[Trlog] Multi-Network observations

[Jim Smith]

I too noted that TR was showing hundreds of band changes.  The 3 cfg 
items Charlie mentioned were not set in our set-up.  i.e. just accepted 
the default values.

I concur with the request for a display of the individual station rates, 
both from a management perspective and to encourage competition among 
the operating positions.

73 de Jim Smith   VE7FO

Charlie Ocker wrote:

> In this past weekends Field Day "event", I was responsible for setting 
> up TR on a 3 computer network.  2 machines were for logging (the group 
> was in the 2A class), and the third was setup for "no log" and was 
> used to dump packet cluster spots into the network.
>
> The network was reliable and robust.  No issues whatsoever.
>
> But, there was some unexplained (at least to me) "weirdness" going on 
> in regards to the rate display.
>
> All 3 machines had the same variable set:
>
> MULTI INFO MESSAGE = $ %
>
> All 3 machines had the same display variable(s) set:
>
> HOUR DISPLAY = THIS HOUR
> RATE DISPLAY = QSO POINTS
>
> All 3 machines had the bandmap enabled.
>
> The "weirdness" is when the HOUR DISPLAY would start showing BAND 
> CHANGES instead of QSO POINTS.  The numbers were huge... 783, then 
> 952, etc.  We were NOT changing bands... this first occurred during 
> the first few hours when both stations were running, and hadn't even 
> changed frequencies.  Sometime later, the HOUR DISPLAY would revert 
> back to THIS HOUR.  All 3 computers in the network would display the 
> same thing. This behavior occurred throughout the 24 hours, and didn't 
> follow any pattern in regard to rates or packet cluster activity.
>
> The following is not a bug report, per se, but rather a request for 
> improvement.  Is there any way that TR can display the individual 
> stations QSO rate (or points) in addition to the networked sum?  This 
> would be most useful for making real time band/mode change decisions.  
> I believe that CT does this, but of course, I would never consider 
> using CT unless forced to do so at gunpoint or demanded by a station 
> owner.
>
> 73,
> Charlie  N9CO
>
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