[Skimmertalk] 2-way communication between logging programs and Skimmer waterfall

[Barry N1EU]

IMHO, this is a very nice Writelog feature but only a small piece of what I
was pointing to and essentially a limited implementation, because here
everything flows down from locally Skimmer-decoded callsigns.  It is a much
more powerful and universally useful implementation if it all flowed from
the logging program bandmap - it would then include stations spotted or
skimmed by others as well as stations I spot (ID) locally.  Thus I'm hoping
for the logging program bandmap to overlay the spectral display.  Also, I'm
just guessing, but I think N1MM Logger's market share is probably MUCH
greater than Writelog.

I'm not a programmer, but perhaps a simplistic way of doing this is
providing the same granularity level options (Khz per pixel) and both
horizontal/vertical options in the bandmaps of logging programs and spectral
display programs and then the user could position/size abutting windows.

73, Barry N1EU

On Wed, Dec 22, 2010 at 10:45 AM, Pete Smith <n4zr at contesting.com> wrote:

> This is from the Help file of Skimmer:
>
> "If WriteLog is used as a logger, RigSync can also populate the logger
> band map with the callsigns from the Skimmer *and highlight the calls in
> the Skimmer according to their status in WriteLog.* Currently there is
> no documentation for RigSync, but this posting
> <
> http://dayton.contesting.com/pipermail/skimmertalk/2008-December/000298.html
> >
> by Pete N4ZR at the SkimmerTalk forum is a good introduction to the
> subject."
>
> Check the Skimmer/Status command in the Skimmer Telnet Server Help for
> how you can color-code stations in the Skimmer callsign list from
> Writelog.  I don't know how hard it would be to get N1MM Logger or
> Win-Test to do the same, but since it involves sending a message to the
> Telnet server from the logging software's Telnet client, it shouldn't be
> too difficult.
>
> --
> 73, Pete N4ZR
>
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