[WriteLog] Packet Window -> Bandmap Problem

[Gary AL9A]

Eric,

When you connect to a telnet node and the WriteLog Packet Terminal window 
opens check the Edit menu item.  If the option called Single Operator is 
checked WL will allow you to send packet spots, but not receive any.  By 
most contest rules using spotting assistance removes you from being a Single 
Operator and places you in a multi category.  The Packet Terminal section in 
the WL Help manual says:

"Single Operator.
If you turn on this menu entry, then WriteLog allows you to originate spots, 
but it does not use any incoming spots for the band map or multiplier 
display."

Uncheck the Single Operator choice and spots should flow to the Band Map as 
well as the Packet Spots window.

As for the calls that you placed on the Band Map appearing in the Packet 
Window marked "local", check the [Entry] section of your writelog.ini file. 
You will probably find the following command there:

LocalDupeChecksToPacket=1.

Several versions ago this was added to WL, per user requests I think.  The 
Help manual says, "Non-zero causes WriteLog to send dupe checked calls that 
are to be sent to the band map, to also be sent to the Packet Window". 
These calls are flagged in the Packet Window as "local" to differentiate 
which spots came from the operator and which are coming from the telnet 
node.  If you don't like this feature change the 1 to zero or delete the 
line from your ini altogether.

73,
Gary AL9A

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Eric Rosenberg" <ericrosenberg.dc at gmail.com>
To: <writelog at contesting.com>
Sent: November 22, 2010 11:26 AM
Subject: [WriteLog] Packet Window -> Bandmap Problem


>I used WL10.82 for SS an everything worked (including GetScores... which is
> GREAT!) except the packet window.
>
> I connected to the telnet node, and could see the spots come acros the
> packet spots window. for reasons I didn't understnad and couldn't solve,
> none of the spots were put on the bandmap. On the other hand, when I made 
> a
> Q, it put that station on the bandmap and in the packet window as "local".
>
> Any thoughts on what I did wrong?
>
> Eric W3DQ
> Washington, DC
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