I read 6.6 in the manual. It sounds like Restart.bin lets you restart your
contest logging without having to scan through and extract data from the
log. I don't know how long that would take, but apparently, the restart.bin
makes getting back to operating faster.
On the other hand, if you made changes to the log.dat file, you would remove
the restart.bin to have trlog recreate a 'good' restart.bin so the changes
get reflected properly.
I didn't know what it really did until you raised the question, JIm. Now I
know....or I think I do. Thanks!
73
Dale
UPDATE RESTART FILE ENABLE *
Values: True or False Default: True
Determines if the RESTART.BIN ‰le is automatically updated after each
contact, or only when
exiting the program. The RESTART.BIN ‰le allows the program to quickly
restart without
having to read in the LOG.DAT ‰le resulting in quicker initialization.
When
this μag is set to
TRUE, the RESTART.BIN ‰le will be updated automatically after each
contact.
Otherwise, it
will only be updated when you exit from the program. Refer to Section 6.6
for more
information on what the RESTART.BIN ‰le does. There is also a report in
the
POST program
that will show you the contents of the RESTART.BIN ‰le.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: trlog-bounces@contesting.com
> [mailto:trlog-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of Jim George
> Sent: Saturday, December 15, 2007 7:17 AM
> To: N4OGW; trlog@contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [Trlog] Set Up Question
>
> This did work, however I had to delete my "RST" file and let
> the program restart in its own creating a new "RST" file. The
> old one was preventing TR from counting the mults in the
> correct (by band) manner. I don't understand the RST file,
> and have had to delete it and restart the program again on
> occasion for it to include other changes. Perhaps someone can
> explain what it does and why this is necessary.
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Jim N3BB
>
> At 01:34 PM 12/14/2007 -0600, Jim George wrote:
> >I had forgotten that W0YK et al have a simple setup in the NCCC site
> >for the NS, with this specific link for the TR instructions:
> >
> >http://www.ncccsprint.com/tr-log.htm
> >
> >This should work.
> >
> >I'll go back and confirm it's this way (excluding the
> TRMASTER pre-fill
> >data which I do not use) in my cfg file for the NS. I also
> developed my
> >own "standard.cfg" file which I import and use with all contests for
> >the colors and SO2R operation. I "improved" it recently and
> something
> >tells me that I have got something in there that somehow
> modifies the
> >instructions in the W0YK guidelines mentioned above.
> >
> >Thanks to W9RE for the help.
> >
> >Jim N3BB
> >
> >
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