Neal, No, I usually shut down DXbase each evening and then make a back up. I notice that under User Options... the TNC tab has a setting for “Max Packet Lines” – mine says 1000. Also on the Internet tab the is a “Max Packet Lines” box that is set to 500. I usually connect to VE7CC-1 for my spots and I guess I’ve always thought that these Max Packet Lines settings somehow limited how many spots were retained in memory or the DX Info window. In any case I’ve never experienced an out of memory error when connected to a cluster.
73, Gary AL9A From: Neal Campbell Sent: December 20, 2014 8:05 AM To: Bill Parry Cc: Gary AL9A ; DXbase Reflector Subject: Re: [Dxbase] Out of memory. Gary do you leave your DXB running all the time? I have never heard anyone mention this before and I am sure its not an issue with "normal" usage but I would like to know if it is an issue at all. How much memory is on your system and what is the OS, Bill? Holiday Seasons sale save up to $220 on your Abroham Neal Computer! Visit http://www.abrohamnealsoftware.com/products.php Neal Campbell Abroham Neal LLC On Sat, Dec 20, 2014 at 9:46 AM, Bill Parry <[email protected]> wrote: Fortunately it is not a big deal. If it were my contesting program, Writelog, that would be different. I have used Writelog without a hitch for years. I really have no need for the automated CW from DXBase so I just turned it off and I am fine. My setup is almost identical to Gary's so I guess it will just remain a mystery! :-) Most computer stuff is a mystery to me anyway. I do love my DXBase. It and I just finished DXCC #340 this year so it is my old friend. Merry Christmas, Bill W5VX -----Original Message----- From: Dxbase [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Gary AL9A Sent: Friday, December 19, 2014 11:18 PM To: DXbase Reflector Subject: Re: [Dxbase] Out of memory. Well, then I am mystified as to Bills problem. I also run the microHAM MKII keyer with DXbase 2007 (on an old Vista Dell laptop) and use the CW memory buffers without a hitch. Never seen and out of memory message. 73, Gary AL9A From: Neal Campbell Sent: December 19, 2014 8:56 AM To: Bill Parry Cc: Gary Senesac ; DXBase List Subject: Re: [Dxbase] Out of memory. I do not think the cluster spots will cause any excessive memory usage, it sounds like activating cw memories is the problem. I have kept DXB up for weeks here getting spots. 73 Holiday Seasons sale save up to $220 on your Abroham Neal Computer! Visit http://www.abrohamnealsoftware.com/products.php Neal Campbell Abroham Neal LLC On Fri, Dec 19, 2014 at 12:31 PM, Bill Parry <[email protected]> wrote: Good idea, I hadn't thought of that and I do leave the cluster running continuously. Although, I have used this same setup for years and it just started happening. Now that the CW sending feature is disabled, the "out of memory" message has gone away. I will follow up on your suggestion! Thanks. W5VX, Bill -----Original Message----- From: Dxbase [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Gary Senesac Sent: Friday, December 19, 2014 10:15 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Dxbase] Out of memory. Bill, Are you connected to a DX cluster and continuously receiving spots? If so the incoming spots over several days could be filling up your available memory. I'm not at my computer at the moment, but check the Options page for a way to limit the number of spots retained in memory. Gary AL9A Sent from my Kindle HDX On December 19, 2014, at 6:57 AM, Bill Parry <[email protected]> wrote: I have been using the same version of DXBase for several years. It is DXBase 2007 Version 1.06 and it is on a Windows XP machine. It works great and I have seen no reason to change it. The other day, on a lark, I thought I would set up the CW memories so that I could send from DXBase. I have used Writelog for years and it sends CW very nicely using my Microham CW Keyer. I set it up and it seemed to work fine, seemed like it was a little flakey but nothing I could put my finger on. After a week or so I got an "out of memory" message from the computer. I leave DXBase running all the time and reboot seldom so I figured it needed to be rebooted. I did that and it worked OK but after a week or so I got the "out of memory" message again and this time it locked up the computer. I looked to see what I had running in the background and found nothing unusual. I am certainly not very knowledgeable about computers. I went in and reset the comport that I was using so that the CW memories wouldn't work and have had no further problems. This is not a big deal, I would seldom use the CW memories but I am a little curious if anyone else has run into this? 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