the Contest Configuration screen so that you can change the station name</div><div><br></div><div>SYNC -- Re-enables log synchronization on that computer in case it is automatically disabled when a duplicate station name is detected on the LAN at start-up.</div>
<div><br></div><div>wt -n -- Overrides Options | Load contest at startup, so you can open a different log file</div><div><br></div><div>wt -i wt2.ini -- Uses wt2.ini instead of wt.ini (see File | Explore | /cfg directory). Allows you to save different sets of Additional (Alt-C) messages and options (rarely used though)</div>
<div><br></div><div>REMOTE -- Very useful at a multi-multi to run text commands on all Win-Test machines in the network at the same time. See <a href="http://docs.win-test.com/wiki/Multi-op/Clearing_all_logs_before_the_start">Clearing all logs before the start</a> for a detailed example. Unfortunately, it cannot be used to change CW messages or to change the station name.</div>
<div><br></div><div>73,</div><div>Bob, N6TV</div></div></div></div>