[TRLog] \ON and \OFF

Tim Gennett tegennett@SMLY-01.HFS.PURDUE.EDU
Tue, 9 Nov 1999 10:55:05 +0000


Yes, I've had this happen if I enter a FORWARD slash instead of a 
BACKSLASH.

Enter /OFF and the computer sends it as code.

Enter \OFF and the program logs a break.

> Has anyone had the problem I ran into in the middle of SS this 
weekend
> where you're taking a break and you enter \OFF (or the \ON at 
the end)
> and the program starts sending "on" or "off" as appropriate to the
> command?
> 
> My brain  was only *mostly*  dead at the time (with apologies to
> Princess Bride).  This started happening well into Sunday 
sometime.
> It had worked just fine very late Sunday night when I took my first
> break.  I was afraid to do too much futzing around with it, so I just
> did a note and noted the times and patched it up after the 
contest.
> 
> I recall trying to enter the command in the call window both in CQ
> mode and S&P mode with the same result:  It ignored the 
backslash and
> started sending.  It obviously also did not execute the command 
in
> case that wasn't clear.  I must have done something wrong, but 
have no
> idea what!
> 
> 73,
> 
> Gary W2CS


Regards, de Tim, K9WX

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