[WriteLog] WL and SmartSDR integration - Bandmap / WL not sending right mode to SmartSDR/6500

Sat Oct 3 09:20:24 EDT 2015

Joe / All

I got the CC Cluster package to work and it is quite configurable.

What I have found - if the spot from the Clustre has "RTTY" written in the
description (or comment) section, then Bandmap integration within WL will
send the 6500/SmartSDR into the RTTY mode.  Otherwise it will just put the
radio into CW mode. There may be other keywords, but I do not know (or
gussed) what they are.

Maybe a new feature could be that when it sees PSK in the comment line, it
puts the radio into DIGU or DIGL mode.

I thought that the behaviour of the WL program and the mode it puts the
radio into could be influenced by editing the sub bands, but that assumption
appears to be incorrect on my part.

If the authors of the program can comment on intended mode of operation,
that would help to understand customize operation in the short term until
new features are added.

Again thanks to all for the integration completed so far.

Keith
VA3YC

On 10/2/15 9:33 PM, "joeduerbusch" <k0bx at arrl.net> wrote:

> Keith, glad to hear you are on the right track now.
I tried to get DXtelnet to
> work, but it was so old it would not work on my
new PC.

The is a very good
> telnet software called VE7CC.  It runs as a stand alone
program.  You can set
> all kind of filter.
then in the WL telnet window you can connect to the VE7CC
> program by using
a local port.  This all explained on the
> Website

http://ve7cc.net/

The WL telnet connect string is 127.0.0.1 port
> 7300  which is also explain
on the webpage.  You can see the spots in WL and
> also the VE7CC program.

Read the information on the webpage.

Joe K0BX

#1
> Honor Roll Mixed
Honor Roll RTTY
5BDXCC Plus 30,17,12
5BWAS

Stop the
> insanity!
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> Junk)
without my permission.

On Fri, Oct 2, 2015 at 11:31 PM, Keith Goobie
> <keith at goobie.org> wrote:

> Joe
>
> Thanks for the guidance so far.
>
> I
> removed the DXTelnet application and the software hook to make it work
> with
> WL.  I enabled the embedded telnet cluster client functionality and it
> will
> connect and display cluster spots  there is no filtering and that can
> be
> adjusted later.
>
> Spots that had RTTY or PSK in the description / comment
> field will
> populate the bandmap and the packet spot list.
> Clicking on the
> spot in either will take the radio into RTTY mode and
> assign the right
> frequency.  Those that do not have comments/detail are
> either assigned to be
> CW or PH mode depending on the frequency.
>
> I would like to be able to
> adjust or re-build the band summary so that a
> spot within certain limits
> will be automatically assumed to be CW or RTTY
> or SSB.
>
> Or maybe a batter
> question where can I change the feature / functionality
> available to the
> embedded cluster client so that I can pick and choose (the
> type of spots and
> how it is communicated to WL/SmartSDR via the cluster
> client  I know that
> it can be done on the server.
>
> Comments / guidance?
>
> Thanks in
> advacnce
> Keith VA3YC
>
>
>
> On 10/2/15 11:06 AM, "joeduerbusch"
> <k0bx at arrl.net> wrote:
>
> Keith, I suggest that you connect to dxspots.com
> <http://dxspots.com>  in
> the telnet window and make sure that DXTelnet isn't
> the cause of your
> problem.
>
> Joe K0BX
>
>
> #1 Honor Roll Mixed
> Honor
> Roll RTTY
> 5BDXCC Plus 30,17,12
> 5BWAS
>
>
> Stop the insanity!
> Please do
> not add me to any distribution lists (Joke, Stories or Junk)
> without my
> permission.
>
> On Fri, Oct 2, 2015 at 1:20 PM, Keith Goobie
> <keith at goobie.org> wrote:
>
> Hi All
>
> We have the following configuration
> at the VE3FJB contest station.
>
> Flex  6500 / SmartSDR 1.5
> WL 11.29b,
> patched with Flex Driver 11.30b
> DDUtil  latest  while not required, it is
> used for amp and steppir
> frequency tracking
>
> Using this set of
> components, we can set mode / freq correctly from the QSO
> entry window, but
> not from the Bandmap or the Packet DX Spot windows.
>
> We use DXTelnet 
> supported by Writelog and we only pass along what we
> think
> are digital
> mode spots.? It is configured in DXTelnet.? Starting mode in
> SmartSDR is
> RTTY and it is populated into WL QSO entry window.
>
> Spots get populated in
> the Bandmap and Packet windows.? ?WL is clearly
> running in FSK / RTTY mode
> and SmartSDR is 1.5 with all the RTTY
> enhancements.
>
> If you are using the
> QSO Entry Window to set the frequency / mode, it will
> perform correctly and
> pass along a freq/FSK mode set as a freq/RTTY for the
> SmartSDR package.? All
> is good.
>
> Things go afoul when you are seeing a spot in the BandMap or the
> Packet
> spot
> window.? Double clicking the spot in either will set it to the
> right
> frequency but in the CW mode.? Clicking on Mode Change or Alt F1 will
> take
> it to FSK/RTTY mode on the right frequency, but sometimes the mode is
>
> correct, but the frequency is wrong.
>
> What is the latest versions of the
> downloadable components?? What are the
> 6500 users seeing?
>
> BTW, thanks
> for all the integration  looking grand.
>
> Thanks all
>
> Keith / VA3YC
> for
> VE3FJB
>
>
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> Keith Goobie
> Richmond Hill, ON,
> CANADA
>
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