[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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