WriteLog
[Top] [All Lists]

Re: [WriteLog] Delay Using Fkeys

To: steve@ai9t.com
Subject: Re: [WriteLog] Delay Using Fkeys
From: Keith Regli <keith@kregli.com>
Date: Mon, 5 Jan 2015 18:06:06 -0700
List-post: <writelog@contesting.com">mailto:writelog@contesting.com>
Hey Steve,

Do you turn off downloading updates by Microsoft, Anti-virus and others
during a contest?  That can suck the life out of a machine at the most
inopportune times.  Also background scans by anti-virus.

On Mon, Jan 5, 2015 at 5:41 PM, Steve AI9T <steve@ai9t.com> wrote:

> Hi Kostas
>
> Writelog Version here is 11.23L
> OS Windows 8.1 PRO,, 8 GB RAM,, Intel i5 Processor 3.4 Mhz
> Running So2R on computer
> Number of QSO's didn't mater, started contest and ended contest some
> results.
>
> 73
> Steve AI9T
>
>
> On 1/5/2015 7:26 PM, Kostas SV1DPI wrote:
>
>> HNY to all.
>> Steve pse which is your writelog version?
>> I have noticed the same delay-freeze in the last cq ww cw but
>> 1)without fkeys, normal operation with function keys
>> 2)my version was 11.21
>> 3)operating system is windows 7 and writelog is installed in a different
>> directory from the default
>> 4)I had two computers in network
>> 5)this happened more often when we had more qsos
>> 6)computer was an old pentium 4 with 3gb memory
>> any common with me?
>>
>> 73 Kostas SV1DPI
>>
>> On 5/1/2015 8:39 μμ, Keith Regli wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Steve,
>>>
>>> There isn't any delay built into FKeys for most things.  A couple of the
>>> complex macros require a few milliseconds, but the vanilla stuff like
>>> "Press F3" just insert the equivalent of the key press into the command
>>> loop for Writelog.  Hence, nothing you can adjust.
>>>
>>> I can imagine that heavy use of the packet windows could cause some
>>> congestion in the Writelog message loop, but I'd expect it to be the same
>>> for a key press.  Possibly a combination of that and competition of other
>>> programs could add up.  I'll be curious to see if others noticed an
>>> issue.
>>>
>>> I use a pretty simple setup with no other connections and I don't notice
>>> any delay.
>>>
>>> Keith (K7KAR)
>>>
>>> On Mon, Jan 5, 2015 at 10:06 AM, Steve AI9T <steve@ai9t.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>  Hello
>>>>
>>>> This weekend I noticed a delay when using the Fkeys program to key my
>>>> macros during the roundup. Sometime there is a delay of nearly 1/2 a
>>>> second
>>>> or more. When pushing the Fkey on the keyboard there is no delay at all.
>>>>
>>>> Did anyone else notice this? Or is there some timing setting I can
>>>> tweak?
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> 73
>>>>
>>>> Steve AI9T
>>>>
>>>> http://www.ai9t.com
>>>>
>>>> AI9T DX Cluster
>>>>
>>>> Version 4 AI9T   Telnet: dxc.ai9t.com port 7300
>>>> Version 6 AI9T-2 Telnet: dxc.ai9t.com port 7373 (CW + Skimmer)
>>>>
>>>> _______________________________________________
>>>> WriteLog mailing list
>>>> WriteLog@contesting.com
>>>> http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/writelog
>>>> WriteLog on the web:  http://www.writelog.com/
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> WriteLog mailing list
>> WriteLog@contesting.com
>> http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/writelog
>> WriteLog on the web:  http://www.writelog.com/
>>
>
> --
> 73
>
> Steve AI9T
>
> http://www.ai9t.com
>
> AI9T DX Cluster
>
> Version 4 AI9T   Telnet: dxc.ai9t.com port 7300
> Version 6 AI9T-2 Telnet: dxc.ai9t.com port 7373 (CW + Skimmer)
>
> _______________________________________________
> WriteLog mailing list
> WriteLog@contesting.com
> http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/writelog
> WriteLog on the web:  http://www.writelog.com/
>



-- 
Keith Regli
mailto://keith@kregli.com
http://www.kregli.com
_______________________________________________
WriteLog mailing list
WriteLog@contesting.com
http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/writelog
WriteLog on the web:  http://www.writelog.com/
<Prev in Thread] Current Thread [Next in Thread>