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

[Pete Smith]

Barry, I gotta tell you, this isn't going to happen.

73, Pete N4ZR

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On 12/22/2010 6:27 AM, Barry N1EU wrote:
> 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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