Re: [Dx4win] Wish List
No this is not necessary. To those of us with more than 2 radios... often the case when active on VHF/UHF... it is just necessary to be able to easily select which radio is Radio 1 or Radio 2 as a start. This is implemented in most competitive logging programs hot switching more than 2 would be even better... usually radios VHF UHF have their own antennas/amps so the SO2R RF switching is not necessary... however I like your idea for expanding the LPT control. I can imagine many useful functions such as routing the Mic or Key as well as RF routing. Randy Farmer wrote: >> Hi, I really like the option to choose between different radios quickly. >> Would it be hard to be able to include more than 2 in the next release? I >> would personally like to see 4. This is especially handy on VHF/UHF with >> different radios, not the all in one. Thanks- John W9RPM > > The problem with this is that it would require a proprietary hardware > interface. The existing two-radio switching uses the "industry > standard" LPT pin 14 toggle that's been around since the days of DOS > loggers such as CT and TR. Paul even made the logic of this control > line selectable to work with NA in Version 7. This convention works > well with several commercially-available SO2R switch boxes such as > the Top Ten DX Doubler I use. Using more than one LPT pin to do the > radio selection would require some sort of decoding hardware to do > the switching. I suppose pin 14 could serve as the least significant > bit of a two-bit radio select word and it would be up to the user to > come up with a custom switchbox to switch the various audio and > control lines among the four radios. I know of no hardware that > supports more than two radios. > > 73... > Randy, W8FN > > __ > Dx4win mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:Dx4win@mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > __ Dx4win mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Dx4win@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
[Dx4win] Index wont make word file
Hi, I can't generate the INDEX help file. I get error (177) cant find tab??? What button needs pushing??? Thanks for any reply, 73, Bernie/WO2N.> __ Dx4win mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Dx4win@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Dx4win] Index
On Tue, Jan 5, 2010 at 2:18 PM, wo2n wrote: > Hi, I having trouble with help tab search for help onclick tries to > build index then fails get error message UNABLE to display the find tab > (177). (OK) This sounds like Windows Vista or Windows XP "Protecting" you from modifying things in the \Program Files directory. What OS are you running, and where is DX4WIN installed? This is one of the reasons 8.x is now installing in the root directory by default. 73, -Rick -- Rick Murphy, CISSP-ISSAP, K1MU/4, Annandale VA USA __ Dx4win mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Dx4win@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
[Dx4win] Problem with the F2 key
I noticed that when I press the F2 key to log a QSL, DX4Win creates a new outgoing label for the QSO I just confirmed and for which I had originally sent a QSL (the QSL Date field has a date in it, indicating I've already printed a label). I've gone through the preferences, and in the F2 Key tab, only the box labeled "Mark QSO as confirmed" is checked, not the one labeled "Mark for printing a Label". And on the QSO tab, the "QSL card" in the Label/Upl flag box isn't checked (I thought I'd like the auto label feature, but for me it got annoying). I've tested this with a number of QSOs for which I've already received QSLs (and had sent one previously), yet DX4Win keeps generating labels for those same QSOs. I'm using version 8.02. In my prior life with version 7, if I received a QSL but hadn't yet sent one, pressing F2 would confirm the QSL and generate a label. If I'd already sent a QSL, it would just do the confirmation, not produce another label. What am I missing? 73, Joe KQ3F __ Dx4win mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Dx4win@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Dx4win] Wish List
Hi Randy and others, To make a hardware box that switches between lets say 4 radio´s Isn´t a big problem, making a PCB for it is also easy done If Paul provides a second output pin on LPT port, BUT is it worth doing it for a LPT port ? - No contest-program are offering it now, and maybe never will - Let say you have to select the 3th radio for a contest you have to rewire your station.. - Laptops, netbooks and many brand PC´s don´t have LPT ports anymore - In PC´s you can put a PCI or PCIEX board if you find still full wired ports at a good price - BTW USB to LPT adapters are not working, We even bought some that claimed to do it all but had to send them back, (printing was ok but assigning a cmd to a dedicated pin was out of the question) I would go for a serial port (USB to SERIAL adapter works perfect and can go upto com255) It will need some user setup, for example RTS=0 & DTR=0 > Radio 1 RTS=0 & DTR=1 > Radio 2 RTS=1 & DTR=1 > Radio 3 RTS=1 & DTR=0 > Radio 4 (If a 3th line is assigned you can have 8 radio´s) I think this is much easier for other programmers (contest software) to implement another serial with this function for more then 2 radio´s If you still wanna use LPT pin14 for switching between radio1 and radio2 it all depends Now on who is set up for radio1 and radio2 (User input), but LPT pin14 (and if needed another one) could also be assigned to a serial pin You only need to lower the voltage from 12V to 5V (can be done with zener diode) To switch SO2R hardware. Guy ON4AOI > -Oorspronkelijk bericht- > Van: dx4win-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:dx4win- > boun...@mailman.qth.net] Namens Randy Farmer > Verzonden: woensdag 6 januari 2010 4:49 > Aan: W9RPM; DX4WIN > Onderwerp: Re: [Dx4win] Wish List > > > >Hi, I really like the option to choose between different radios > quickly. > >Would it be hard to be able to include more than 2 in the next > release? I > >would personally like to see 4. This is especially handy on VHF/UHF > with > >different radios, not the all in one. Thanks- John W9RPM > > The problem with this is that it would require a proprietary hardware > interface. The existing two-radio switching uses the "industry > standard" LPT pin 14 toggle that's been around since the days of DOS > loggers such as CT and TR. Paul even made the logic of this control > line selectable to work with NA in Version 7. This convention works > well with several commercially-available SO2R switch boxes such as > the Top Ten DX Doubler I use. Using more than one LPT pin to do the > radio selection would require some sort of decoding hardware to do > the switching. I suppose pin 14 could serve as the least significant > bit of a two-bit radio select word and it would be up to the user to > come up with a custom switchbox to switch the various audio and > control lines among the four radios. I know of no hardware that > supports more than two radios. > > 73... > Randy, W8FN > > __ > Dx4win mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:Dx4win@mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html __ Dx4win mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Dx4win@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Dx4win] Problem with the F2 key
Joe it is a bug in 8.02 It has corrected in 8.03 Pleas download and install 8.03. It is free if you have 8.02 73 Kostas sv1dpi - Original Message - From: "Joe Stepansky" To: Sent: Thursday, January 07, 2010 5:35 AM Subject: [Dx4win] Problem with the F2 key >I noticed that when I press the F2 key to log a QSL, DX4Win creates a new > outgoing label for the QSO I just confirmed and for which I had originally > sent a QSL (the QSL Date field has a date in it, indicating I've already > printed a label). I've gone through the preferences, and in the F2 Key > tab, > only the box labeled "Mark QSO as confirmed" is checked, not the one > labeled > "Mark for printing a Label". And on the QSO tab, the "QSL card" in the > Label/Upl flag box isn't checked (I thought I'd like the auto label > feature, > but for me it got annoying). I've tested this with a number of QSOs for > which I've already received QSLs (and had sent one previously), yet DX4Win > keeps generating labels for those same QSOs. > > > > I'm using version 8.02. In my prior life with version 7, if I received a > QSL but hadn't yet sent one, pressing F2 would confirm the QSL and > generate > a label. If I'd already sent a QSL, it would just do the confirmation, > not > produce another label. > > > > What am I missing? > > > > 73, Joe KQ3F > > __ > Dx4win mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:Dx4win@mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > __ Dx4win mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Dx4win@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
