[WriteLog] Filtering RBN Spots in WriteLog

[WS7I]

For DXSpider its:

Easiest is:

reject/spot not by_dxcc k,ve,kl  etc.
reject/spot freq 160m
accept/spot by_zone 3  or the like

See:  http://www.dxcluster.org/main/filtering_en-4.html#ss4.1

73 Jay WS7I

On Sun, Oct 24, 2010 at 8:33 AM, Barry Merrill <barry at mxg.com> wrote:
> I was unable to filter RBN spots from WriteLog.
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> I had connected to RBN direct from WriteLog and
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> issued the SET/FILTER K,VE/PASS command, but that
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> was rejected by DxSpider as an "Invalid Command".
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> N4ZR suggested I use VE7CC's CCUser program to
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> interface between the RBN and WriteLog, and after
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> only an hour or so, I had CCUser connected to
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> the RBN, and WriteLog connected to CCUSer
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> I opened the COUNTRY window in CCUser and defined
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> the filter by setting the K and VE buttons, and then
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> Clicked on Send to Cluster, but CCUser generated
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> SET/FILTER K,VE/PASS.
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> the same "Invalid" command I had manually tried.
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> But then N4ZR sent his screenshot of his COUNTRY
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> page in his CCUser, and I noticed that all three
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> of MY buttons under Filter Type were blank.  When
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> I clicked on the (overlooked) COUNTRY button, and
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> then and Send to Cluster, CCUser generated these
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> three completely different cluster commands:
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> clear/spots 7
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> reject/spots 7 by not by_dxcc k,ve
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> sh/filter spots
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> and they were accepted by DxSpider, and work just
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> fine to only pass K and VE sourced skimmer spots.
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> But, even better, you don't need to install CCUser.
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> Those three commands can be entered directly
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> from WriteLog, connected directly to the RBN,
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> without running CCUser, and once your filter is
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> defined, it remains in effect each time you
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> connect to RBN under that call.
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> 73
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> Barry, W5GN
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