I do believe this change is still operator-action-required...just faster and
fewer actions.  If you send a 73 you still have to click on the Enable
button to send the next CQ.  That's all you have to do though.
So new way is:
#1 Send 73
#2 Click Enable after minute starts -- CQ will send next minute you are on
(sticks with even/odd)
Total time a few seconds

Old way (if you had Disable after 73) was:
#1 Send 73
#2 Wait until 73 is done...Enable turns off
#3 Click CQ
#4 Click Enable
Total time at least 50 seconds.

So it's not really automation...just fewer/faster user interactions.

Mike W9MDB

-----Original Message-----
From: Joe Taylor [mailto:j...@princeton.edu] 
Sent: Sunday, March 15, 2015 7:45 AM
To: WSJT software development
Subject: Re: [wsjt-devel] WSJT-X: automatic processing of received messages
enhancements

Hi Bill and all,

I haven't yet paid close attention to this thread, and have not yet tried
the new code enhancements. But I want to share a potential concern about
automating QSO procedures by too much.

How much is "too much"?  When I started work on WSJT in 2001 I decided to
resist any temptation to play with "automated" modes -- by which I mean
programmed algorithms that can complete a QSO (according to normally
accepted definitions) without human interaction.  I didn't want my modes --
first FSK441 for meteor scatter, then JT65 for EME -- to be susceptible to
an argument then made by some (even in my own local club) that "it's only
computers talking to computers".

For this reason I've always required operator decisions to be made about
what has been received, what to transmit next, etc.

        -- Joe, K1JT

On 3/14/2015 3:26 PM, Bill Somerville wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> I have just committed the second phase of my changes related to 
> compound callsigns to the development branch. Here is the commit message:
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> --
> r5055 | bsomervi | 2015-03-14 19:13:18 +0000 (Sat, 14 Mar 2015) | 21 
> lines
>
> Improved automatic message handling
>
> More consistent and accurate processing of compund callsigns including 
> recognizing the  user's call  in both base  and fully  qualified form, 
> extracting reports  from special type  one and type two  compound call 
> messages.  Ensure that  "CQ DX"  message prefixes  are recognized and 
> processd correctly.
>
> The  cycle of  double  clicking through  a QSO  has  been enhanced to 
> recognoize the  standard messages correctly  and use the  correct next 
> message. The automatic  transmission button "Enable Tx"  now does what 
> it says and does not double as a stop transmit button. This allows the 
> current transmission  to complete  even if the  automatic transmission 
> feature is  disabled. In line with  this the "stop sending  after a 73 
> message is sent"  feature turns off the  automatic transmission enable 
> at the start of the sending of  a 73 message and also the next message 
> is now set up as the CQ  message automatically in this scenario.  A 73 
> message is now  either a standard message containing the  word "73" or 
> any free text  message containing "73" (not necessarily  as a distinct 
> word").
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> --
>
> This change is a fairly radical reworking of the way incoming messages 
> are parsed and the actions taken when messages are double clicked in 
> the activity windows. It should handle QSOs by and with compound 
> callsign holders far better than previously and has other benefits for all
QSO types.
>
> I strongly recommend that testers experiment with using double clicks 
> in the activity to progress their QSOs and report back any incorrect 
> behaviour of the application.
>
> With these changes I find that having the settings "Double-click on 
> call sets Tx enable" and "Disable Tx after sending 73" both checked 
> makes the QSO process extremely smooth using just double-clicks on 
> calls and responses, only having to revert to specific clicks and 
> typing when I want to send a free text message or if my QSO partner 
> sends an out of sequence message.
>
> If you are testing these changes; please double check that, when you 
> come to log the QSO, the callsign, the report sent and received have 
> been correctly transferred to the "Log QSO" pop up dialog.
>
> 73
> Bill
> G4WJS.
>
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