V12.00 9th September 2005
All Programs.
All file handling and naming routines have been
restructured to ease maintenance and to improve
long-term reliability.
When looking at your .ALL or .VHF files with a
text editor, it's not always obvious if the
initial 12 control records are the correct
length. As a visual check, the last character
of each control record is now replaced with ^
where it was a space.
At startup, the programs check the integrity
of the control and QSL records. You cannot
continue if they're not the correct length. If
necessary, you must fix them with a text editor
such as Notepad. Do not use word processors as
they tend to add invisible characters at the
end of the file.
SDCHECK - and other post-contest programs:.
Added an option to restore your .ALL (or .VHF)
file from the audit (.AUD) file. The original
.ALL or .VHF file is copied to .OLD before the
restoration begins.
This option lets you continue should your .ALL
file be corrupted for any reason. However, it
will not run under any circumstances if any of
the first 12 control records are the wrong
length. If so, you must first repair them with
an editor, or set up a dummy contest log and
copy the control records from that.
Caution: Although your .ALL file is re-built,
your multipliers, dupes and points may not all
be correct. If so, all that is affected is your
Claimed Score - Cabrillo logs will otherwise be
accurate and complete.
SDCHECK:
YO DX Contest. Cabrillo and ADIF options now
show YO area codes.
"Checklog" added as an entry category option
for RSGB Cabrillo logs.
SDV - Audit facility.
Was broken - now fixed.
Audit File:
Added a dummy record (a copy of the previous
entry) to indicate program shutdown, both for
completeness and to help with debugging.
File Names:
You can no longer choose the same name for VHF
and HF contests - to prevent any corresponding
.AUD audit file holding both VHF and HF QSOs.
WinKey:
Esc or Minus halts memory playback. Until now,
this could be done only with the paddles.
Rig Control:
Due to broken code in V11.34, the highest BPS
rate supported remained at 19200. Now, all
standard bit rates up to 115200 are valid.
With rig control enabled, any transient comms
error caused the time display to freeze. Fixed.
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SD is free from www.ei5di.com. Previous versions
are available from www.ei5di.com/sd/vaults
The manual may be downloaded separately from
www.ei5di.com/sd/sd.pdf. It has been updated for V12.00.
If you find bugs, old or new, please send details to
sd-user@contesting.com. Keep an older version of any
program you download - as insurance.
73,
Paul EI5DI
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