[ct-user] BUGS / QUESTION

Tue, 4 Sep 2001 20:11:36 -0700

HELLO BOB

THANKS FOR RESPONDING

THE LAPTOPS ARE AS RELIABLE AS YOU CAN EXPECT A LAPTOP TO BE, THERE IS NO
PROBLEM WITH THE NETWORK IT WORKS JUST FINE, I AM USING A 4 PORT SERIAL CARD
OFF OF MY COMPUTER P2 WITH LOTS OF RAM WITH UPS , WE HAVE HAD NO PROBLEMS
DOING THIS
I DO NOT THINK THESE ARE WORK AROUND THESE ARE NEEDED

THE GAB WINDOW IS TO SEND SOMEONE A CONTACT, IT IS VERY CUMBERSOME FOR SOME
ONE TO WALK AWAY TO GET A DRINK COME BACK AND THERE'S NO GAB WINDOW UP WITH
A MESSAGE SO AND SO IN LOOKING FOR YOU ON THIS FREQ, IN A NEW GRID
IT USE TO STAY UP UNTIL THE USER HIT ALT I TO REMOVE IT

YES IT IS A PROBLEM WITH THE ROVERS, THERE SHOULD BE A WAY TO SHOW ALL THE
TIMES YOU HAVE WORKED THE ROVER IN ALL THE GRIDS HE HAS BEEN IN ON ALL THE
BANDS. IT WILL ONLY SHOW YOU THE BAND YOU ARE ON

AND YES WE ARE SERIOUS WE HAVE GOTTEN 1ST PLACE LIMITED MULTI SEVERAL TIMES

I THOUGHT THAT THIS WAS THE PLACE TO ASK FOR IMPROVEMENTS TO MAKE THINGS
EASIER TO DO ?

IN RESPONSE TO MAKING THE COMPUTERS MORE RELIABLE, MURPHY IS ALWAYS WITH
YOU, THINGS HAPPEN
IF ONE STATION GOES DOWN THAT'S OK, THE REST KEEP ON GOING, BUT WHEN HE
COMES BACK INTO THE NETWORK
HE IS NOW OUT OF SYNC

N6RMJ

----- Original Message -----
From: "Bob Naumann - N5NJ" <n5nj@gte.net>
To: "n6rmj" <n6rmj@qnet.com>; "ct ct ct" <CT-USER@contesting.com>
Sent: Tuesday, September 04, 2001 7:43 AM
Subject: Re: [ct-user] BUGS / QUESTION

> Pat,
>
> What you need to do is make sure your computers are not likely to go down
> and also make your network more reliable.
>
> Going to Ethernet will help the network portion of the problem.  Serial
port
> networks are troublesome at best.
>
> If you use an Ethernet hub, if one computer drops out, only its' log will
> miss the few qsos that get logged during the time it reboots.  All the
> others will stay in-synch.
>
> This may not be an option for you as you probably cannot do Ethernet with
> those 486's.
>
> If your computers will not run reliably, you need to get more reliable
> computers.
>
> If you must stay with Serial networking, use the -LOOP configuration.  The
> LOOP method seems to work better.
>
> If your network is not reliable, and your computers are also not reliable,
> you will have to deal with them being out of sync.  If you are serious
about
> contesting, your computers and your network must be reliable.  The
> work-arounds you are requesting are not necessary if your computers and
> network function properly.
>
> What type of messages do you wish to keep displayed in the gab window ?
You
> can hit Alt-I to bring it back.
>
> Perhaps there is another feature of CT you're not using that is causing
you
> to want this ?
>
> Regarding rovers, the call + the grid makes the QSO unique.  Is it really
> that much trouble to enter the grid then press the space bar to determine
if
> it's a dupe or not ?
>
> 73,
> Bob
> N5NJ
> EM13
>
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "n6rmj" <n6rmj@qnet.com>
> To: "ct ct ct" <CT-USER@contesting.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, September 04, 2001 9:09 PM
> Subject: [ct-user] BUGS / QUESTION
>
>
> > HELLO TO ALL
> > PLEASE READ THIS AND RESPOND
> > N6RMJ HERE
> >
> > I HOPE THIS IS THE CORRECT WAY TO DO THIS I HAVE TRIED EVERY OTHER WAY,
> >
> > I AM PRESENTLY USING VERSION 9.65 / DOS 6.22 / LAPTOPS 486/25 16 MEGS
> > MEMORY, NETWORKED USING SERIAL PORTS
> > I HAVE BEEN USING CT FOR MANY YEARS
> >
> > WITH ALL THAT SAID I HAVE A FEW REQUEST OR/AND  LOOKING FOR INFORMATION
ON
> > HOW TO
> >
> > 1. A FEW VERSION BACK THERE WAS A CHANGE THAT AFFECTED THE GAB WINDOW,
> WHEN
> > ONE STATION SENDS A MESSAGE
> >     TO  ANOTHER IT WOULD STAY UP ON THE SCREEN UNTIL THE USER SWITCHED
IT
> > OFF, NOW IT ONLY STAYS UP FOR 15
> >      SECONDS AT LONGEST AND GOES AWAY,
> >   A. IS THERE A WAY TO MAKE THIS STAY UP LONGER? OR CAN A VARIABLE BE
PUT
> > INTO THE CONFIGURATION FILE TO ALLOW THIS
> >       SUCH AS 0-120 SECONDS OR USER DISABLE ONLY ?
> >
> > 2. THIS RELATES TO ALL VHF/UHF/SHF CONTEST
> >      IN THESE CONTEST WE USE ROVERS, ROVERS SIGN AS /R WHEN LOGGING THEM
> > THEY COME UP AS DUPES
> >      UNTIL YOU PUT IN THE GRID
> >      THERE NEEDS TO BE A WAY TO SHOW ALL THE GRIDS AND BANDS YOU HAVE
> WORKED
> > THAT ROVER IN.
> >
> > 3. THIS IS A NETWORK ISSUE
> >      WHEN NETWORKING THE LOGS GET OUT OF SYNC
> >      IS THERE A WAY TO HAVE THE PROGRAM GO OUT PERIODICALLY AND
> SYNCHRONIZE
> > ALL THE LOGS IN THE NETWORK?
> >      ALSO IF ONE OF THE COMPUTERS IN THE NETWORK GOES DOWN, WHEN IT
COMES
> > BACK UP INTO THE NETWORK
> >      THERE SHOULD BE A WAY TO HAVE IT BE IN SYNC WITH ALL THE REST.
> >
> > I UNDERSTAND THE MERGE FEATURE AFTER THE CONTEST IS OVER AND THAT IS
WHAT
> WE
> > HAVE BEEN DOING
> > BUT IT WOULD BE NICE TO HAVE ALL THE LOGS IN SYNC WHILE CONTEST SO YOU
> KNOW
> > WHAT IS HAPPENING
> >
> > I HAVE SENT THESE QUESTIONS TO THE BUG/REQUEST FEATURE SEVERAL TIMES,
NOW
> I
> > AM SENDING IT TO THE GROUP HOPING I GET A RESPONSE AND SOME ACTION
> >
> > THANKS
> > N6RMJ/ PAT/ DM14
> > PART OF THE W2ODH/6 CONTEST GROUP
> > SEE YOU THIS WEEKEND IN THE VHF CONTEST
> >
> >
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